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The next time you want to stop an airplane, just ram it with your car!

As a Polish-American I grew up non-stop with these types of jokes: "How Many Polocks Does It Take To Screw In A Light Bulb?"  I can remember my mom always telling me NOT to tell anyone I was Polish, but that just made me want to talk about it even more...

On Monday, I posted a story about a air-show gone bad in Reno last Friday.  Here's some more footage of the crash.  This time it actually shows the impact. Here's the video: Authorities are still trying to figure out the cause. VIA CNN...

This past Friday, at an air show in Reno, Nevada a horrible accident occurred and it was all caught on video. A plane crashed into the bleachers and killed not only the pilot, but eight spectators too.  As to the cause?  Authorities are still trying to figure out what happened...

There are frequent fliers. And then there are those who practically make it an Olympic sport. Tom Stuker, a Chicago-based automotive sales consultant, became the first person ever to rack up 10 million frequent flier miles with United Airlines -- and it only took him 29 years and 6,000 flights to do it.

Lots of people can build a model airplane, but Dan Reeves was looking for a tougher challenge. The Lower Allen Township, Pennsylvania man removed part of a wall in his home Wednesday to unveil a plane he built by himself in his basement.

Last weekend, an Emirates Airbus 380 was struck by a jagged bolt of lightning as it began its descent into London's Heathrow Airport. Luckily, none of the passengers aboard were harmed, and the plane made it safely to the ground. Believe it or not, airplanes generally sustain a couple of lightning strikes per year, and are designed so that their bodies act as a conductor, allowing the lightning to

Even as a child, you probably never imagined a model plane system as comprehensive as the Miniatur Wunderland railway in Hamburg, Germany. After 6 years of construction, the "Knuffington Airport" now boasts 200,000 mini people, 6 miles of track, computer-controlled airplanes that actually fly and a $5 million bill.

Not like people’s lives are important…I’m just gonna watch this movie and then take a nap, and those giant speeding jets will be just fine.  Apparently, falling asleep on the job isn’t the only problem air traffic controllers are having...

Sure, he’s won the Australian Open and currently ranks as the No. 2 tennis player in the world, but we weren’t truly impressed by Novak Djokovic’s game until we saw this epic new video, in which the pro athlete can be seen playing tennis from — wait for it — the wings of a flying airplane. It’s the latest video from HEAD Tennis’ viral campaign (via YouTube), a slick set of videos that give new m

Virgin Atlantic airlines just did a survey of more than 3,000 flight attendants and asked them for the strangest, craziest, and dumbest requests they’ve ever gotten from passengers. And the number one most common “stupid request” they’ve heard is ...