Nothing did more to accelerate the development of aviation in the 20th century than World War II. By the time the conflict was over in 1945, the fighters that first tangled five years previously were ...

The Northrop X-4 Bantam was a semi-tailless research aircraft developed to study the complex aerodynamic challenges of the transonic flight regime. Its unique design eliminated the horizontal ...

Boom Supersonic is one step closer to launching the spiritual heir to the Concorde. The US firm's XB-1 prototype reached a transonic speed of Mach 0.95 during Test Flight 11 on January 10, 2025. The ...

American space agency NASA and aircraft maker Boeing have been researching longer and thinner wing designs, they are now ...

A year after news of Boeing's Sonic Cruiser was first leaked, the US manufacturer is working hard to firm up the programme and bring the dream closer to reality Almost a year after news of Boeing's ...

When uncommanded wing drop during transonic maneuvers was first observed in flight testing of the Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, it was well down the priority list. But as other issues were resolved, ...

Transonic buffet is an aerodynamic instability encountered in the transonic flight regime. Manifesting as self-sustained oscillations of shock waves on the wing surfaces, this phenomenon leads to ...

Artist concept of commercial aircraft families with a Transonic Truss-Braced Wing (TTBW) configuration from the Sustainable Flight Demonstrator (SFD) project. Photo Credit: Boeing The National ...

The new aircraft concept could save as much as 60 per cent fuel according to the plane maker BRITS going on long haul holidays could be looking at shorter and smoother journeys in the future – and it ...

Aviation engineers are on a never-ending mission to make the most streamlined, airworthy design possible. But one common feature has long posed a challenge: windows. While they ease claustrophobia in ...