Flying is truly a modern scientific marvel ... Andrew Sommers is a professor of mechanical and manufacturing engineering at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Republished under a Creative Commons ...

In short, deicing is necessary because snow and ice on airplane wings can decrease lift by as much as 30%. Lift is the vertical upward force that keeps a plane in the sky. It is generated when air ...

If all goes according to schedule, Chinese automaker XPeng is set to begin mass-producing its modular flying cars in 2026.

United Airlines Flight 1544 returned safely to Newark Liberty International Airport around 6:40 a.m. local time on Tuesday, Feb. 25, after the crew reported possible engine issues. The Boeing 757-200 ...

Flight DL3067 was bound for Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International (ATL) with a scheduled arrival of 11:30. As the map ...

A military aircraft transporting Secretary of State Marco Rubio to the Munich Security Conference in Germany was forced to return to Washington Thursday night after it encountered a “mechanical ...

“This evening, en route from Washington to Munich, the plane on which Secretary Rubio is flying experienced a mechanical issue,” State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce said. “The plane has ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Andrew Sommers, Miami University (THE CONVERSATION) If you are a frequent flyer ...