Tag: flying
How do airplanes fly? An aerospace engineer explains the physics of flight
Craig Merrett, Clarkson University
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If...
Airlines are frustrating travelers by changing frequent flyer program rules –...
Jay L. Zagorsky, Boston University and H. Sami Karaca, Boston University
As the U.S. holiday travel season picks up,...
What is the FAA’s NOTAM? An aviation expert explains how the...
What is NOTAM?
Aviation is full of acronyms, and Notice to Air Missions, or NOTAM, is one acronym that...
D.B. Cooper, the changing nature of hijackings and the foundation for...
Janet Bednarek, University of Dayton
Though many Americans may associate airport security with 9/11, it was a wave of...
Why do flocks of birds swoop and swirl together in the...
Tom Langen, Clarkson University
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If...
An entire generation of Americans has no idea how easy air...
Janet Bednarek, University of Dayton
During the mid-1990s I traveled between Dayton, Ohio, and Washington, D.C., twice a month...
Why does it take longer to fly from east to west...
Skip Bailey, University of Nebraska Omaha
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert...
How do geese know how to fly south for the winter?
Tom Langen, Clarkson University
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer,...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
