If you ask a small child to draw an airplane, they’ll more than likely draw the passenger windows as little ovals, but planes haven’t always looked that way. The de Havilland Comet, an early ...

The tiny hole you may have noticed in airplane windows is not a design or manufacturing flaw, but a feature that helps keep the integrity of the cabin structure, among other things.

Keeping plane window blinds open during takeoff and landing is important for the "critical stages of flight," an aviation expert told Newsweek. iStock / Getty Images Plus ...