This view of an X-15 rocket-powered research airplane from the cockpit of its B-52 carrier aircraft is a perfect way to illustrate the juxtaposition of power and wing loading. The NASA B-52B ...

The full-sized wing developed and built for AeroVironment's unmanned, high-altitude Global Observer has successfully completed wing load testing, the company says. The tests demonstrate the integrity ...

The Comac C919 programme is making progress, with the aircraft passing a key static testing milestone and flight test aircraft 102 making a cross country flight. On 12 July, top Comac executives ...

Before Censys Technologies flies a Sentaero aircraft, it performs engineering work on the ground to ensure that the platform will perform every time. Recently, John Tillo and Dr. J. Gordon Leishman ...

The lowest airspeed at which an ordinary fixed-wing airplane can fly is primarily determined by its wing loading and maximum lift coefficient. Claims of extremely low or "no stall speed" for certain ...

All Formula 1 teams except McLaren have introduced new parts for this weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona, with a particular focus on front wing updates. The modifications come in response to ...

For additional margin, shorter pi joint segments were installed under the upper wing skins as well, where the wing dihedral transitions to a level dog-bone-shaped laminate that bridges across the ...