Flight attendants may require window shades to be up during takeoff and landing for passenger safety. Open windows let ...

These windows on some aircraft — like the Boeing 737, 767, and 777 and Airbus A330 — are designed to be used by the cockpit crew in an emergency (and no, using them is not as cumbersome as ...

On most commercial aircraft, all cabin doors automatically lock once the plane has reached a certain speed. According to Scheibner, it’s approximately 80 knots (92 miles per hour).

The Quicksilver Sport 2SE is a two-seat open cockpit airplane constructed of aluminum tubes and double-side sailcloth. The S2SE is powered by a 65-horsepower Rotax engine and has its sweet spot ...

Owen Bogart, left, and Damar Newcom, sit inside the cockpit of a Martin 202, a short-haul airplane built in July 1950 that is the last one remaining, during the Open Cockpit Day at the Aviation ...

The airplane can be flown with both windows down at any speed, giving it the feel of an open-cockpit airplane.

The new aircraft is taking the place of its transporting predecessor, the Beluga ST—it's about 20 feet longer and 3 feet wider, and can carry about 12,000 more pounds.

The experience of flying in a World War II-era, open-cockpit airplane is exhilarating. On Saturday, at the Commemorative Air Force's historic airplane and vintage car show at Lancaster Regional ...