Predictions, Observations, and Farewells Amidst Coronavirus.

August 6th Update: Virgin Atlantic Declares Bankruptcy.

Unexpected Pleasures at a Terminal Near You.

UPDATES: JFK’s Calder Mobile, Underground Atlanta and SFO’s Dragonflies.

Three Dudes, Two Sides, Twenty-One Songs and Thirty-Six Years.

How an Empty Jet Handles Differently Than a Heavy One. And a Pilot’s Life Under COVID.

Point to Point: Alaska Airlines’ Throwback Flights, and the Weird Zen of Airline Route Maps.

Boeing’s New Midsize Aircraft Concept Will Likely be Nixed in the Wake of Coronavirus.

Wheeled Luggage and the Future of Language.

Flights Across the North Atlantic Are Setting Speed Records Thanks to Monster Tailwinds. But Here’s the Thing…

The Black Swan. Flying in the Age of Coronavirus.

Update: The Politics of COVID, and How This Does Not End.

Filmmakers Go to Huge Lengths to Get Period Details Correct. Unless We’re Talking Planes.

Hippos and Haute Cuisine at a Zambian Safari Lodge.

The Most Colorful and Influential Airlines of Yesterday.

Part Two: Europe, Asia, Latin America and Beyond.

Boeing Bet the Future on a Fifty Year-Old Design. Did it Lose?

Tough Questions After Two Pilots are Arrested in Glasgow.

How Not to Evacuate From a Burning Plane.

Also, What Happens When a Plane is Hit By Lightning?

UPDATE: How Boeing Went Rotten.

Plus, America’s “Gold Standard” in Perspective, From the 737 to the DC-10.

Airbus to End Production of its Flagship Double-Decker. Plus, the Myth of the Vanishing Jumbo Jet.

Crowds, Kids, Noise… Has the Premium Class Lounge Lost Its Luster ?

Introducing the Second Edition of Cockpit Confidential.

Everything You Need to Know About Air Travel. Questions, Answers & Reflections.

When a Tail Tells a Tale. From da Vinci to the Union Jack to the Persian Griffin, Designs With a Deeper Meaning.

It’s That Time of Year Again.

Snow, Ice, and Airplanes. Everything You Need to Know About the Travails of Winter Flying.

An Updated Post: Two Experiences Rekindle a Controversial Debate.

Flying over Cape Cod in a Cramped Cockpit, I Wanted Nothing More Than to be Down on the Beach. Call me a Heretic.

Suspiciously Timed Disaster Kills 176 Passengers and Crew.

UPDATE: Iran Acknowledges Missile Strike. Plus, a Look Back at Similar Incidents.

It’s Three Things You Likely Didn’t Expect: Tasteful, Attractive, and Boring.

And Here’s How to Make It Better…

The Past as Prologue: The Legacy of American 191.

Volume Four: Steering, Runway Noises, Cameras, and Everything You Were Afraid to Know About Engine Failures.

Plus, How to Navigate Up a Badger’s Arse.

Scenes at and Around Roberts Field.

Welcome to Flying, Where The Rules of Civility and Decency No Longer Apply.

What’s This, an Error in The New Yorker!

Plus: an Airline Style Sheet for Editors and Neurotics Alike.

William Langewiesche’s Outstanding Story, and Coming to Terms With the Fate of MH370.

The Pilot Shortage Is Here, and It’s Real. But What Is It, Exactly?

UPDATE: Regionals Behaving Badly.

The Weird and Wonderful World of Airline Collectibles.

Airport Innovations South of the Border.

Plus: Mexico City, More Than Crime and Grime.

As any aerogeek will tell you, there’s something fascinating about old abandoned planes. This decomposing Russian jet is no exception.

UPDATE: The Latest Awful.

Here’s a Better Idea: No Demos More Than 90 Seconds Long.