Discover the 200-wing multiplane of Horatio Phillips and his pioneering work on airfoil testing and early aerodynamics.

Larger blended-wing designs like JetZero's also have to consider evacuations, which could take longer with fewer exit rows. Blended-wing planes have already been flying for years in the military.

Ring wing planes once captured the imagination of aviation designers with their unique circular wing design, promising improved stability, lift, and maneuverability. However, despite early ...

Rear-engine jets, once a common sight in commercial aviation, have largely disappeared from the fleets of major airlines.

Under pressure The blended wing concept is far from new, and the earliest attempts at building airplanes with this design date back to the late 1920s in Germany. American aircraft designer and ...

The futuristic Z4 commercial airplane is about to get even better and more exciting with help from NASA and a French startup ...

Blended-wing designs integrate an aircraft's wings with the fuselage, resulting in a smoother shape than today's tube-and-wing passenger planes, thereby reducing aerodynamic drag and aircraft weight.

The mysterious low-observable flying-wing aircraft bears a distinct resemblance to a huge drone that appeared in satellite ...

United is ready to purchase up to 200 units of this futuristic 250-passenger aircraft with a blended-wing design that promises major fuel efficiency ...

The aircraft also featured a unique wing design where all four wings employed ailerons which doubled as flaps to reduce take-off and landing speeds, though testing revealed this reduced take-off ...

United Airlines invested in JetZero, a startup developing a blended wing body (BWB) aircraft called the Z4, with an option to purchase up to 200 of these planes. The Z4 design aims to reduce fuel ...

An 18-year-old from Olympia has been awarded a $25K Davidson Fellows Scholarship for his engineering project aimed at ...