Airbus is teasing technologies that could enable its next-generation single-aisle jet, including innovative engine and wing ...

Whether they’re opening for takeoff, spreading wide for a lazy soar or flapping to brake for landing, bird wings make flying ...

In fact, the chord of the airfoil in this section was much greater than ... the team decided to use a single-element beam ...

Wing shape varies: long and narrow in species that ... possibly serving as an airfoil to reduce drag. The tail is a rudder, a stabilizer, and an airbrake when landing. Africa has its own kinds ...

If the angle of attack is small enough, it’s not the airfoil shape but the fact that the wing is at a nose-high angle to the passing air that is fundamentally responsible for generating lift.

Certain elements of the GTF Advantage configuration can be incorporated into today’s GTF engine to support increased time on wing," the company said. To date, more than 2,200 GTF-powered ...