When aviation disasters strike, the spotlight often turns to the tiniest components. Techjet’s meticulous manufacturing ensures that aerofoils—the flight-critical parts at the heart of every ...

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

New photo from recent flight offers clearest view yet of the stealth aircraft’s profile, providing fresh insights into its ...

As a result, global militaries have invested heavily in the development of special tanker aircraft designed for these kinds of missions. Get all the latest aviation news from Simple Flying! One of the ...

The ring wing—an aircraft with a circular, closed-loop wing—promised higher lift, lower fuel consumption, and improved handling in crosswinds. Conceptualized by Lockheed in the 1980s, the design was ...

In an innovative move, Airbus is designing its next single-aisle commercial aircraft with foldable wings. The European aerospace company is taking inspiration from the albatross, which has the ...

All commercial aircraft must be approved by the Federal Aviation Administration to operate in all kinds of weather. Because of the thinness of transonic truss-braced wing design, ice tends to build up ...

College of Aircraft ... a lengthy design cycle. However, the integration of optimization algorithms and computer software has significantly reduced the research and development cycle. The internal ...

Passengers onboard an American Airlines plane evacuated the aircraft from its wings after smoke was reported in the cabin upon landing in Georgia. Video captured by passenger Sean O’Conor showed ...

Powering the Su-27 are two Saturn AL-31F turbofan engines, each producing over 27,500 pounds of thrust with afterburners. These engines give the Flanker a top speed exceeding Mach 2.35 (around 1,550 ...

One of them is the so-called Sustainable Flight Demonstrator (SFD), which even if overall still looks like the aircraft we ... truss-braced wing (TTBW). It's a design that doesn't stray all ...

Imagine an electric drone mixed with a fixed wing plane - that is the ... has taken five years to fine tune the design. "Compared to a conventional aircraft it's got eight motors which is very ...