Aurora Flight Sciences is quietly turning a radical research sketch into metal, bolting on 30 ft wings that will help prove ...

NASA Dryden's G-III Aerodynamic Research Test Bed retracts its landing gear after takeoff from Edwards Air Force Base on a baseline data-collection flight prior to undergoing modifications for the ...

Portland, Ore. — European aerospace researchers have shown the first prototype of a planned “flapless” unmanned air vehicle. Similar to a remote-controlled U.S. Predator drone, the prototype UAV is an ...

In this explanation video you'll learn how an aircraft is controlled with the help of great graphics, you'll understand the ...

DARPA's X-65, that replaces conventional aircraft flight controls with puffs of air, is coming together at Boeing subsidiary ...

Control surfaces on aircraft — the moving elevators, flaps, and ailerons on the trailing edges of the wings and tail — have long been used by pilots to control a plane’s pitch, roll, low-speed lift, ...

Look Ma, no flaps! Pieces of the wing and tail that move back and forth to help control aircraft, flaps have been used to control flight since the Wright brothers — until now. Engineers have completed ...

Nasa has successfully flight-tested a revolutionary shape-changing aircraft flap for the first time, which could pave the way for lighter, quieter and more fuel-efficient airliners. WASHINGTON: Nasa ...

Airbus created the AlbatrossONE, a small-scale remote-controlled aircraft with wingtips that can flap like a bird during turbulence to better handle the strong gusts of winds. These hinged, flapping ...