The Supermarine Spitfire wasn’t just a fighter plane—it was a technological masterpiece that helped turn the tide of World ...

The finished Spitfire was a gorgeous aircraft. Catching the eye is the elliptical wing design—designed both to avoid creating ...

According to the Cornell Lab or Ornithology, there are four general wing shapes that allow birds to do specific things, such as gliding, soaring, hovering or flapping in the most effective ways. The ...

Still, the success of one design with a conspicuous characteristic could not help influencing others. The purported virtue of the elliptical wing was that, theoretically at least, it would ...