A scale model of a futuristic "Flying V" aircraft has made a successful maiden flight in Germany. Delft University of Technology in Holland is spearheading the project, which is backed by Dutch ...

A scaled model of a new configuration aircraft with distributed electric propulsion (DEP) successfully completed its maiden flight from Aeroporto di Taranto-Grottaglie in the south of Italy. The ...

SoftBank Corp. (“SoftBank”) announced that it collected the data necessary for flight verification and aircraft design as part of its development of a next-generation uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) ...

Last year we caught wind of an interesting aviation concept cooked up by engineers at TU Delft, which consisted of a novel V-shaped design that promises significant efficiency gains over conventional ...

Scale Model Flight Test Prototypes Sunk in Lake May Provide Clues to Mystery. The Canadian-built CF-105 Avro Arrow is many things in aviation history, but more than anything else, it is an enigma.

Human beings have only been able to fly for about 112 years. About 50 years into that, we got pretty good at it, using tried-and-true methods of propulsion and lift to get fixed wing aircraft with jet ...

Boeing and NASA have completed two initial wind-tunnel tests using small-scale models of X-66, the in-development trussed-braced-wing demonstrator. The company disclosed the milestone on 4 March, ...

SoftBank has conducted a successful sub-scale model flight of its new High Altitude Pseudo-Satellite (HAPS) platform. The company this week said that it conducted the low-altitude flight test using a ...

On Christmas Eve, I stood on the deck at my sister's house, watching my brother-in-law repeatedly crash his new drone into the neighbor's yard, hearing it smack into a side window and yelling "ROOF!

There are forces even stronger than history – including Mother Nature. Yesterday’s weather forced the cancellation of the planned flight of a radio-controlled scale model of the 1903 Wright Flyer, the ...