The exact airfoil shape of a wing has a massive effect on the performance and efficiency of an aircraft and will be selected based on the intended flight envelope. If you’re moving beyond foam ...

AN INCREDIBLE blended wing plane design from the future that could revolutionise air travel is now one step closer to reality ...

NASA's Sustainable Flight Demonstrator (SFD) project recently concluded wind tunnel tests of its X-66 semi-span model in ...

The Wing Weight function models a light aircraft wing. The response is the wing's weight. Forrester, A., Sobester, A., & Keane, A. (2008). Engineering design via surrogate modelling: a practical guide ...

Read about the latest tests conducted with the X-66 aircraft, NASA’s experimental airliner being developed with Boeing.

Researchers attached covert feather-inspired flaps to a 3D-printed model airplane wing and mounted it in a wind tunnel to explore the role of covert feathers in bird flight. By precisely measuring ...

After a Judges training session and the Team Managers’ meeting, the Opening Ceremony of the 2025 FAI F3P World Championship ...

Modern aircraft with a combined wing design will fortify the foundations of Canadian airlines. This results from a recently ...

Airliners have become an unremarkable part of modern life, but unless you happen to be an aircraft enthusiast, you’d be forgiven for thinking the latest Airbus model looks more or less the same ...

Blériot first ventured into aeronautical design between 1900 and 1902 when he built a series of model "ornithopters"—aircraft propelled by flapping wings—that were powered by carbon-dioxide ...

Canadian airline Nolinor Aviation has secured several production slots to acquire Kona blended-wing-body aircraft from the ...