Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A recent viral TikTok video featuring a veteran pilot has shed light on a little-known aspect of air travel history – why airplane ...

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 ...

When it comes to airplane windows, it’s not hip to be square. The shape of airplane windows might seem arbitrary, but there’s actually a grim reason behind their design, according to air experts. They ...

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 ...