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The FAA confirmed that the part found in the driveway of a Raleigh, North Carolina, home was a piece of a wing flap that ...
A missing part of a wing from a Delta Air Lines 737 that landed Tuesday night at Raleigh-Durham International Airport, may ...
The FAA said it is working to determine if an aircraft part found in a Raleigh driveway belongs to a Delta 737.
A European project to design a wing for a next-generation regional aircraft is closing in on the production of a series of ...
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Thomas explained that the machine used by engineers for this process is called a ‘chicken gun’—a large compressed air cannon. It is used to fire a chicken at the windshield, wings, and engine of the ...
Propwash Physics – Gusts Meet a Built‑In Wind‑Tunnel The core advantage of a tilt‑wing in hover is that the entire wing sits inside a powerful, uniform propeller slipstream. That slipstream acts like ...
How pterosaurs can inspire aircraft designPterosaurs were an amazing group of flying reptiles that occupied the skies around the same time that dinosaurs roamed on land. Appearing in the fossil ...
So despite having been extinct for 66 million years, the pterosaurs have huge potential as the inspiration for aircraft design. Sometimes looking back can be the best way to look forward.