Aviation is inseparably linked to the chase of speed. Since the first days of the powered flight, engineers and pilots have ...

Pilots sometimes need to operate at slow speeds—during tight turns and landings, for instance—and good low-speed handling is the hallmark of a great fighter jet. People tend to associate raw speed ...

Hermeus' remotely piloted high-speed aircraft, Quarterhorse, flew for the first time on May 21. (Hermeus) Hermeus, a venture capital-backed firm building high-speed aircraft, flew its Quarterhorse ...

The Boeing 747 is one of the primary long-range wide-body airplanes flown throughout the world. These four-engine passenger planes can carry over 360 passengers and crew and were the first aircraft to ...

Boom Supersonic, a company working to develop passenger aircraft capable of traveling faster than the speed of sound, announced that its planes will be able to fly at supersonic speeds without the ...

Aurora Flight Sciences has taken a major step forward in its experimental aircraft program, ...

Discover some prominent but rare aircraft, which small fleets has played vital roles.