The Bell XP-77, a wooden fighter plane, serves as a case study for the historical consideration and eventual decline of wood in aircraft construction. Unconscious cultural biases significantly ...

Not everyone can say they helped build an airplane when they were in high school. Or that they learned how to fly one. But that’s exactly what students at Mitchell High School are doing now through ...

Construction of the U.S. Navy’s second Gerald Ford class aircraft carrier has reached its midway point following the installation of one of the ship’s largest units.Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII ...

FIRST FLIGHT, N.C. (WAVY) – A new aviation class at First Flight High School in Dare County, N.C. will offer students the chance to build a FAA-certified airplane. It will use Tango Flight’s hands-on ...

DARPA has awarded a contract to Aurora Flight Sciences to build a full-scale aircraft called the X-65. It will test a new technology that replaces moving control surfaces with Active Flow Control (AFC ...

A Whistleblower has accused Boeing of building its 737 passenger aircraft using corroded components that had been left out in the rain. Brian Knowles, a lawyer representing several Boeing employees, ...

New, weight-saving materials and manufacturing processes not only increase efficiency and reduce costs, but in particular represent milestones on the way to climate-friendly flying: in a typical ...

Horizon Aircraft Inc. (Toronto, Ont., Canada), an advanced aerospace engineering company, has announced that it has successfully completed the construction of its 50%-scale “Cavorite X5” electric ...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WSBT) — Students from South Bend Schools had the opportunity to participate in a unique, hands-on aviation experience. The school corporation and technical education initiative ...

Part of a continuing weekly series on Alaska history by local historian David Reamer. Have a question about Anchorage or Alaska history or an idea for a future article? Go to the form at the bottom of ...