Air travel has become such a routine part of modern life that many passengers rarely stop to consider the engineering marvels surrounding them. Every detail inside an aircraft, from the shape of the ...

Close up of a tiny hole in an airplane window. Known as breather or bleed holes, these tiny holes help with cabin pressurization and keep the windows clear. Wilbur and Orville Wright—the brothers ...

People notice many things while flying, but one small detail always makes passengers curious. If you’ve ever taken a window seat, you may have spotted a tiny hole at the bottom of the airplane window.

The stellar view from an aircraft window makes window seats the most coveted spots in the airplane cabin, although there are some seats you'd definitely want to avoid. While some mockingly refer to ...

A shattered window is not rare in everyday situations, as windows crack all the time due to impact or sudden temperature changes. A broken office or home window can cause minor discomfort, allowing ...

When you glance out your airplane window at 30,000 feet, that curved little portal seems like a simple design choice. But the reason it is round has nothing to do with style. It is the result of one ...

Some airplane window seats lack windows due to seat configurations that don’t align with the fixed window placements built into the aircraft fuselage. Airlines often adjust seat pitch to add more rows ...