UTC Aerospace Systems is developing new "fully-distributed" electric flap and slat control systems for next-generation commercial aircraft such as Boeing's proposed New Mid-market Airplane (NMA). The ...

A: Flaps (and slats) increase the lift that the wing can produce at lower speed. To keep the takeoff and landing speeds as low as possible, the design engineers include highly efficient flaps (and ...

A final airworthiness directive (AD) issued by the US FAA today calls on operators of Rolls-Royce RB211-powered Boeing 747-400 aircraft to make a modification to the aircraft's thrust reverser systems ...

Speculations about the possible causes of the Spanair 5022 crash on Aug. 20 continue. According to the Spanish newspaper El Pais, a security camera at Madrid-Barajas airport recorded the MD82 take off ...

From 1935 to 1948, French manufacturer Avions Mauboussin was known for its light sporting aircraft. Its name has now been revived, by a French startup that plans on building hybrid STOL (short ...