We've all heard about fighter jets deploying flares in the middle of a heated dog fight, but you'd to be surprised to learn just how important flares are.

The belated discovery may help solve the mystery of what led a 22-year-old pilot to plunge to his death in 1943.

While people requesting to switch seats with other airplane passengers may not be on the top of your listof worries when it comes to traveling by plane, it’s a hotly debated issue that comes up quite ...