Flying wing aircraft have always pushed the limits of engineering, eliminating the traditional tail and fuselage to create sleek, futuristic shapes unlike anything in the sky. From early experimental ...

The concept of blended-wing aircraft – where fuselage and wing are all one structure – is not new. But this radical design might soon be a credible concept for airliners. In March 2025, a small ...

While Airbus expects its next narrowbody jet will have a traditional tube-and-wing configuration, it has not abandoned the idea of an eventual blended-wing-body (BWB) design for a larger jet. That is ...

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas around here and western Washington knows how to deck the halls! Seattle's Thanksgiving weather records: a cornucopia of cold, gusts, and a feast of rain ...

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 ...

CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. — The wing of a Delta Air Lines plane hit another Delta Air Lines plane Sunday morning, according to the airline. Flight DL1830 was set to depart from Atlanta to Guatemala City ...

ATLANTA -- A Delta Air Lines plane clipped another aircraft while pushing back from the gate Sunday morning in Atlanta, the airline said. The wing of the plane "reportedly made contact" with an empty ...

Luminary Cloud has launched Shift-Wing, an AI-powered model and dataset designed to accelerate the conceptual design of advanced aircraft wings, from subsonic all the way up to transonic speeds. The ...

Natilus has revealed the interior design for its Horizon blended-wing-body (BWB) airliner, a 200-seat aircraft that the company says could compete with the popular Boeing 737 Max and Airbus A320neo ...

Airbus needs to find a wing design with room for much larger engines on its next-generation single-aisle aircraft. Credit: Airbus Although launch dates of next-generation single-aisle airliners are ...