Inside the McDonnell Douglas Heritage MD‑11 cockpit that defined an era

A glass cockpit removed the need for a flight engineer and made it easier for pilots to fly the MD-11.

How Many McDonnell Douglas MD‑11s Were Built?

The McDonnell Douglas DC-10 laid the foundation for the MD-11, both structurally and conceptually. First entering airline ...

Lifetime’s ‘Pushed Off a Plane and Survived’ Actually Isn’t Far-Fetched

In the Lifetime TV movie, Eva Marcille plays a woman who falls 4,000 feet with a faulty parachute. In real life, people have survived free falls from even higher altitudes.
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USAir Flight 499: Snow, Tailwind, and a Runway That Ran Out

The 1986 crash of USAir Flight 499 is a winter operations case study: tailwind restrictions, hydroplaning risk, and the ...
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Boeing 737, the story of a civil aviation bestseller with a tragic record

The story of the Boeing 737, popularly known as "Baby Boeing" in its early days due to its small size, began in May 1964 when ...