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Red Bull Pilot Lands On A Moving Train At 120 Kilometers Per Hour, In Daring World FirstDario Costa performs first landing and taking off from a moving cargo train in Afyonkarahisar, Turkey on February 15, 2026.

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Red Bull Pilot Lands On A Moving Train At 120 Kilometers Per Hour, In Daring World FirstDario Costa performs first landing and taking off from a moving cargo train in Afyonkarahisar, Turkey on February 15, 2026.
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Red Bull Pilot Lands On A Moving Train At 120 Kilometers Per Hour, In Daring World First

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BelugaST 5, One Of The Weirdest Planes In The Sky, Has Just Taken Its Last FlightAirbus BelugaST lands under the grey UK skies on January 29, 2026. Image credit: Airbus

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BelugaST 5, One Of The Weirdest Planes In The Sky, Has Just Taken Its Last FlightAirbus BelugaST lands under the grey UK skies on January 29, 2026. Image credit: Airbus
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BelugaST 5, One Of The Weirdest Planes In The Sky, Has Just Taken Its Last Flight

clock-iconJanuary 30, 2026
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Why Do Power Lines Have Those Big Colorful Balls On Them?Electric power transmission lines with red marker balls and a background of beautiful cloudy sky.

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Why Do Power Lines Have Those Big Colorful Balls On Them?Electric power transmission lines with red marker balls and a background of beautiful cloudy sky.
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Why Do Power Lines Have Those Big Colorful Balls On Them?

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Wild One-Minute Video Clearly Demonstrates Why Mercury Is Banned On AirplanesAirplane flying in the sky

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Wild One-Minute Video Clearly Demonstrates Why Mercury Is Banned On AirplanesAirplane flying in the sky
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Wild One-Minute Video Clearly Demonstrates Why Mercury Is Banned On Airplanes

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Why Doesn't Flying Against The Earth's Rotation Speed Up Flight Times?A city and sunset taking from an airplane window, wing

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Why Doesn't Flying Against The Earth's Rotation Speed Up Flight Times?A city and sunset taking from an airplane window, wing
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Why Doesn't Flying Against The Earth's Rotation Speed Up Flight Times?

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Supersonic Flight Without The Boom: NASA's X-59 Experimental Aircraft Takes Flight For First TimeX-59 departs on its maiden flight.

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Supersonic Flight Without The Boom: NASA's X-59 Experimental Aircraft Takes Flight For First TimeX-59 departs on its maiden flight.
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Supersonic Flight Without The Boom: NASA's X-59 Experimental Aircraft Takes Flight For First Time

clock-iconOctober 29, 2025

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Vesna Vulović: The Woman Who Fell Over 10,000 Meters And Miraculously SurvivedA plane is flying in the sky, viewed from below, with a light glint as passes the sun.

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Vesna Vulović: The Woman Who Fell Over 10,000 Meters And Miraculously SurvivedA plane is flying in the sky, viewed from below, with a light glint as passes the sun.
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Vesna Vulović: The Woman Who Fell Over 10,000 Meters And Miraculously Survived

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WindRunner: The World's Largest Aircraft Wants To Turbocharge The Green TransitionA rendering of the Windrunner aircraft driving into the sunset with windturbines.

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WindRunner: The World's Largest Aircraft Wants To Turbocharge The Green TransitionA rendering of the Windrunner aircraft driving into the sunset with windturbines.
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WindRunner: What's The World's Largest Aircraft Going To Be Used For?

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Fastest Civilian Jet Since Concorde To Fly Passengers At 1,152 Km/h In Total LuxuryA digitally edited photo showing the Global 8,000 flying away from London. The jet is facing the viewer and below it is the river Thames and key features of the London cityscape.

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Fastest Civilian Jet Since Concorde To Fly Passengers At 1,152 Km/h In Total LuxuryA digitally edited photo showing the Global 8,000 flying away from London. The jet is facing the viewer and below it is the river Thames and key features of the London cityscape.
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Fastest Civilian Jet Since Concorde To Fly Passengers At 1,152 Km/h In Total Luxury

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How Did The XB-1 Jet Break The Sound Barrier Without Producing An Audible Sonic Boom?XB-1 test vehicle in flight.

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How Did The XB-1 Jet Break The Sound Barrier Without Producing An Audible Sonic Boom?XB-1 test vehicle in flight.
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How Did The XB-1 Jet Break The Sound Barrier Without Producing An Audible Sonic Boom?

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This Skinny Spy Drone Could Someday Fly For 365 Days Without A Break PHASA-35: an uncrewed aerial done flying in the sky

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This Skinny Spy Drone Could Someday Fly For 365 Days Without A Break PHASA-35: an uncrewed aerial done flying in the sky
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This Skinny Spy Drone Could Someday Fly For 365 Days Without A Break

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The Soviet Union Learned Why Flying Tanks Are A Terrible Idea The Hard WayAntonov A-40 flying tank.

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The Soviet Union Learned Why Flying Tanks Are A Terrible Idea The Hard WayAntonov A-40 flying tank.
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The Soviet Union Learned Why Flying Tanks Are A Terrible Idea The Hard Way

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Biggest Plane In The World: Antonov An-225 Mriya Was An Absolute BeastAntonov An-225 Mriya sticks a landing in Poland on November 14, 2021.

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Biggest Plane In The World: Antonov An-225 Mriya Was An Absolute BeastAntonov An-225 Mriya sticks a landing in Poland on November 14, 2021.
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Biggest Plane In The World: Antonov An-225 Mriya Was An Absolute Beast

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Chinese And Russian Bombers Intercepted Near Alaska In Display Of Their New FriendshipNORAD shared this image of North American fighter jets with a Chinese Xi'an H-6 bomber.

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Chinese And Russian Bombers Intercepted Near Alaska In Display Of Their New FriendshipNORAD shared this image of North American fighter jets with a Chinese Xi'an H-6 bomber.
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Chinese And Russian Bombers Intercepted Near Alaska In Display Of Their New Friendship

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The US Has Ordered Five New Jets For Their New "Doomsday Plane" FleetA smaller plane refuells the E-4B Nightwatch mid-flight over Southern California.

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The US Has Ordered Five New Jets For Their New "Doomsday Plane" FleetA smaller plane refuells the E-4B Nightwatch mid-flight over Southern California.
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The US Has Ordered Five New Jets For Their New "Doomsday Plane" Fleet

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