A critical advantage to the Mosquito’s wooden construction was its relatively light weight—giving it a fantastic top speed of ...

A New York City sightseeing helicopter broke apart and crashed into the Hudson River near the New Jersey shoreline, killing the pilot and a Spanish family of five who were on ...

Records show the doomed chopper was built in 2004 and had already logged 12,728 hours of flight time when it was forced into ...

The Mooney M-20 series is a favorite among the GA community for its compelling combination of speed and efficiency. But with dozens of different types and subtypes produced over a span of 64 years, ...

Birmingham Hippodrome’s New Musical Theatre department will make its Edinburgh Fringe debut this summer with the world premiere of Hot Mess, an original musical about the climate crisis. Created by ...

Despite growing European doubts regarding the reliability of the U.S. F-35 fighters, Rheinmetall has recently announced that its new fuselage factory for these stealth aircraft is preparing to begin ...

Key constraints include engine shortages for A321s, fuselage issues for A350s, and wing and landing gear delays. The supply chain situation in the aviation market is slowly improving and the ...

Rheinmetall has started assembling equipment for the production of center fuselage sections for F-35A fighter jets, with full-scale production set to begin in April 2025. The German defense company ...

Can you imagine a smartphone with a wooden touchscreen? Or a house with wooden windows? Probably not—unless you've heard of transparent wood. Made by modifying wood's natural structure ...

Most modern structures are built to last 50 years or so, but ingenious ancient engineering has kept this watery city afloat for more than 1,600 years – using only wood. As any local knows ...

While sustainably-grown wood can be an economical and eco-friendly building material, its relatively low tensile strength limits its potential applications. That could soon change, however ...

James Whomsley, an aviation enthusiast behind the ProjectAir YouTube channel, has constructed what might be the world’s largest remote-controlled (R/C) plane utilizing the Magnus effect.