Germany produced three outstanding modern airliners in the interwar period: the Junkers Ju 52, Junkers Ju 86 and Focke-Wulf ...

The Breda-Zappata BZ.308, a sleek Italian four-engine airliner, first flew in 1948. Designed by Filippo Zappata, it blended ...

ANASA competition asking college students to design a next-generation equivalentof the famed Douglas DC-3 transport aircraft has generated a stronginternational response and a standard of entries high ...

Don’t get us wrong, modern airliners are wonderfully safe, and we wouldn’t change them for the world. Still, for character, charisma and sometimes outlandish engineering genius, we can’t help but wish ...

Airplanes cruise at altitudes of several thousand feet above the ground for most parts of their journeys. If the sole purpose were to avoid buildings, airplanes wouldn't need to fly above 3,000 feet - ...

There’s something deeply frustrating about the fact that the world’s fastest airplanes are not carrying passengers. Airliners flying at supersonic speeds can cut 11-hour trips to five hours, and ...