Way before seatbelts made their way into cars, they were already a safety feature in some aircraft. The first car to use seatbelts is still debatable since, although Volvo appears to be the first ...

Speed brakes are high-drag devices designed to help aircraft descend faster without gaining excess speed. They're especially useful when a pilot needs to increase the descent rate without shocking the ...

The skies can be clear, blue, and tranquil. "And all of a sudden, boom, you hit it," Dan Bubb, a former airline pilot and now an aviation historian at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, told ...

Your trip may be booked, but there are hundreds of people and processes that help you travel to where you need to go. WSJ’s Booked goes behind-the-scenes with the experts to peel back the curtain on ...