Ornithopters, aircraft that fly by flapping their wings like birds, have long been a staple of science fiction, most famously in Dune. But what if one actually existed? In the 1930s, French engineer ...

The changes teams made to comply with the revised load and deflection tests in Spain weren't just isolated to the front wing, with the development of other key design aspects revised in the aftermath ...

Many planes have small, black triangles above certain windows. Flight attendants use these windows to perform safety checks.

Proving to be one of the most flexible transport aircraft in United States Air Force history, the McDonnell Douglas/Boeing ...

Modern aerospace research programs are increasingly oriented towards adaptive wing structures for greening the air transport in the near future. New structural concepts implementing and integrating ...