Airplanes - Page 3

French fighter jets ranked: the 12 best from the 1949 Ouragan to the Rafale, with first flights, build totals, combat records and what comes after FCAS.

Speed tape on an airplane wing is aluminum, not duct tape. What the FAA allows it for, what it is rated to, and why Boeing’s 787 wings carry it.

Lockheed Martin fighter jets ranked, from the P-38 to the F-22 and F-35, with first flights, top speeds, numbers built and combat records, as of 2026.

The Tu-144 “Concordski” flew two months before Concorde but carried passengers for just seven months, on 55 flights in 1977-78. Here is why.

How many Concordes are left? 18 of the 20 built survive. See where every Concorde is today, which ones you can go inside, and why F-BVFD was scrapped.

Boeing’s 737 MAX backlog stood at 4,902 unfilled 737 orders on Sept. 30, 2026, after a record 363 MAX deliveries in nine months. Here is the math.

Do airplanes have horns? Yes, but not for honking. Airliners use a ground call horn and flight deck warning sounds for takeoff, gear and cabin alerts.

The fastest single-engine turboprop planes ranked by published max cruise speed, from the 335-knot Pilatus PC-21 to the Epic E1000 AX and TBM 980.

The fastest commercial plane ever was the Tu-144 at Mach 2.15. See the 10 fastest passenger planes ranked by certified top speed, and the fastest today.

Lufthansa’s last Airbus A340-600 flight, LH419 from Dulles, leaves Oct. 18, 2026. After it, only Conviasa and Mahan Air fly the jet on a schedule.