Key Points and Summary – NASA and Grumman’s X-29 was a 1980s–90s technology demonstrator that flipped convention with forward-swept wings and canards to probe extreme maneuvering and ...

Concept aircraft represents a working example of an imaginative design and virtuous cycle. The post This Incredible Plane: Otto Celera 500L appeared first on Plane & Pilot.

The ability of modern airplane surfaces to achieve laminar flow has been well-accepted in recent years. Obtaining the maximum benefit of laminar flow for aircraft drag reduction requires maintaining ...

The secret to the flight of the hummingbird and other tiny birds and insects lies in the looping, swirling flow of air, called a vortex, that their flapping wings create. These aerodynamically ...

High-aspect-ratio wings push conventional tube-and-wing aircraft to record-high aerodynamic performance levels, and blended wing body concepts rethink the entire airframe as a lifting surface.