Rows of flaps inspired by bird wing feathers improve airfoil performance by boosting lift, reducing drag and mitigating stall.

Engines propel the plane forward, keeping a steady flow of fast-moving air across the wings. This creates that key difference in air pressure that supports the plane’s weight against gravity.

Two companies want to puncture the Airbus-Boeing duopoly with a new jet type, but Airubs hopes to stay one step ahead with ...

Hallion is The Air Force Historian for ... a propeller encounters disturbing flow conditions at high speeds, then obviously at high speeds the wing of an airplane would as well.

Aerospace startup Natilus is shaking up the aviation world with its Horizon Blended Wing Body (BWB) passenger/cargo aircraft.

Taking inspiration from bird feathers, Princeton engineers have found that adding rows of flaps to a remote-controlled aircraft's wings improves flight performance and helps prevent stalling, a ...

The plane's angle-of-attack sensor - that measures the angle between the wings and the flow of air - encountered problems and was replaced the day before the crash. But, according to the ...

The pod-like structures under aircraft wings, known as flap track fairings (FTFs), serve as housing for the flap tracks and protect them from exposure to the outside air and environmental damage ...