Every component—from a wing panel to the smallest aerofoil blade—must perform flawlessly. These tragedies highlight the importance of specialized manufacturing processes designed to prevent such ...

[Waalcko] fell in love with kites when he was 13 years old. He saw a NASA Para Wing kite fly and couldn’t get it out of his head. Now, years later, he shares how to build a circular foil kite ...

Students could investigate why an aerofoil generates lift and perform simple classroom experiments such as blowing over the top of a sheet of paper, when held hanging by two of the sheets corners ...