Airplane windows might seem ordinary, but they are as much of an engineering marvel as the rest of a modern aircraft. These windows are made of three layers of material to facilitate the plane's ...

While boarding a plane, you may have noticed the cockpit door is often kept open—and there's actually a pretty straightforward reason. If you’ve ever looked toward the front of the plane while ...

Valiant Air Command’s Warbird Museum in Titusville will host its first Open Cockpit Day on Saturday, March 15, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Visitors are invited to climb into the cockpits of several warbirds ...

Most travelers probably didn't give much thought to the security of airliner cockpits before the 9/11 attacks, and since then it might seem odd to some that cockpit doors are often left wide open ...

A Delta Air Lines plane aborted its takeoff Wednesday morning after a window came open in the cockpit. Delta Flight 2261, a Boeing 737 scheduled to fly from Minneapolis to Las Vegas, was rolling down ...

What's the next best thing when you want to hop on an airplane but don’t have enough vacation time or money saved up? If you live in Delaware, the answer is simple. You can take a free tour on a ...