Though one might think that the plane’s enormous ... the high-flying aircraft’s ability to land aboard a carrier. Modifications included the addition of sturdier landing gears, an arresting ...

Passengers love Boeing 747s and Airbus A380s, AKA the world’s biggest commercial jets, but they’re slowly being phased out.

Brakes are the primary way that aircraft can stop. During taxiing, this is the only method to slow down, while planes also ...

This article is the second in a two-part series on “Operation Whale Tail,” the CIA’s ambitious project to reformat a U-2 Dragon Lady spy plane for aircraft carrier use. The first article was ...

A plaque to mark the landing - which relied on crew members to grab the plane's wings to stop it ... and wing flaps extended - simulating an aircraft carrier landing approach.

Martin, following her carrier ... on the aircraft carrier, Denkler said it was a rush. “I don’t know if the bigger rush is the trap or the catapult shot,” she said. “The LSOs (landing ...