The XB-35 flying wing could have only existed thanks to one man, Jack Northrop, a brilliant engineer who realized that ...

The concept of blended-wing aircraft – where fuselage and wing are all one structure – is not new. But this radical design ...

Learn more about the breathtaking rapid wing speed of hummingbirds. An expert reveals how fast hummingbirds fly and flap ...

The basic design of commercial airplanes hasn’t changed much in the past 60 years. Modern airliners like the Boeing 787 and the Airbus A350 have the same general shape as the Boeing 707 and the ...

The Commemorative Air Force Lobo Wing is in the process of restoring a plane used to train bombardier students for World War ...

Science made possible for 1 million pound machines to fly.

About a year ago the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) introduced to the world the companies that were tasked with working on something called the AdvaNced airCraft Infrastructure-Less ...

A sensational advance in industrial technique was revealed last week and immediately opened the way for major advances in the aviation industry. The new technique: arc-welding of magnesium. Result: ...

Experts say wing clipping, a common practice in some countries to impair a bird's flying ability, is no longer recommended as ...

If fruit fly wings do not develop into the right shape, the flies will die. UC Riverside researchers have learned how fly embryo cells develop as they need to, opening a window into human development ...