The collision between a pair of airplanes on a runway at Japan’s Haneda International Airport last week has been hailed as nothing short of a miracle. The crash between Japan Airlines (JAL) flight 516 ...

Lightweight, strong, and flexible, composite materials are the wave of the future.

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 ...

The Federal Aviation Administration plans to significantly revamp its oversight of airplane construction this summer after questions were raised about how it manages inspections done by the industry, ...

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 ...

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 ...