When planes exceed Mach 1 (the speed of sound, or about 767 miles per hour—1,234 kilometers/hour for those using the metric ...

JetWind has realized that all that engine force wasted during pre-flight checks is like the strong winds needed to power a ...

Despite all these technological advances, a supersonic aircraft still cannot beat physics. Shock waves, and their associated ...

One of the many ongoing missions of the US government's National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is to make ...

BA will replace its Airbus A320 jet with a smaller ATR 72 turboprop aircraft — nearly doubling the travel time.

On August 9, 1952, during the Korean War, a flight of four Hawker Sea Furys took off from the Royal Navy's aircraft carrier, ...

The Atlanta-based company is on a mission to develop commercial passenger aircrafts that move at hypersonic speeds.

Leong had been working for SIA Engineering since 1978 and was approaching retirement in 2009. That year, he came up with the ...

CHINA has unveiled its latest supersonic drone which reportedly could fly passengers at twice the speed of Concorde. The ...

General Electric may be a name you know for appliances, but the manufacturer has a long history creating jet engines for ...

Although turbojet and turbofan jet engines are similar, the things that set them apart make them very different. Here's what ...