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On the eleventh day of Christmas Experiments with paper airplanes reveal surprisingly complex aerodynamics How these gliders keep level flight is different from the stability of airplanes.
Suppose the identical quality that renders a fighter aircraft revolutionary is also the one that keeps it from ever actually flying as a weapon of war. The Sukhoi Su-47 Berkut is a stark case history ...
Southwest Airlines says pilots on board Flight 1496 from Burbank to Las Vegas got two serious warnings at 14,000 feet. The ...
As researchers explore the field of aerodynamics, and new technology continues to model this type of flight, there’s still a chance we could see paper gliders pushing boundaries in years to come.
The average person doesn’t spend much time thinking about the biological mechanisms that allow a fruit fly to become airborne and to maneuver while it’s in flight. However, these tiny insects are ...
This month’s Jet Propulsion is devoted to hypervelocity flight—the perilous maneuvers of futuristic vehicles flying at 10,000 m.p.h. and more in the thin, high fringe of the atmosphere.
Field of Flight Air Show begins, promising ‘insane maneuvers’ by: Demetrios Sanders Posted: Jul 3, 2024 / 04:22 PM EDT Updated: Jul 3, 2024 / 04:39 PM EDT ...
This maneuver is incredibly simple, but also one of the most important because it teaches you how to control the drone correctly whether it’s facing away from you, facing toward you or to the ...
The pilot of a SkyWest flight told passengers that he performed an "aggressive maneuver" to avoid an apparent B-52 military aircraft in-flight, then apologized for the sudden move.
The FAA released a video explaining that the flight maneuver known as a "go-around" is a safe and standard procedure. A go-around occurs when pilots decide to abort a landing attempt, often due to ...
Vertical Aerospace (EVTL) has completed its first piloted thrustborne flight maneuvers. The milestone was achieved after the business received approval from the UK Civil Aviation Authority to ...