Research suggests that free-moving panels on aircraft wings can improve stability, reduce turbulence, and add fuel efficiency ...
There are other ways to increase an airplane’s drag that have fewer side effects than trailing edge flaps do, and so the major reason for flaps is lift, not drag. Just how they produce that ...
A team of researchers from Princeton University is exploring how feather-like flaps on aircraft wings could improve stability ...
The DGCA is investigating the tail strike incident which occurred when IndiGo’s 6E- 5325 Mumbai-Chennai flight was making a ...
An expert explains that weird "barking dog sound" before a plane takes off, and gives us one less thing to worry about the ...
DENVER — An American Airlines plane caught fire while sitting at a gate at Denver International Airport on Thursday. This ...
In short, deicing is necessary because snow and ice on airplane wings can decrease lift by as much as 30%. Lift is the ...
Lift is the vertical upward force that keeps a plane in the sky ... potentially damaging one or more of the flaps on the wings or an engine. Needless to say, deicing has become an indispensable ...