You see a plane, you expect to hear an engine. But gliders are a different breed of aircraft, representing flight in its purest form. They are frankly a testament to just how far clever engineering ...

Aviation history is littered with hi-tech experiments that took the art of aerodynamics, aircraft size, structure and ...

Nov. 6 (UPI) --NASA engineers fired the engines on the X-59 research aircraft in advance of planned test flights to determine if the aircraft can reduce sonic booms and make supersonic flight over ...

The Airbus A380's two-thrust-reverser configuration is a carefully engineered design that improves efficiency and reliability ...

The new contract covers the Post-Critical Design Review phase of the B-52 Commercial Engine Replacement Program, which will replace the TF33 engines with the new F130s. The U.S. Department of War ...

When you picture a propeller-driven aircraft, you probably imagine a single engine plane with the propeller spinning at the front. There's a good reason for that, as the front-facing design has proven ...

Enclosed within a 42-ft.-long nacelle, the Symphony engine incorporates an axisymmetric spike inlet and plug exhaust nozzle with a translating centerbody. Credit: Boom Supersonic Remarkably, Jan 21.

Automotive engines in small, single-prop aircraft aren't anything new. Aviation enthusiast and small aircraft owners have been swapping LS V8s into planes for years. Some of them are DIY projects, ...

Shortages of cast metallic parts and other components continue hindering Pratt & Whitney’s (P&W) ability to produce new engines and to ramp up maintenance work needed to address its recall of PW1000G ...

Supply chain issues squeezed profitability at AFI KLM E&M last year, although the airline MRO was able to grow its third-party business again thanks to strong demand for engine maintenance. Operating ...