Pilots sometimes need to operate at slow speeds—during tight turns and landings, for instance—and good low-speed handling is the hallmark of a great fighter jet. People tend to associate raw speed ...

Wings are a vital part of the aerodynamic performance of aircraft. Their design has changed over the years and could change significantly in the future if truce-braced wings or blended wing bodies ...

Turbulence is an unfortunate reality of air travel. One minute you're sitting back, the surface of your drink as still as ice, the next your plane is shaken by an invisible force. Sources of ...

The 1980s marked an era of unconventional thinking in aviation design, giving birth to groundbreaking concepts that aimed to revolutionize commercial air travel. Among these was an aircraft with a ...

European researchers have for the first time flown an aircraft with a wing that is aeroelastically tailored for passive load alleviation. The 7-m (23-ft.)-span unmanned demonstrator flew at ...