From his youth, Jack Northrop imagined efficient all-wing aircraft so advanced that technology and power plants needed to ...

With a sleek flying wing design and speeds reaching 200 mph, the XCG-16 was no ordinary glider. Built as an experimental assault aircraft during WWII, it pushed the limits of stealth and speed without ...

Military planes sometimes have tail fins that form a V-shape rather than the traditional single fin. Here's why they have ...

One of America’s leading aircraft designers, Jack Northrop, showed keen interest in the Horten brothers’ flying-wing glider back in the 1930s and built flying-wing airplanes of his own in the ...

Long-promised service launches out of a Walmart Supercenter in Mesquite, marking Zipline’s official debut in Dallas-Fort ...

Some airplanes flew with less power than a lawnmower -- literally. These 10 aircraft prove flight doesn’t always need brute ...

But the aircraft that Dunlop has had the toughest ... anticipated a surprising range of crucial developments. “Flying that glider was a real challenge,” Dunlop says, “but when you take ...

Beale Air Force Base invites the community behind the gates this June for its Air and Space Expo — a two-day event packed with air shows, static aircraft displays, STEM exhibits, and a nod to the base ...

The aircraft is all-electric ... then as it picks up speed it "foils," meaning it gliders over the water's surface with wing-like structures known as hydrofoils, which then retract as it lifts ...

Take to the skies on Hiccup's Wing Gliders, a roller coaster found in How to Train Your Dragon - Isle of Berk at Epic Universe.