Thirty years ago, GE Aerospace transformed commercial aviation with a material swap that most ...

Perhaps not as visible as their counterparts doing business in the automotive industry, aviation startups are just as numerous. Some of them are proposing outlandish ideas that will probably never ...

An engine on a United Airlines jet broke up over the Denver metro area in 2021 because of wear and tear on a fan blade that was not adequately inspected for signs of cracking, federal investigators ...

BROOMFIELD, Colo. — An engine on a United Airlines jet broke up over Denver in 2021 because of wear and tear on a fan blade that was not adequately inspected for signs of cracking, federal ...

The McDonnell Douglas MD-11 is an iconic and distinctive aircraft because, in a world of quad and twinjet aircraft, this is a trijet. However, the third jet, mounted just below the tail fin, is fairly ...

close-up of jet engine nacelle with a strake on the side - Dinujaya/Shutterstock There are many components that go into a jet engine, from combustors to compressors to those gigantic fans that are a ...

Discover the surprising design differences between the engines of the Boeing 747-8 and 787 Dreamliner, and how they impact performance.

NASA has been officially recognized for setting the speed record for a jet-powered aircraft by Guinness World Records. NASA set the record in November during the third and final flight of the ...