Wind tunnel data refuses to behave, and the wing that looks right in calculations turns unpredictable with flaps down. Fixes pile up, each one creating a new problem, until engineers abandon the ...

In practice, the use of the supercritical airfoil design is said to increase fuel efficiency at transonic speeds, being as ...

Airliners have looked largely the same for a long time now. The ongoing hunt for efficiency gains has seen the development of winglets, drag reducing films, and all manner of little aerodynamic tricks ...

We've seen lots of designs for vertical take-off and landing vehicles over the years, but none are quite as striking as the ...

Today, aircraft wings are increasingly designed to prioritize stealth characteristics over raw speed—giving them a smooth, unbroken connection to the aircraft’s main fuselage. The wing of a fighter ...

Aurora Flight Sciences has finished windtunnel testing an experimental fan-in-wing design for a Pentagon X-plane competition. The Boeing subsidiary says it recently wrapped up stability and control ...