Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Most birds fly at low altitudes, relatively speaking. But ...

Airplanes cruise at altitudes of several thousand feet above the ground for most parts of their journeys. If the sole purpose were to avoid buildings, airplanes wouldn't need to fly above 3,000 feet - ...

The Black Hawk helicopter that collided with a passenger jet near Washington, D.C., last week may have been flying higher than the maximum altitude for its training mission, authorities say. National ...

Shannon Russell, originally from South Africa, recently took off from the Torrance Municipal Airport and reached 32,049 feet ...

The U-2 spy plane helped shape modern military history, from tracking Soviet missiles during the Cold War to providing the ...

What is being characterized as a small balloon was intercepted by fighter aircraft Friday morning over Utah at an altitude of 43,000 to 45,000 feet and is being allowed to continue to fly above the ...

The author's flying career progressed from a used Beechcraft Musketeer to progressively faster and more sophisticated aircraft, culminating in a turbine-powered Piper Cheyenne and later jet aircraft.

DENVER (KDVR) — A high-altitude balloon was being tracked across the Western part of the country by the North American Aerospace Defense Command, the agency confirmed Friday. NORAD released a ...

The balloon has since left U.S. airspace, officials said Saturday. A balloon intercepted by fighter aircraft over Utah on Friday was a "likely hobby balloon" and has since left United States airspace, ...

The military helicopter that collided with an American Airlines flight over Washington, DC, was flying nearly twice as high as it should have been — but the Black Hawk was not equipped with a new ...