Imagine showing up at the airport to catch your flight, looking at your plane, and noticing that instead of windows, the cockpit is now a smooth cone of aluminum. It may seem like the worst case of ...

Aesthetics often don't factor into airlines' plane-buying decisions — safety, efficiency, and cost take priority. However, some of the most iconic aircraft feature distinctive exterior designs that ...

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If you have ever wanted to be a fly on the wall of an Airbus cockpit, today is your most fortunate of days. Mashable's Jessica Plautz spotted the following video that offers a stunning 360-degree view ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Speculation abounds this morning over what brought down Germanwings ...

An article published in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer yesterday evening describes a patent application from European aerospace company Airbus in which pilots fly aircraft entirely through electronic ...

With the revelation that Germanwings first officer Andreas Lubitz locked his superior out of the cockpit and then guided flight 4U 9525 into the mountains of the Alps, killing all 150 people aboard, ...

Ever wondered what all those switches, dials and levers do in the cockpit of an airplane? We did too, so we asked a pilot. Gerhard Ramcke, of Latvian airline airBaltic, gave CNN Travel a tour of the ...

Airbus has turned on the power inside its new composite A350 XWB for the first time. The flight deck of the MSN1, the first flyable A350 XWB rolling down the assembly line, features an array of flat ...

It’s no secret that pilots on long-haul flights have access to private sleeping quarters that passengers never see, but it turns out there are more surprises hidden away inside a modern airliner, ...