It could be said that the invention of the airplane is the ultimate triumph of mankind's ingenuity over the forces of nature. Despite our own lack of wings ... up in the air and figured out ...

Passing time at the airport can include watching YouTube, texting a friend, or maybe even taking a nap. But if you've been bored enough, you may have looked at the planes outside the window and ...

Indeed, the virtues of elliptical wings had ... behind as the airplane passes. Induced drag increases as the airplane slows down and the angle at which the wing meets the air increases, so it ...

The company was also the first to use folding wingtips on a commercial aircraft, which allows the newer Boeing 777X to have larger, more fuel-efficient wings in the air, but smaller airport ...

The wings on a plane are also designed with a fair amount of flex in an attempt to smooth out the ride when an aircraft hits unexpected rough air or turbulence while flying. But have you ever seen ...

Lift is the vertical upward force that keeps a plane in the sky. It is generated when air flows over the wings of a plane. Ice and snow can alter how air flows over the wings, which can affect a ...

Three decades later, variable-sweep wings became the distinguishing feature of a new aircraft to be flown by both the U.S. Air Force and Navy, the General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark fighter-bomber.