The SR-71 Blackbird flew to 85,000 feet. The folks behind this glider want to beat it.

Passengers hurt after experiencing 10 second air drop.

Wondering what you can carry on next time you board an airplane? Look no further than this handy infographic. You'll be relaxing at 37,000 feet in no time!

A British Airways flight was evacuated after one of its engines caught fire during takeoff on a runway in Las Vegas on Tuesday afternoon, airport officials said.

Seven people injured as London-bound Boeing 777 suffers ‘catastrophic engine failure’, with smoke and flames coming from fuselage

Between increasingly automated cockpits and lightweight materials untested over an aircraft's entire lifespan, some aviation watchers are worried the tech of planes is moving too fast. PM's editors take a long, hard look at aviation safety.

DESPITE two catastrophic air crashes (the disappearance of MH370 over the Indian ocean, and the shooting down of MH17 over Ukraine), 2014 was the safest year on record for civil aviation—with only one accident for every 4.4m flights. All told, 73 airline accidents occurred, including 12 involving fatalities. Some 641 passengers and crew died as a result. Even if the 298 lives lost over Ukraine are included (aircraft destroyed...

An airliner with 54 people aboard lost contact with air traffic control over the remote province of Papua in Indonesia on Sunday.

The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter was meant to improve the U.S. air arsenal, but has made it more vulnerable instead. By David Axe.

As airlines squeeze more and more seats on every plane, room — especially leg room— is a commodity worth its weight in gold. Recently, the US Patent and Trademark Office published a patent application from B/E Aerospace's Travis Finlay, Glenn Johnson, and Pierre Vignal for a system of airplane seats that are adjustable based on the height of a passenger.

It was a promotional stunt that in today’s dollars used a $144 million investment by Boeing. And it was done without the knowledge of Bill Allen, then president of the company, who was watching. And fuming. He was not a happy man. The firm’s future was on the line. No time for tricks.

Friday is 60 years since Tex Johnston’s famous barrel-roll of the Boeing 707 prototype over Lake Washington.

The passengers and the photos of cracked windshields and a damaged nose cone tell the same story: Friday evening's Delta Flight 1889 was intense.

Part of aircraft wing found on Reunion island is from missing MH370 plane, Malaysian prime minister says.

An object found on an Indian Ocean island is not part of a plane door but a generic ladder that has nothing to do with missing Flight 370, a Malaysian officials said.

A man is suing an airline after claiming that he has suffered back pain since he was sat next to an obese man on a flight

The plane debris that washed up on La Reunion island in the southern Indian Ocean almost certainly belongs to a Boeing 777, Malaysia's deputy transport minister says.

The Boeing 777 landed in Amsterdam on Saturday during the Netherlands' worst July storm on record.

Apparent airplane debris found off the coast of Reunion island, is being examined to see if it related to the 2014 disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, a member of the French Air Force in Reunion said Wednesday.

Debris that appears to be from a large plane has reportedly been found off the east coast of Africa, raising the possibility it could be from missing Malaysia Airlines flight 370.