When creating lift, longer, thinner wings can reduce drag, making them efficient. However, they can become very flexible in ...

Today, aircraft wings are increasingly designed to prioritize stealth characteristics over raw speed—giving them a smooth, unbroken connection to the aircraft’s main fuselage.

The airliner you board in the future could look a lot different from today's, with longer, thinner wings that provide a ...

While most planes use heat to melt ice that can form on the wing either before takeoff or during flight, the process is highly energy intensive and can impact engine efficiency. A new process from ...

DARPA's X-65, that replaces conventional aircraft flight controls with puffs of air, is coming together at Boeing subsidiary Aurora’s Bridgeport, West Virginia facility. The fuselage is taking shape ...

A plane's wing and a bus collided at Chicago O'Hare International Airport Tuesday afternoon, causing damage to the plane, authorities said. Just after 1 p.m. Tuesday, the wing of a Southwest Airlines ...

The United Airlines had landed at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport when the passenger decided to go out onto the wing," police said.