More than 100 years after the first human flight, airplanes remain a mechanical marvel that very few of us actually understand.And while it’s not necessary to understand the airplane in order to ...

MIT and NASA are reinventing the airplane as we know it. Engineers from both institutions have teamed up to build a radically new type of airplane wing that's able to change shape during flight to ...

You might have noticed the metal rods that airplanes have on their wings, but do the pieces have a name? What are they for and how do they work?

T he amazing sound -absorption abilities of moths’ wings, which helps them evade bats echolocation calls, has inspired new techniques for manufacturing ultra-thin sound absorbing panels.

An East Tennessee man donated his airplane to the charity organization "Wings of Hope" Sunday afternoon.