Perhaps not as visible as their counterparts doing business in the automotive industry, aviation startups are just as numerous. Some of them are proposing outlandish ideas that will probably never ...

In the aviation industry, innovation is usually the name of the game. Think of the last 86 years and how the jet engine has evolved, allowing folks to traverse to the other side of the planet in hours ...

Diesel planes aren't just a novelty; they are revolutionizing general aviation fuel costs and range. See why these engines ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Mankind first took flight in 1903 when the Wright brothers took off over Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Since then, all manner of aircraft have ...

It's been a long time coming, but finally actual build work has begun on a new kind of airplane engine, one that might revolutionize the industry. NASA calls it the Hybrid Thermally Efficient Core ...

Launching things with electromagnetism is pretty fun, with linear induction motors being a popular design that finds use from everywhere in hobby designs like [Tom Stanton]’s to the electromagnetic ...

Flite Test, the festival’s sponsor, offers kits to build anything from simple trainer aircraft to multi-engine warbird replicas from inexpensive foam-backed posterboard. Simple materials and ...