Sometimes, the military comes up with some truly insane ideas -- that work. What if you stuck an airport on a boat? Now, aircraft carriers rule the seas. Okay, what if you stuck a radar station on a ...

In the 1960s, Soviet engineer Robert Bartini envisioned an aircraft unlike anything else - a flying machine that could take off vertically, skim across water, and detect submarines. The result was the ...

When we board a plane, most of us are hoping for little more than a quiet neighbour in the next-door seat and an edible in-flight meal. However, some journeys come with bizarre in-flight extras, from ...

These were strange reasons planes were forced to land. In 2016, cops had to subdue two unruly passengers after they had meltdowns. In 2024, a plane headed to Europe had to be diverted when ...