Henri Coanda designed a propellerless aircraft in France that used a piston engine to drive a ducted fan style motorjet, aiming to generate thrust directly instead of spinning a propeller. The ...

Pilot training in the U.S. Air Force has always been extremely demanding. Despite extensive preliminary screening, a high ...

Each occupant of a turbine-powered aircraft is assumed to weigh 200 lb., thus allowing for stowed luggage and carry-on items. In the case of piston-engine airplanes, we assume each occupant weighs 170 ...

The U.S. plans to test the Blackbeard hypersonic missile from an F/A-18 Hornet after awarding a Navy development contract in ...

The fleet’s decline was foreseeable, avoidable and – with a lone destroyer heading to the Middle East – leaves us more ...