Pilots rev up engines before takeoff, but why? The answer lies in a fascinating dance of air, fire, and spinning blades.

Commercial airliners spend most of their working lives in parts of the atmosphere that the human body cannot tolerate for long. At cruising height, th.

Jet engines are attached to a person’s feet and tested at speeds reaching 103.4 mph. This video shows acceleration, control, and how jet propulsion allows human powered flight captured in ultra high ...

The pilot of a private plane reportedly made an eerie discovery while flying thousands of feet over Rhode Island, marking the latest in unexplained encounters baffling both experts and civilians alike ...

The Transportation Department is pushing hard for the new system to go online in 2028, with a price tag for modernization that could reach $31.5 billion. Peraton has won the massive contract to lead a ...

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WASHINGTON, Nov 20 (Reuters) - The Federal Aviation Administration said on Thursday it wants to adopt a new comprehensive system to overhaul how air traffic controllers receive flight data and move ...

Scientists in the United Kingdom have compiled a new database of adiabatic compressed air energy storage projects. Using this data, they were able to determine the experience rate and identify the ...

You’re right to note in “Democrats Don’t Mind Your Flight Delays” (Review & Outlook, Nov. 7), and elsewhere, that it’s unacceptable for air-traffic controllers to be going without pay during a ...

Almost everyone agrees that the US air traffic control system is broken. Longstanding staffing shortages. Antiquated technology. And now, air traffic controllers are caught in the middle of a ...

Innovations in jet technology are happening all the time. This is due to modern advancements, which are leading engineers in new directions previously only theorized. The latest example is the plasma ...

Sep. 18—Jet-engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney has been awarded an approximately $670 million contract modification from the U.S. Department of War for additional production of F135 engines for F-35 ...