Modern aircraft that fly at above 38,000 feet (about 12km), such as the Airbus A350 and Boeing 787 Airliners, create more contrails than older passenger-carrying commercial aircraft, the study found.

Modern planes fly at higher altitudes, creating longer-lasting contrails than older models, according to researchers from Imperial College London. Just like natural clouds, ...

The conditions outside a cruising airliner are those of intense cold, thin air, and potentially lethal atmospheric conditions ...

The Italian Stipa-Caproni experimental aircraft featured a tube-shaped fuselage similar in design to modern turbofans.

Modern aircraft are producing longer-lasting contrails that warm the planet faster than those created by older aircraft, presenting a "double whammy" for the aviation industry's carbon reduction ...

Modern commercial aircraft flying at high altitudes create longer-lived planet-warming contrails than older aircraft, a new study has found. The result means that although modern planes emit less ...

Modern aircraft are no lightweights either. For instance, even a smaller commercial jet like the Boeing 737-Max 8 has a maximum takeoff weight of 181,200 pounds. For comparison, an Airbus A380 can ...

Modern aircraft flew side-by-side with World War II, Korea and Vietnam-era planes at the Heritage Flight Training Course at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz.

In a modern plane the elevator is typically located in the tail section. Rudder With an earlier glider, banking a turn would sometimes cause the aircraft to spin out of control.