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Concept art showing augmented reality smart glass window in airplane cabin

Smart glass windows would beam in-flight info over scenic views

XB-1 plane taking off in desert

Experimental jet achieves supersonic flight, minus the boom

XB-1 during test flight

Boom Supersonic breaks sound barrier for the first time

flying with cellphone airplane mode

Ask Us Anything

Why do we still have to use airplane mode?

Close up of C-17 cargo plane

Boeing allegedly overcharged the military 8,000% for airplane soap dispensers

Lightning strike at night

NASA’s U-2 spy plane found gamma rays in 90% of lightning storms

How do you keep pilots and passengers of sea planes safe?

By Barbara Peterson / Hakai Magazine

view from airplane

Climate change is making turbulence worse

By Lauren Leffer