Researchers at the Engineering School at Princeton University have taken inspiration from birds to improve flight performance and safety in aircraft. The researchers deployed rows of flaps to the wing ...

As cool as split-flap clocks and displays are, they do have a few disadvantages. The mechanism sticks out on the side, and the whole thing relies on gravity. Some people don’t care for the visual ...

Birds have long been nature’s masters of flight. Their ability to glide, dive, and twist through the air with ease has fascinated both scientists and engineers. But there's more to bird flight than ...

As cool as split-flap clocks and displays are, they do have a few disadvantages. The mechanism sticks out on the side, and the whole thing relies on gravity. Some people don’t care for the visual ...

Differential flap settings and spoiler changes hold key for tackling hazard Researchers are planning flight tests of an Airbus A340-300 testbed in mid-2006 to evaluate the effect of differential flap ...

A Southwest Airlines flight had to make an unusually fast landing at KCI Tuesday afternoon after it reported issues with a wing flap.Southwest Flight 530, inbound to Kansas City from Houston, reported ...

Apple this week has been granted a patent for a foldable device with a unique hinge mechanism that utilizes movable flaps to help prevent the display from being creased or damaged when folded.

US regulators are proposing to expand an airworthiness directive for Bombardier CRJ100/200s to reduce the risk of flap failure, after finding the original directive was ineffective in addressing the ...