Up and over to Down Under: Qantas plan Sydney to London nonstop via the North Pole
Two Qantas flights to Heathrow on Friday morning diverted to Paris CDG when the UK’s busiest airport closed down for the day.
Why Don't Planes Fly Over Antarctica?
In 1929, Richard Byrd became the first pilot to fly an airplane over the South Pole. With fewer restrictions and capabilities ...
New memoir After the North Pole captures the love-affair-turned-obsession of polar exploration
As destination and dream, the North Pole has few peers, and of those whose dreams led them there, Erling Kagge has few peers ...
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Why Can't You Fly over Antarctica? Here's What the Experts Say
Why can't you fly over Antarctica? The reasons behind the limitations are reinforced as safety measures for aviation crews and passengers benefit.
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The Reason Why Planes Don't Fly Over Antarctica
Many planes do travel over the Arctic region, flying between Europe and North America ... Richard Byrd became the first person to fly over the South Pole. After that, flights over Antarctica ...
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Piece of History: Arnel J. Cronkhite aeroplane
The name Arnel J. Cronkhite might not get the same reaction as Orville or Wilbur Wright, but he was among the first to fly ...
What’s the American Base on Greenland? Here’s What to Know.
Since World War II, American forces have been stationed on the island. Today, from a remote outpost, they watch the skies.
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America Just Deployed C-130 Planes to … Antarctica?
The enormous C-17 Globemaster, the mainstay of the Air Force’s transport fleet, often has trouble operating in cold ...
SpaceX launch like no other: First astronauts to orbit Earth's poles liftoff next week
A privately funded crew will launch on a SpaceX rocket next week on a mission to orbit Earth's poles - something that has ...