Airplane design has basically remained unchanged for decades. The vast majority of planes are variations on the same basic design: A cigar-shaped body with a cockpit where pilots can see the front of ...

Jordanian Muhammad Malhas has long harboured dreams of being a pilot. Now at 76 years old, he’s soaring above the clouds in a cockpit he built in his basement. “Since the beginning of time, man has ...

The number of flying electric airplanes (and pilots) increased by one with the first flight of John Monnett's Waiex in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The Waiex is one of several models of kit-built aircraft ...

Any pilot familiar with Van's Aircraft probably could have guessed that when the company decided to build a light sport aircraft, it would deliver a lot of smiles for not much money. The kitplane ...

Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. Welcome to Malhas Airlines, non-stop from the basement….to the basement. This Jordanian man dreamed of becoming an airline pilot and travelling ...

We have featured a number of flight simulator devices and software over the years here on Geeky Gadgets, but this homemade one by Oakland Air Traffic Control Center in Fremont and a private pilot, is ...