Kona’s projected maximum takeoff weight (MTOW) of 19,000 pounds would place it near the FAA’s Part 23 limit, Matyushev said.

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JetZero says its $175 million Series B will be used to speed up development of its demonstrator ahead of anticipated first ...

A quick look at all the major industries of our world will paint the picture of a species fighting to undo the harm that's been done to the planet, in the decades since we discovered we could burn ...

Engineers are closing in on a long imagined goal in aviation, wings that can subtly change shape in midair instead of relying ...

The Boeing 777X is a massive aircraft that has folding wings, but it can't fly with them like that. Here's why the wings fold ...

As it looks to cut down emissions throughout most of its industries, the United States articulated a while ago something called the Aviation Climate Action Plan. One of the goals stated there is to ...

Today, aircraft wings are increasingly designed to prioritize stealth characteristics over raw speed—giving them a smooth, unbroken connection to the aircraft’s main fuselage. The wing of a fighter ...

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The 1980s marked an era of unconventional thinking in aviation design, giving birth to groundbreaking concepts that aimed to revolutionize commercial air travel. Among these was an aircraft with a ...

Summary and Key Points: The F-16 SFW (Forward-Swept Wing) was an experimental fighter developed by General Dynamics in the 1970s as part of DARPA’s Forward Swept Wing Program. Designed to reduce drag ...