airplane

There are a lot of fears and concerns when it comes to flying. Some people won't fly because they fear crashing. My concerns are a little less fearful. I don't worry about crashing as much as I worry about our flights being on time, finding my connecting gate and my luggage being lost.

Lots of people can build a model airplane, but Dan Reeves was looking for a tougher challenge. The Lower Allen Township, Pennsylvania man removed part of a wall in his home Wednesday to unveil a plane he built by himself in his basement.

Last weekend, an Emirates Airbus 380 was struck by a jagged bolt of lightning as it began its descent into London's Heathrow Airport. Luckily, none of the passengers aboard were harmed, and the plane made it safely to the ground. Believe it or not, airplanes generally sustain a couple of lightning strikes per year, and are designed so that their bodies act as a conductor, allowing the lightning to

This is actually kind of a GENIUS crime.  And gross.  Don't forget gross.  A man stole almost a quarter of a million dollars from a plane's cargo hold . . . by climbing through the toilet and sewage system.  Here's how it went down. The thief was on an Air Antilles plane headed from the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe to the island of St. Martin.

Here's some spring travel advice from the people at "USA Today":  Next time you're on an airplane, DON'T TOUCH ANYTHING.  Or it will kill you. They put together this list of the most germ-infested parts of an airplane . . . you know, just to make your air travel experience somehow LESS pleasant than it already is.

Virgin Atlantic airlines just did a survey of more than 3,000 flight attendants and asked them for the strangest, craziest, and dumbest requests they've ever gotten from passengers. And the number one most common "stupid request" they've heard is . . . "Can you open the window?"