Flaps are devices on the trailing edge of the wings.  They are used on increasing lift so the aircraft can fly at slower speeds Flaps are especially used on taking off and landing , even in the climb and maneuvering and are [ ... ]

The Mitsubishi A6M Zero is a long range fighter aircraft . It was operated by the IJNAS (Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service) from 1940 to 1945. The A6M was named Zero  by the Allies. When it was introduced early in July [ ... ]

The Waco CG-4A was the most widely used United States troop/cargo military glider of World War II. It was designated the CG-4A by the United States Army Air Forces, and named Hadrian in British military service. Designe [ ... ]

The Lockheed SR-71 is an advanced, long range, Mach  3+  strategic reconnaissance aircraft developed from the Lockheed A-12  and YF-12A aircraft by the Lockheed  Skunk Works as a Black project. The SR-71 was unofficially  [ ... ]

During the First World War, the month of April 1917 was known as Bloody April by the Royal Flying Corps (RFC). The RFC suffered particularly severe losses - about three times as many as the Imperial German Army Air Service  [ ... ]

The Skyship 600 is a modern airship, made its maiden flight on 6 March 1984. Similar in appearance to the Skyship 500 but it is larger, being the world's largest currently operating non-rigid airship ("blimp"). The envelope  [ ... ]

A blimp, or non-rigid airship, is an airship without an internal supporting framework or keel. A non-rigid airship differs from a semi-rigid airship and a rigid airship (e.g., a Zeppelin) in that it does not have any rigid st [ ... ]

P-51 Mustang is a long-range single-seat World War II fighter aircraft. Designed and built in just 117 days, the Mustang first flew in Royal Air Force (RAF) service as a fighter-bomber and reconnaissance aircraft before conve [ ... ]

Wings of Storm - Krila oluje is the aerobatic display team of the Croatian Air Force. The group was officially formed in the spring of 2005, but the group first performed on June 23, 2004 during the European sailing champions [ ... ]

The T-Rex is a series of radio-controlled helicopter models produced by the Taiwanese based Align Corporation. The T-Rex 250 is smallest helicopter produced by Align. Released in October 2008, it comes in three kit forms: su [ ... ]

The F-22 Raptor is a fifth generation fighter that is considered a fourth-generation stealth aircraft . Its dual afterburning Pratt & Whitney F119-PW-100 turbofans incorporate pitch axis thrust vectoring, with a range of  [ ... ]

The  Cassini orbiter has sent back remarkable images from planet, revealing that the Saturn's famous rings are far more bumpy than expected.

Astronomers previously thought that the rings were almost completely flat, with chan [ ... ]

The  Cassini orbiter has sent back remarkable images from planet, revealing that the Saturn's famous rings are far more bumpy than expected.

Astronomers previously thought that the rings were almost completely flat, with chan [ ... ]

The DG-200 is a 15 metre class glider built by Glaser-Dirks. Tip extensions to 17 metres were offered in 1978. Later enhancements included a single piece canopy, a carbon-fibre spar and a change in the wing profile. A total o [ ... ]

The A-10 Thunderbolt II is an American single-seat, twin-engine, straight-wing jet aircraft developed by Fairchild-Republic for the United States Air Force to provide close air support (CAS) of ground forces by attacking tank [ ... ]

The Airbus A380 is a double-deck, wide-body, four-engine airliner manufactured by the European corporation Airbus, a subsidiary of EADS. The largest passenger airliner in the world, the A380 made its maiden flight on 27 April [ ... ]

The Turkish Stars (Turkish: Türk Yıldızları) are the aerobatic demonstration team of the Turkish Air Force and the national aerobatics team of Turkey.

The team was formed on November 7, 1992 and was named the Turkish [ ... ]

An Afriqiyah Airways passenger plane has crashed in Libya at around 06:00 Eastern European time (0400 UTC). First reports indicated all died on board (93 passengers and 11 crew members) but later developments say an eight [ ... ]

The flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder, or "black boxes" from an Air France plane that crashed on June 1 last year in the Atlantic Ocean, have been localized to within about 2 square miles (5 square kilometers [ ... ]

The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress  is a heavy bomber aircrft developped by the Boeing Company. It is the most famous bombers of the U.S. Air Force during the Second World War and was known for, despite heavy losses from th [ ... ]

Aérospatiale Alouette III  (SA-319) is a light multipurpose, single-engine helicopter. It was developped by Sud Aviation and than manufactured by Aérospatiale of France. Role: Light utility helicopter
Manufacturer: Sud A [ ... ]

A US air traffic controller and his supervisor have been placed on administrative leave and are under investigation after a small boy was apparently allowed to direct passenger airplanes at New York's John F. Kennedy Inte [ ... ]