They have started to swarm again-whistling down softly upon their familiar feeding grounds, buzzing into the air on their brightly colored wings, performing the ritual flights peculiar to the ...

Nobody thinks that the present design of planes is definitive. One who has revolutionary ideas about the next step is brainy, energetic John Knudsen Northrop. He thinks the tail ought to come off: ...

A flying wing, on the other hand, distributes weight over the span of the entire aircraft, meaning it can carry heavy loads while weighing less. The concept was unorthodox.

The world of experimental self-built aircraft is full of oddities, but perhaps the most eye-catching of all is the JD-2 “Dyke Delta” designed and built by [John Dyke] in the 1960s. Buil… ...

Recreational flying can't get off the ground Weak economy, ebbing enthusiasm sap flight school enrollment. Published: April 3, 2009 at 3:01 p.m. ET. Share. Resize.

Flying Wings: The Revolutionary Design That Arrived Too Soon. Posted: June 17, 2025 | Last updated: June 17, 2025. In the 1940s, the flying wing seemed destined to transform aviation with its ...

The SR-71 with its blended wing body design. (Photo by Tech. Sgt. Michael Haggerty, US Air Force, 1988) Ask someone to picture an airplane and they’re likely to think of what is essentially a ...

A flying wing, without those appendages, would be vastly more efficient and thus travel farther, if it could be controlled. The Horten boys kept tinkering, ...

The A5 Introduction to Flight program is one of several education programs that the state aviation department uses to try and spark interest in flying among students.

The U.S. Air Force's B-21 "Raider" bomber shaped like a flying wing took its first flight on Friday, the next step in rolling out a new fleet of long-range nuclear-capable stealth bombers built by ...

During a recent stop at the Williamsburg Jamestown Airport, ICON representatives demonstrated how the ICON A5 amphibious aircraft is designed with just about everybody in mind.