planes

Everyone wants to load a plane faster. Airlines want it because it’ll get them off the ground on time. Passengers want it because it’ll get them to their destination faster. …

You may have heard about a plane “dumping fuel” before. The definition of it is pretty self-explanatory…the plane has X amount of fuel and it throws out, or “dumps” (although …

When Joe and I were en route to Iceland and took our first post-COVID flight (which, as it turned out, wasn’t really post-COVID), MCO –> JFK, we were a little …

Have you ever thought about all the stuff that goes into designing and building a plane so that it can fly 35,000 feet in the air (by the way, here’s …

2020 was the year of coronavirus, and, understandably, an absolutely horrible year for airlines. It was also the year of airlines retiring many, if not all of their 747s, as …

When reading about plane companies that aim to decrease emissions, its readers tend to be in two camps. There are those who care about the environment and are voracious readers …

Here’s an oldie but a goody… OK yeah, it’s kinda gross, but it’s a funny meme, in a dark humor sort of way. Anyway, that “Look, up in the sky! …

Hi, travel friends and happy Saturday! Here’s a recap of what’s gone on at YMMV in the past week or two. From what we’ve written to what others wrote that …

If you have winter where you’re traveling from, de-icing a plane can become a frequent part of the air travel journey. There are some experts out there who probably know …

They’ve been the subject of April Fool’s jokes and of real-life futuristic visions of everyday aviation. But could glass ceilings (and walls and floors) ever really happen on planes in …