Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. R.T. Searfoss shows off his magnificent workmanship in the Pietenpol Air Camper he built over the span of 12 years. There is much ...

New, weight-saving materials and manufacturing processes not only increase efficiency and reduce costs, but in particular represent milestones on the way to climate-friendly flying: in a typical ...

Homebuilt aircraft are recreational planes requiring the owner to construct at least 51% of the craft, falling under the FAA's "experimental aircraft" category and needing an airworthiness certificate ...

One of the aeronautical challenges of the 21st century is finding a way to quickly construct new, sustainable aircraft. Hi-Rate Composite Aircraft Manufacturing (HiCAM), one of NASA’s newest projects, ...

NASA has announced the construction of its X-59 Quiet SuperSonic aircraft at Lockheed Martin has reached a milestone. The milestone was reached on November 5 when the team building the aircraft at the ...

DARPA has awarded a contract to Aurora Flight Sciences to build a full-scale aircraft called the X-65. It will test a new technology that replaces moving control surfaces with Active Flow Control (AFC ...

Advance construction started on the nation’s newest aircraft carrier Feb. 25 with a “first cut of steel” ceremony at Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding Newport News, Va. The steel plate cut will be used in ...

The Devon-built part of the future HMS Prince of Wales aircraft carrier bows out of Appledore on its way to be constructed in Rosysth Shipping the 6,000 tonne LB02 hull section of HMS Queen Elizabeth ...

The aft section between the hangar bay and flight deck recently was placed on the aircraft carrier John F Kennedy (CVN 79). Credit: Ashley Cowan / HII. The US Navy’s second Gerald R Ford-class ...

THE A350 is a twin-engined airliner that is the top of the range of Airbus’s offerings, rolling out of the company’s factory in Toulouse, France, at the rate of ten a month. Each of the finished ...

Satellite photos have captured the first blocks being put in place for Beijing’s next aircraft carrier. It’s going to be big. And it could take on the best the US has to offer. Beijing’s naval ...