Gehrke says that the team's results provide important insights for biologists as well as engineers ... wings and adapt the performance of such flyers to varying weather conditions or flight ...

In short, deicing is necessary because snow and ice on airplane wings can decrease lift by as much as 30%. Lift is the ...

KAKAMIGAHARA, Gifu Prefecture--The children of the pilot and flight engineer of the A-26 aircraft ... known as the “Tragic Wings,” emerged last year. Shigemitsu Nagatomo, Shigeyuki’s father ...

When Delta Flight 4819 from Minneapolis ... In this incident, the wing breaking free kept the fire out of the passenger cabin, said Joe Jacobsen, an aerospace engineer who has worked for Boeing ...