Though famous for their mid-air hovering during hunting, tiny hummingbirds have another trait that is literally telltale: males of some hummingbird species generate loud sounds with their tail ...

Back in the day, when FAA employees outnumbered amateur airplane builders, a government inspector would do a “pre-closure” inspection on every part of your homebuilt, then return for a ...

One day last summer a Junkers monoplane, carrying a party of British socialites home from a house party in France, was seen by villagers of Kent to “break up” in the air: wings and tail dropped off.

Taylor Sheridan, "Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History" Michael Buckner/Deadline EXCLUSIVE: Yellowstone ...

IN 1928 a monograph on the “Flutter of Aeroplane Wings”, by Messrs. R. A. Frazer and W. J. Duncan, was produced at the National Physical Laboratory, summarising in a single useful volume the work that ...

In order to meet certification requirements ahead of its first delivery, Boeing will lock out the 12,500l (3,300gal) horizontal stabiliser tail fuel tanks on its 747-8 Intercontinental after a flutter ...

The slab tail, or stabilator is a comparatively popular design feature of modern business airplanes. Unlike conventional controls, however, there are no rules nor criteria for flutter prevention for ...

Justin Webster receives funding from NSF-DMS. With the car windows down on the first warm day of spring, the urge is unshakable. You extend your arm into the wind, tracing the city skyline in a ...