Terrified by that sinking feeling on a plane during take-off? Well, understanding what's actually happening at take-off and why may help calm your fears. In a viral post on TikTok, airline pilot Jimmy ...

Photographic and video evidence indicates the UPS Boeing MD-11F which crashed on take-off at Louisville was on fire, after one of its engines separated from the wing during the take-off roll. Smoke ...

Airplane takeoff speed is highly variable and depends on an aircraft's specific aerodynamic design (shape, wing features) and current environmental conditions (weather, density altitude, wind). The ...

Hate that nauseating feeling you get when a plane takes off? Choosing the right seat on a plane can help with this, according to Kyle Koukol, a 29-year-old airline pilot based in San Francisco. Koukol ...

Embraer has emphasised the safety aspects of its automatic take-off system, as it prepares for European and US certification measures. The system – known as E2TS – has already been fitted to an ...

Not every plane has the luxury of very long airport-worthy runway strips. In fact, many combat scenarios are in non-ideal locations that often do not come with a nice long runway for landing and ...

Among the wildest sights in aviation is a high-performance aircraft taking off from a lake or the sea. The exciting ability to take off from water frees aeroplanes from needing a runway, airfield, or ...