The sight of birds soaring through the sky has inspired humans for generations before the invention of powered flight in the early 20th century. Still looking to learn from winged animals, a team ...

Just like in the wind tunnel, the flaps flipped up automatically and helped the plane recover from stall more smoothly. “These flaps can both help the plane avoid stall and make it easier to ...

The plane was on autopilot during its approach to the Buffalo airport, Chealander said. As to questions about whether the ...

Many planes already have flaps and spoilers on their wings ... Adding five rows of flaps to airfoils improved lift by up to 45 percent and reduced drag by 31 percent, Wissa’s team found.

“From the ground crew’s experience and observations with the accident airplane, they felt that the flaps were fully extended ... the airplane pitched up, turned to the left, and entered ...

The bird pulls it back and up. This “rowing” motion against ... of attack that gives them maximum lift. Slots & Flaps. The lift in an airplane’s wings can be increased by increasing the ...

On a warm summer morning at Princeton University, aerospace engineer Aimy Wissa was at the university helipad, preparing to fly a remote-controlled plane. But this wasn’t just any model aircraft.

“From the ground crew’s experience and observations with the accident airplane, they felt that the flaps were fully extended ... the airplane pitched up, turned to the left, and entered ...