# “Stephens [was] a former Air America pilot who had flown in covert operations for the CIA in Laos and Cambodia, was an expert on short-field landings in the C-46,” the memoir details. “They were ...

For all their apparent differences, the Lancia Thema 8.32 and Lotus Carlton share plenty. Both were created for the same reason: a large car manufacturer conferring its more exotic connections on to a ...

This short captures a stunt involving jumping from an airplane wing and deploying a parachute. It focuses on preparation, timing, and how the moment was safely filmed. Enormous freshwater reservoir ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Long Beach-based aerospace startup JetZero has raised approximately $175 million in its Series B financing, led by ...

JetZero secured $175 million in Series B funding, backed by major aviation players including United Airlines, RTX, Northrop Grumman, Delta Air Lines, and Alaska Airlines. The company is developing a ...

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 ...

DARPA's X-65, that replaces conventional aircraft flight controls with puffs of air, is coming together at Boeing subsidiary Aurora’s Bridgeport, West Virginia facility. The fuselage is taking shape ...

While most planes use heat to melt ice that can form on the wing either before takeoff or during flight, the process is highly energy intensive and can impact engine efficiency. A new process from ...

The Mustang was one of the first aircraft to sport a fully unobstructed bubble canopy. This innovation came to reality mid-war as polymer plastic material science matured. One of the first iterations ...

The F-106 was one of the best-looking US fighters of the 1960s. Its pure delta wing, curvaceous fuselage and handsome form belied its awesome destructive potential, as it was (along with F-89 and ...

The iconic X-wing ship design from Star Wars is something many a hobbyist have tried to recreate, and not always with success. While [German engineer] succeeded in re-imagining an FPV quadcopter as an ...