Today, aircraft wings are increasingly designed to prioritize stealth characteristics over raw speed—giving them a smooth, ...

Luminary Cloud has launched Shift-Wing, an AI-powered model and dataset designed to accelerate the conceptual design of advanced aircraft wings, from subsonic all the way up to transonic speeds. The ...

The Boeing 777X's innovative design feature has captured global attention. But how do these folding wings actually work?

We are taught from a very young age that aircraft generally hide fuel tanks inside their wings. That remains true, for the most part, but now that a new breed of aircraft called vertical take-off and ...

The author undertook a major refurbishment of his Piper Arrow, initially addressing an unairworthy wing that ultimately necessitated a full exterior repaint. Following the exterior renovation, the ...

The EL9 can take off from as little as 150 ft. Credit: Electra.aero Electra.aero has validated the blown-lift wing design for its planned hybrid electric short-takeoff-and-landing (eSTOL) aircraft ...

NASA has successfully tested its X-66 aircraft in a wind tunnel, hoping it can reduce fuel consumption by at least 30%.

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 ...

Turbulence experienced by aircraft can turn a smooth flight into a bumpy one – and even have dangerous consequences. And it is all caused by the movement of air in the atmosphere. Airplanes achieve ...

One of the most innovative and exciting airplane concepts today is the Z4, developed by the JetZero startup. Touted as the world's first all-wing commercial airplane, the futuristic-looking Z4 aims to ...

Speed brakes are high-drag devices designed to help aircraft descend faster without gaining excess speed. They're especially useful when a pilot needs to increase the descent rate without shocking the ...