We live in an age of military jet engines and have since the tail end of World War II. For the most part, the majority of commercial and military aircraft are powered by jet engines, but some planes ...

Models R354, R375, R389, and R390 propellers (Docket No. 2000-NE-18-AD) - proposes to require a one-time inspection of the hub joint mating surfaces for fretting. This proposal is prompted by reports ...

When you picture a propeller-driven aircraft, you probably imagine a single engine plane with the propeller spinning at the front. There's a good reason for that, as the front-facing design has proven ...

The aviation industry is a major contributor to carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, as it is currently estimated that airplanes discharge approximately 100 times more CO2 per hour than a public bus or ...

Austrian company Cyclotech is planning to begin flight-testing an 80-kg (176-lb) demonstrator of its unique electric VTOL airframe, which uses Voith-Schneider propellers instead of rotors for ...

These strangely-shaped twisted-loop propellers look like a revolutionary (sorry) advance for the aviation and marine sectors. Radically quieter than traditional propellers in both air and water, ...