4 hours ago · The presidential "Doomsday Plane," a flying fortress designed to serve as an airborne command post in the event of a nuclear war, was spotted in the air on Thursday night, raising …

Dec 27, 2025 · A plane on a medical mission crashed into Galveston Bay amid heavy fog, killing at least six people and triggering a complex rescue and investigation along the Texas coast.

Dec 22, 2025 · Emergency crews respond near the scene of a plane crash in Galveston, Texas, on Monday that left at least three people, including a 2-year-old child, dead, according to the U.S. Coast …

Dec 23, 2025 · Six people are dead after a small plane belonging to the Mexican Navy crashed off the coast of Galveston, Texas, on Monday, officials said. Eight people were on board the small plane …

The first plane to break the sound barrier in level flight was a rocket plane – the Bell X-1 in 1948. The North American X-15 broke many speed and altitude records in the 1960s and pioneered …

Dec 23, 2025 · Galveston plane crash involving Mexican Navy aircraft on medical mission prompts multi-agency response near Texas causeway, resulting in multiple fatalities.

2 days ago · A LATAM Airlines flight from Peru landed safely in Atlanta — then blew out multiple tires, prompting an emergency response.

13 hours ago · A computer simulation ordered by the government showed that everyone on board would have survived if the concrete berm had been made of materials that easily broke apart.

The essential components of an airplane are a wing system to sustain it in flight, tail surfaces to stabilize the wings, movable surfaces to control the attitude of the plane in flight, and a power plant to provide …

plane applies to any real or imaginary flat surface in which a straight line between any two points on it lies wholly within that surface.