Landing a massive passenger aircraft requires a host of different systems and procedures to work correctly, and there are many redundancies in place when conditions are less than ideal or the ...

From passenger baggage limits to flight stability, discover the critical physics behind weight and balance that every pilot ...

The global aviation industry relies heavily on the durability and efficiency of its engines, with recent reports on the commercial aircraft engines market estimating a market size valued at ...

For the better part of the past century-plus, Rotax has been one of the most prominent names in the small aircraft engine market. While the company has changed its base of operation several times ...

The aircraft with the most powerful engines are not necessarily the ultra-large widebody Airbus A380s and Boeing 747s. Those are quadjets and so can afford to have smaller engines compared with the ...

Activity is burgeoning in a long-neglected portion of the turbofan engine sector with the rise of a new category of jet-powered, autonomous warplanes. In the past month, the U.S.' ...

A range of traditional and new technologies are in the works for a variety of capabilities Rolls-Royce used its Boeing 747-200 testbed aircraft for Pearl 10X flight trials.

Durability issues with Pratt & Whitney’s PW1000G (GTF) engine have been a focal point of market analysis in recent years. Now, with the curtain closed on 2025, Flight Friday takes the opportunity to ...