The aircraft is particularly susceptible to wing contamination during icy conditions.
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An 18-year-old from Olympia, Washington, has just taken a significant step toward transforming the way we think about aviation. Kevin Shen’s new take on oblique-wing design not only achieves a higher ...
Today, aircraft wings are increasingly designed to prioritize stealth characteristics over raw speed—giving them a smooth, unbroken connection to the aircraft’s main fuselage. The wing of a fighter ...
Over the past ten years or so, American space agency NASA has become a major player in the aviation industry, getting itself involved in all sorts of projects meant to inform the design of the ...
Daher received the JEC Composites Innovation Award in the Aerospace Parts category for its “Highly Loaded Thermoplastic Wing Rib,” which was developed for future aircraft programs.
How one key design choice from the 1960s still impacts the Boeing 737's performance today.