Airplanes - Page 4

Stargazer, the last Lockheed L-1011 TriStar still flying, dropped the final Pegasus rocket in Northrop’s inventory from 40,000 feet in July 2026.

MD-11s still flying in 2026: only FedEx and Western Global fly the trijet. How 200 built became about two dozen, and what Louisville changed.

Alwaleed bin Talal’s private jet is Boeing 747-400 HZ-WBT7. His A380 palace was never built and his A340 went to Gaddafi. Specs and tail numbers inside.

What are planes made of? Mostly aluminum alloys, but the 787 and A350 are now about half carbon composite. The real material breakdowns, plane by plane.

Carburetor vs fuel injection: how each meters fuel, why carbs ice up, hot and cold starts, and why 57% of US piston planes still run a carb.

How many Boeing 747s are still flying? About 420 of the 1,574 built, but only around 40 carry passengers. Here is who still flies the jumbo, and why.

The fastest twin turboprop planes ranked by published top speed, from the 402-knot Piaggio Avanti EVO to the Saab 2000, Dash 8-400 and King Air.

The slowest plane in the world crossed the English Channel at about 8 mph. See 12 aircraft ranked by stall speed, plus the slowest jet and airliner.

Supercharger vs turbocharger: one runs off the crankshaft, one off exhaust. How they differ on lag, efficiency, heat and power at altitude, with FAA data.

The John Denver plane crash was not a fuel-out or a drinking story. What NTSB report LAX98FA008 found about his Long-EZ and its fuel selector.