The latest improvement increases fuel volume in the wings from approximately 300 gallons to 400 gallons, while also ...

Risk, damage tolerance analyses allow the Air Force to find cracks before they grow to critical size.

Gino Lucci has spent a lifetime around aircraft, but his story is anything but typical. A retired U.S. Air Force flight ...

Central to this challenge is the optimization of aircraft efficiency through advanced aerodynamic and structural solutions.

Step back in time on board the historic Waco YMF-5 biplane, a unique aviation adventure available in Punta Gorda, Florida.

Scientists worked to ensure fleet safety after a large crack was unexpectedly found near the cockpit of a T-38 Talon. A new study describes how risk and damage tolerance analyses helped determine a ...

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada’s investigation details the challenges the crew of Delta Flight 4819 were facing in ...

During the simulations, authorities said they found the side-stay attached to the plane's right main landing gear broke, the ...

It says the plane’s landing gear folded into the retracted position at touchdown and the wing detached from the fuselage, ...

The Corsair performed well during World War II, claiming 2,140 air combat victories against 189 losses—an overall kill ratio ...

Extremely large hatch The Airbus A350F is based on the A350-1000 and has a maximum take-off weight of 319 tons. To optimize ...

The FPB issue came to light in 2021 as part of a Boeing review to flag production issues—mostly gaps in composite fuselage ...