With so many examples to look at, building a solar-powered RC airplane in 2024 should be a snap, surely? The first handicap was that [ProjectAir] is based in the UK, which means dealing with the ...

Enclosed cockpits and increasingly powerful engines boosted aircraft capability in addition to the stress on pilot's bodies. Cannons, rocket pods, and larger banks of machine guns made the craft ...

The Super Hornet and Lightning II are two of the most prominent combat aircraft in the U.S. Navy The Super Hornet has been a staple of the U.S. Navy since the late 1990s The F-35 Lightning II is ...

The durability problems affecting jet engines have hit this aircraft hard, forcing airlines to cancel flights and ground crews. RTX-owned Pratt & Whitney has said that many of its PW1500G ...

"If you want to carry a certain payload, and you want that aircraft to have a certain range and certain speed, the only way to do that with current technology is, with turbine engines." Mr Mayman ...

Kotwicki has recently bought a fourth plane. It’s a Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, a military transport aircraft produced from 1949 to 1955, which he says is “so ugly, it’s cool.” ...

Cathay Pacific said on Sept 3 it had inspected its entire Airbus A350 fleet after the in-flight failure of an engine part and found 15 aircraft with ... parts such as a turbine blade.

And as it has become more common, so have questions about what happens to those big turbine blades that catch the wind and spin to produce power. The blades are good for about 20 years ...