Most passengers look out the window and notice blinking red lights, glowing wingtips, or bright beams during takeoff, but few truly understand what they mean. These lights are far more than decoration ...

No, they’re not setting the mood for mile-high club hopefuls. Dimming the lights during takeoff and landing on night flights might seem like a superfluous measure to facilitate passenger sleep.

Like so many other airplane procedures, dimming the cabin lights during takeoff and landing is primarily done for safety reasons, which a pilot and a flight attendant outline below. If you think you ...

Chad Upton is a normal guy who mows the lawn on the weekend, takes out the trash, works in an office, and then spends his nights writing about secrets – yours, mine and some interesting company ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Flight attendants may require window shades to be up during takeoff and landing for passenger safety. Open windows let passengers ...

View of planes through an open airplane window. There are two reasons I like to pull my shade down as soon as I settle into my window seat after boarding a plane. For starters, the cabin is usually ...