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 ...

Rim-driven thrusters turn the normal propeller-motor arrangement inside out; rather than mounting the motor at the center of ...

It is easy to admire an aircraft in flight, gliding across the sky, but far harder to imagine the furnace within—jet engines, ...

The global aviation industry is soaring to new heights lately, driven by rising aircraft deliveries, expanding airline fleets, and increasing demand for fuel-efficient, high-performance jet engines.

Before nearly every jet departure, there is a brief pause on the runway where the engines increase in power while the aircraft remains stationary. To an observer, it may look like a moment of ...

Aircraft engines offer some impressive capabilities.

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 ...