Whether you grew up with 'The Jetsons' or 'Back To The Future', part of any child's vision of the future included cruising to work in your very own fl...
The first attempt to cross the United States in a solar powered plane has begun. The Solar Impulse plane has a wingspan of 63 metres - as big as an...
As a "writer" and self-professed film lover I had never actually watched an Academy Awards ceremony - or that many Academy Award nominated films. The horrible truth of it all is that I'm very much at home with crap films - I ENJOY them.
Flight's shining light is without a doubt Denzel Washington, an actor who never fails to deliver an amazing performance.
Denzel Washington said his Oscar nomination was a "thrill" as he premiered his new film 'Flight'. The 58-year-old - who has won twice for his roles...
Nasa has revealed a startling image of a radical passenger plane it is currently testing in America. The design is a concept of a plane which could...
It's the one view that always takes your breath away. The moment after take-off, when the depressing landscape of the airport melts away and is replac...
Ah, first class. We've all experienced this, walking off a long haul flight, you get lead through the business or first class section of the plane, and marvelled at the bigger (and reclining!) seats, complimentary (and now empty!) champagne flutes and futuristic digital entertainment systems.
Passenger aircraft flying in formation like birds could be a feature of aviation in the second half of this century, it was revealed on Thursday. F...
Rules about what devices can be used on planes - and when - could be shaken up sooner than you think. Being forced to turn off your electronics bef...
The trial flight of a new hypersonic plane which could have eventually led to 60 minute flights from London to New York failed miserably after the exp...
The US military will test a new hypersonic plane on Tuesday which could eventually lead to flights from London to New York lasting just 60 minutes. ...
The dream of human-powered flight - as opposed to the similar but critically different dream of falling in style - has come one step closer to reality...
Amazing new concepts for a 'successor' to the Concorde supersonic passenger jet are being developed by a group of companies working with Nasa scientis...
Trials are starting in order to see if unmanned flights could be flown in British airspace. If successful, the trials could lead to pilotless aircr...
A couple onboard a Ryanair flight described the terrifying moment they heard a "bang" followed by a rush of cold air before oxygen masks dropped and t...
A JetBlue flight in the US had to make an emergency landing after the aircraft's captain went berserk and had to be restrained. The pilot, named b...
Last week, I met Fred Finn, who is officially the world's most travelled person. He has been in the Guinness Book of Records since 1983 and has now f...
Adrenaline junkie Espen Fadnes may not actually be Superman (or a bird, for that matter), but he does a damn good impression of him as he soars throug...
Sir Richard Branson has voiced hope that planes could be powered mostly by renewable fuels by the end of the decade, as a scheme analysing options for...
