Some airplanes are graceful, beautiful machines that soar effortlessly through the sky. Others, not so much. Which airplanes ...

It's a bit like the Men's Shed with wings,” quips Bill Thompson as he carefully extracts a large model aeroplane from the ...

Aerospace giant Airbus says its new single-aisle concept could fly in the late 2030s, with hydrogen propulsion system testing ...

Flaps, or more properly “trailing edge high lift devices,” have two functions—they increase drag and enable the wing to sustain lift at a lower speed. The purpose of increasing drag is not ...

Air travelers in the next few years may be able to take a futuristic flight on an innovative blended-wing-body aircraft meant ...

“Under research and development contracts with DARPA, Boeing and Lockheed Martin designed two X-planes as risk reduction for ...

The electrically propelled Electra eSTOL aircraft needs just 100 feet to take off ... and already has $9 billion in orders!