To innovate, to press forward, is often to take risks. Iconic American pilot Chuck Yaeger broke Mach 1 in October 1947, flying the Bell X-1. In an Academy of Achievement interview years later, he said ...

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NASA and Lockheed Martin have finally unveiled groundbreaking X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft. The experimental plane is designed to collect vital data that could usher in a new era of commercial ...

Picture yourself seated by your window seat, as your plane takes off, then you ascend thousands of feet about sea level, thinking about life in the oceans as you fly. As the clouds part, it reveals a ...

Faster planes require more fuel, and alternatives may not be the climate solution the industry hopes for. Boom Supersonic broke the sound barrier in a test flight of its XB-1 jet last week, marking an ...

Initially skeptical of modern aircraft, the old-school pilot author overcame their bias by undergoing training with Texas Top Aviation and experiencing a Cirrus SR20 G6 firsthand. Texas Top Aviation, ...

One of the most powerful military aircraft ever built achieved 60,000 horsepower, but aviation had to start somewhere. As mind-blowing as tens of thousands of horsepower sounds, can you imagine a ...

A commercial airliner can weigh anywhere from 100,000 pounds to over a million pounds. It is astonishing how such gargantuan weight can not only take off from the ground, but also routinely fly long ...

The space exploration business is booming in our day and age, and that is owed, not it small part, to the countless startups that provide transportation to space for all those who need it. But whereas ...

Craig Merrett receives funding from the Office of Naval Research and L3Harris. He is affiliated with the American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics, and is a licensed professional engineering ...