A recent viral TikTok video featuring a veteran pilot has shed light on a little-known aspect of air travel history – why airplane windows are round instead of square. Captain Steve, an experienced ...

Today, all passenger windows on aircraft are round or a form of rounded rectangle. No windows have sharper edges. It wasn't always this way with the first jet-powered airliners featuring square ...

In her response to the opinion letter 'Congratulations, Democrats,' Mrs. Brenda Washington includes this seemingly unrelated thought-provoker: "Here's a trivia for you two old goats. Up until the ...

When you glance out your airplane window at 30,000 feet, that curved little portal seems like a simple design choice. But the reason it is round has nothing to do with style. It is the result of one ...

Holly has a degree in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Leicester. Her scientific interests include genomics, personalized medicine, and bioethics.View full profile Holly has a degree in ...

Flying the skies on a passenger jet can give you a view like no other, providing a birds-eye look at cities, rivers, fields, or forests. For first-time fliers or children, this can be a thrill, but ...

Airplane windows might seem ordinary, but they are as much of an engineering marvel as the rest of a modern aircraft. These windows are made of three layers of material to facilitate the plane's ...

Whether you love your window seat or prefer to stay far away and forget you’re in flight, you’ve no doubt noticed that all airplane windows are round. It’s something that you probably haven’t ...

Well apparently there's a reason for this not unconnected to safety. In the early days of airplanes (we're talking 1903), square windows were the norm and when commercial jetliners became popular in ...