This video shows a passenger jet undergoing a high power engine test while stationary on the runway. The engines are run at ...
Pilots rev up engines before takeoff, but why? The answer lies in a fascinating dance of air, fire, and spinning blades.
With their capability to fly higher, farther, and more efficiently, jet engines have transformed air travel since their introduction. From its origins in the 1930s, the jet engine was a substantial ...
As of January, the B-52 Commercial Engine Replacement Program has moved into hardware production. Two airframes are now being ...
You could call it a temple of thrust -- a building designed to handle the massive thrust these engines can kick up. Walls 3 feet thick and giant doors weighing hundreds of thousands of pounds enclose ...
US investigators probing a landing overrun which badly damaged a Falcon 10 have determined that the thrust-reversers did not deploy, because the jet was wrongly configured during approach. The inquiry ...
Adaptive cycle engines are specially designed to alternate between efficiency and raw power—extending an aircraft’s range without compromising on speed during engagements.