While “greasing a landing” is a goal of distinction in light propeller airplanes, greased landings in jets can result in ...

South Korea will officially end its decadeslong practice of allowing private agencies to handle adoptions and begin a new era ...

Supersonic tunnel trials suggest the X-59’s shape can scatter shock waves, paving the way for hush-hush high-speed flight.

Emirates got its first A380 in 2008, taking the second delivery of Airbus’ incredible plane. The A380 is only the second airliner with two decks ever produced, following the Boeing 747. Thanks to its ...

The SPRINT project is a joint DARPA and US Special Operations Command effort that aims to fly a tiltrotor X-plane.

The pilot of the X-15 had to manually jettison the lower fin to land properly because it was longer than the rear skids of ...

All of the weight reductions and aero efficiency gains for the 787 improved fuel economy by 20% compared to the 767, its ...

DARPA named Bell Textron to proceed with the next phase of its SPRINT X-Plane project, to design and build an aircraft that ...

A decade before the Airbus A380, Lockheed Martin designed a double-deck superplane that could carry 900 passengers—outmatching anything before or since. Known as the “Very Large Subsonic Airplane,” ...