How to keep the air inside your home clean during wildfires

When the air is smoky from burning wildfires, health experts say to stay indoors. But there are steps you should take to keep ...
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Ever wonder why plane announcements are so hard to hear?

That muffled voice from the cockpit isn't just your imagination. Find out why airline announcements are so often hard to make ...
The New Yorker

Should You Recline Your Airplane Seat?

Like many culture-war issues, the divide over whether or not to recline your seat on an airplane has material causes.

I'm a frequent flier, and these are the only headphones that drown out the plane's engine noise

The first time I flew with them, I understood the hype.

Prepare for Airplane Purgatory

The chances of getting stuck for hours in a grounded plane are soaring.
Ars Technica

NASA’s X-59 “frankenjet” tests supersonic flight without the sonic boom

More than two decades since the Concorde supersonic airliner last took to the skies, NASA has been flying an experimental aircraft designed to replace loud sonic booms with a quieter thump equivalent ...
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Overall Aircraft Cabin Air Quality

An ad hoc committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will conduct a study examining the potential impacts of fume or smoke events on air quality in passenger aircraft ...
KING5

Fighter jet made 'popping sounds' before crashing, sparking wildfire near Mt. Rainier

YAKIMA COUNTY, Wash. — A military aircraft based out of San Diego crashed near Rimrock Lake Saturday afternoon, prompting evacuations of nearby campgrounds, road closures and a wildland fire response.
CBS News 8

Miramar-based fighter jet made 'popping sounds' before crashing, sparking wildfire in Washington State

YAKIMA COUNTY, Wash. — A military aircraft based out of San Diego crashed near Rimrock Lake Saturday afternoon, prompting evacuations of nearby campgrounds, road closures and a wildland fire response.
UPI

NASA's X-59 breaks sound barrier

NASA's experimental aircraft reached a major milestone last week by achieving supersonic speed. It's a first for the agency as it moves closer to demonstrating a new era of quieter high-speed flight. ...
Smithsonian Magazine

In a First, NASA’s Experimental X-59 Plane Flew Faster Than the Speed of Sound, Setting the Stage for ‘Quiet’ Supersonic Aircraft

On June 5, NASA’s experimental X-59 plane went supersonic for the first time. The aircraft zoomed through the sky at a top speed of about 713 miles per hour, or Mach 1.1, and an altitude of 43,400 ...
Southern Living

2 Drinks Flight Attendants Say They’d Never Order On A Plane—And Why

In an airplane cabin on an early-morning flight, a hot cup of coffee or tea might sound like just the thing to keep you cozy and alert. But ask any seasoned flight attendant and they’ll tell you to ...