A Baykar TB3 unmanned air vehicle (UAV) has successfully taken off from and landed on Turkey’s sole aircraft carrier. The company posted videos of the work on social media, showing the single-engined ...

Wing flaps are movable surfaces located on the trailing edge of the wings and are typically deployed during specific phases ...

— -- Question: Which part of a flight is more dangerous, takeoff or landing? — submitted via e-mail Answer: First let's look at a few statistics to determine if there is truly a danger. According ...

The aircraft is meant to develop and mature rotor blown wing design, which can now be applied to larger aircraft for unmanned aerial logistics and even tactical ISR missions. Sikorsky announced it has ...

Love bagging the window seat on planes? It's exciting to watch the world below fade away as the aircraft takes off with the window blinds open. However, those blinds, or shades, do more than allow you ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - When he was still a boy making long, tedious trips between his school and his woodsy home in the mountains during the 1980s, JoeBen Bevirt began fantasizing about flying cars that ...

This video features an in-depth look at flying on the Airbus A350-1000, including cockpit footage from a Qatar Airways flight from Los Angeles to Doha, lasting nearly 15 hours. The maximum take-off ...

Not every plane has the luxury of very long airport-worthy runway strips. In fact, many combat scenarios are in non-ideal locations that often do not come with a nice long runway for landing and ...

NEW DELHI: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has directed commercial airlines and charter & private jet operators to ensure window shades of aircraft, except on emergency exit rows, ...

The US-2 has the shortest take-off and landing distance on water, consistent with its need to operate as a SAR aircraft in the western Pacific islands. The JMSDF (Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force) ...