Italy was thought to be the first country to fly a jet-powered plane (although they were second after Germany's He 178), ...
A ROCKET jet has hit a dizzying new speed of over 5,000mph – with hopes the project will one day be able to take passengers ...
The aircraft is powered by a modified F414-GE-100 jet engine made by General ... of its hangar onto a runway to test how its control surfaces, brakes and engine perform while on the ground.
When aircraft break the sound barrier, they produce shock waves that reverberate through the surrounding air and produce the ...
The de Havilland Vampire fighter jet successfully landed on the HMS Ocean aircraft carrier in December 1945. See photos of ...
Chinese institute reveals test footage of aircraft that could help turn dream of ‘one-hour global travel’ into reality.
A ROCKET jet has hit a dizzying new speed ... Scientists behind the Chinese aircraft announced on December 10 that the test plane had reached a speed more than six times the speed of sound ...
After take off, the X-plane tilts its rotor nacelles forward for horizontal flight and locks them off as the jet engines take over ... at the Holloman High Speed Test Track (HHSTT) in New Mexico ...