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 ...

Research and data obtained during the testing of these and other experimental aircraft would lead to today’s B-2 Spirit bomber and beyond. American concerns that Great Britain might fall to Axis ...

Science made possible for 1 million pound machines to fly.

The aircraft is similar to another concept model revealed during the 2018 Singapore Air Show, called the Star Shadow, which was developed with an unspecified Chinese institution. A new flying wing ...

What You Need to Know: The Vought V-173, or “Flying Pancake,” defied traditional aircraft design with its flat, flying-wing shape. Invented in the 1930s by Charles Zimmerman, the V-173 was designed in ...

Ask someone to picture an airplane and they’re likely to think of what is essentially a tube with wings and a stabilizing tail tacked onto one end of said tube. Yet it is also no secret that the lift ...

The iconic X-wing ship design from Star Wars is something many a hobbyist have tried to recreate, and not always with success ...

The inspiration for this story comes from a January 2025 story on MSN’s Found And Explained channel titled “The plane that could turn into a helicopter… Lockheed Flying CARR.” As the video’s textual ...