Why are people so fascinated with airplanes?

People go round at incredibly high speeds flying within heavy metal birds that other people designed and built........and you don't think its amazing? Have you ever actually stepped back and looked at the world? But I see you are thinking of plane spotting. Then it is even easier to explain. read more

People collect discarded shopping lists for goodness sake. There is virtually nothing so strange that some people wouldn't want to either look at or collect. If you have no hobbies which someone would find dull, then I suggest you get some. read more

Plane crashes are terrifying. As humans, they play to some sort of visceral fear inside of us—we aren't supposed to fly, so the thought of something going wrong up there is particularly unsettling. read more