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 ...

Passenger aircraft are rather uniform, for the most part, with the familiar white color scheme of commercial planes and so on. Lots of travelers scarcely give their exteriors a second thought. There ...

A dramatic video takes viewers inside the cockpit of a California Air National Guard plane being used to fight the growing Hughes Fire in Los Angeles County. The footage shows the low-flying C-130J ...

Airbus Defence and Space has taken the wraps off its fighter cockpit of tomorrow that it's helping to develop as part of Europe's Enhanced Pilot Interfaces & Interactions for Fighter Cockpit (EPIIC) ...

Plans also call for the plane's avionics system to automatically convert all radio communications to text displayed on a cockpit screen. That way, the pilot will have a transcript of all the ...

Previously, flight crew often used a beverage cart to create a physical barrier for passengers when pilots needed to exit the cockpit mid-flight Kevin Carter/Getty; Southwest Airlines Southwest ...

Flying might feel routine, but behind the scenes, every airplane is packed with hidden safety features designed to protect passengers. In fact, flying is considered one of the safest ways to travel ...

Southwest Airlines’ newest jets are now flying with a barrier that can protect the cockpit when pilots need to open the door during flight, according to the airline. The company’s first Boeing 737 ...

A problem with an intercom led to uncertainty. No one was hurt. By Victor Mather A flight returned to Omaha shortly after takeoff on Monday evening when the pilots mistakenly thought someone might be ...