Modern airplanes are well-prepared for slowing down, thanks to speed brakes and spoilers. There is actually a difference ...

The triplane will forever be remembered as an icon of early aviation—thanks in large part to Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von ...

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Junkers seems to have been the first to realize that thick wings would work as well as, and in some respects better than, ...

There's a lot of talk in the automotive world about rear wings and rear spoilers. Between the two, there is actually a ...

Aviation startup Horizon Aircraft says it managed to transition to vertical flight its Cavorite X7 vertical take-off and ...

The wings of subsonic airplanes consequently fell into two broad ... root thicker than the tip and also to reduce the amount of lift being produced far outboard. Monoplane wings were therefore ...

In short, deicing is necessary because snow and ice on airplane wings can decrease lift by as much as 30%. Lift is the vertical upward force that keeps a plane in the sky. It is generated when air ...