Birds have long been our inspiration for flight, and researchers at Princeton University have found a new trick in their arsenal: covert feathers. These small feathers on top of birds’ wings lay flat ...

The airliner you board in the future could look a lot different from today's, with longer, thinner wings that provide a smoother ride while saving fuel. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest ...

Due to the pressure difference, several small-scale induced vortices are created within the grooves and ultimately develop together into a pair of large-scale induced vortexes with high strength by ...

Making the wings on passenger jets thinner and longer can go a long way toward reducing drag and making them more efficient, but they vibrate like crazy. Engineers at NASA and Boeing are now tackling ...

Credit: NASA I wrote on the topic of ice-contaminated tailplane stall a while back and apparently did not understand the problem. It is now years later and I still feel the same as I did then. I ...