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.

American space agency NASA and aircraft maker Boeing have been researching longer and thinner wing designs, they are now ...

Wing Helper is an incredible model airplane wing design tool, speeding the design process to create your flying machine faster. Disclaimer: I'm not being paid to make this video, or to recommend the ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – You may one day board a plane where the wings will look very different. Future airplanes are ditching traditional wing design for something sleeker—long, thin wings braced with ...

The airliner you board in the future could look a lot different from today's, with longer, thinner wings that provide a ...

You'll notice that some of the world's most powerful military transport planes, such as the Boeing C-17 Globemaster (pictured), have their wings way up top, above the fuselage. This is different from ...

Turbulence is a common, and often harmless, part of air travel. It is caused by irregular airflow in the atmosphere and ...

The divergent shape of blended-wing aircraft provides a blank canvas for aircraft interior designers. Photo Credit: JetZero Delta will help aircraft engineering startup JetZero design the interior of ...

United Airlines (NASDAQ:UAL) aims to be one of the first U.S. commercial carriers to fly passengers on a futuristic blended wing body ("BWB") aircraft, thanks to its investment in startup JetZero, ...

The triangle-shaped "blended-wing body" plane ditches the traditional tube-and-wing design for one giant, sweeping wing with ...

Pilots sometimes need to operate at slow speeds—during tight turns and landings, for instance—and good low-speed handling is ...

Dry maple seeds on their branch. Their wings allow the seeds to spin and glide on the wind, carrying them away from their parent tree. Every other Friday, the Outside/In team here at NHPR answers ...