Editorial Team

If you’re an airplane buff, chances are good that you’ve wondered what all of their antennas were for at some point. How do the pilots communicate with people on the ground? Where does airplane WiFi come from? Which antennas do they use for what? Some of these questions have some interesting answers, but none of

Many people never consider the possibility of an airplane suffering with corrosion, but it does happen. Like all metal objects, aircraft corrosion is bound to happen sooner or later, and the only way to know what to do about it is to recognize the reason it occurred in the first place. Corrosion doesn’t affect how

Of all the questions asked by airplane enthusiasts, one of the most basic and most interesting questions is, what type of fuel does an airplane use? After all, it can’t run on regular gasoline like cars do – or can it? If you’ve ever been curious about the type of fuel that is needed to

If you’ve ever wondered how an airplane is able to take off, land, and operate while in the air, the process can be summed up in one word: hydraulics. Airplanes can utilize either hydraulic or pneumatic systems to operate, but once you find out the many advantages of using hydraulics, you’ll likely wonder why they

Airplanes often have brightly colored logos and designs on the outside. If you’re wondering how they got there, it is really a lot simpler than you think. With minor differences, painting an airplane is much the same as painting any other object such as a house or a piece of wooden furniture. It just takes

Have you ever wondered what airline pilots do when they’re in the air and it starts to rain? Do airplanes even have windshield wipers, and if so, how do they work? These may sound like silly questions, but like any other type of vehicle that moves, it is important that airplanes have some way to

With GPS in your car, you can simply type in where you want to go, and the GPS will calculate the estimated time of arrival and the quickest route. Have you ever wonder how an airplanes can do the same? Yes, the GPS technology was utilized on airplanes before cars. But you can easily see

Every day thousands of airplanes criss-cross around the globe transporting travelers to their destinations. They fly without a thought to how significant the ability to take to the skies is. Imagine trying to get to another continent just 120 years ago; it would have been a long and tedious voyage on a ship. Most people

One of the periods where aviation took some massive leaps in development was WW1. European governments invested big budgets for developing airplanes that would come out on top. Military aviation soon transformed from observation balloons to the first fighter planes. Let’s take a look at how airplanes were used in WW1. World War I was

Large commercial airliners can have baffling weights. In the case of the A380-800 for instance, the max landing weight is 386 metric tons. How do these huge airplanes brake when landing and what kind of brakes do airplanes have? Do Airplanes Have Brakes? In short: Yes, airplanes do have brakes. Airplanes have disc brakes similar