Back in the day, when FAA employees outnumbered amateur airplane builders, a government inspector would do a “pre-closure” inspection on every part of your homebuilt, then return for a ...

Though famous for their mid-air hovering during hunting, tiny hummingbirds have another trait that is literally telltale: males of some hummingbird species generate loud sounds with their tail ...

The slab tail, or stabilator is a comparatively popular design feature of modern business airplanes. Unlike conventional controls, however, there are no rules nor criteria for flutter prevention for ...

IN 1928 a monograph on the “Flutter of Aeroplane Wings”, by Messrs. R. A. Frazer and W. J. Duncan, was produced at the National Physical Laboratory, summarising in a single useful volume the work that ...