Even if you've built one of the world's most advanced insect-inspired micro air vehicles (MAVs), it ultimately won't be that useful if it can't stick a good landing. That's why scientists at Harvard ...

Long before the aircraft was invented, ramming tactics were employed in both naval and ground warfare. As the name suggests, ramming consists of using one vessel’s body to damage another’s body, much ...

As one proverb goes, “You can’t judge a book by its cover.” If one were to metaphorically apply that truism to combat aircraft, you could also add “You can’t judge a book by its title.” The 1930s ...

Equip your new airplane for success by learning about essential safety gear, avionics, maintenance tools, and more.

Care should be taken on the downwind to maintain pattern altitude until past the usual pattern boundary, because if you are ...

NASA has tested some of the strangest aircraft designs in history, but few are as bizarre as the oblique wing aircraft—an ...

You might have noticed the metal rods that airplanes have on their wings, but do the pieces have a name? What are they for ...

This latest addition to China’s rapidly proliferating family of AEW&C platforms remains somewhat mysterious, although it ...

A PILOT'S plans to land a light aircraft on the track at the 2024 Bathurst 1000 were approved despite breaching the Civil ...

Astronomers and astrophysics say we know a lot about stars. We can even make predictions about what stars used to look like and what they'll look like in the future. How is that possible if they live ...

The pilot was delivering the Bathurst 1000 trophy to the track on Mount Panorama last year when the violations occurred, ...

An Extra 300 aerobatic aircraft that was damaged when it struck a barrier while taxiing at the Mount Panorama Circuit then ...