If you've ever looked up at the night sky at the sound of a passing plane, you may have noticed a small blinking red light. That's called an anti-collision beacon, and while it might seem minor from ...
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Poland said on Wednesday that two of its fighter jets intercepted a Russian spy plane in the Baltic Sea, as NATO remains on edge over air incursions that it fears are a way for Moscow to test its ...
To get the geological data, the plane flies as low as 300 feet. The plane's instruments measure the Earth’s magnetic field and naturally occurring low levels of radiation. The plane’s instruments are ...
October 22nd, 2005 Moments after takeoff from London Heathrow, a British Airways flight is plunged into darkness. With nothing to guide him but the faint horizon out the window, the captain struggles ...
Look up and you may spot a quirky-looking plane flying low in the sky. The plane is meant to be there, federal officials say. And it’s on a mission: to improve maps. Outfitted with an elongated “boom” ...