DURHAM, N.C. -- Researchers believe they now know why the supersonic trans-Atlantic Concorde aircraft went the way of the dodo -- it hit an evolutionary cul-de-sac. In a new study, Adrian Bejan, ...

When one thinks of the average airplane, odds are that propellers are part of that mental image. They've been a crucial component of airplane construction from the moment air travel found its footing ...

WHEN A MODIFIED MD-80 airliner flew at the 1988 Farnborough air show in Britain, it was supposed to represent the future of air travel. One of its rear-mounted jet engines had been replaced with an ...

More than a century after the first controlled sustained flight of a heavier-than-air aircraft, aviation remains a noisy and heavily polluting business. With altitude effects exacerbating the ...

Question: Why are the hurricane hunter planes only twin turboprops and not the regular fan jets that passenger planes use? Answer: The turboprops are more tolerant of hail than the jets. Airplanes ...