Passengers looking out the window of a passenger plane will likely have noticed slats on the leading edge of the wing, along with the flaps on the trailing edge of the wing, being extended during ...

A manufacturing defect will require the replacement of leading edge slat tracks on a small subset of the global fleet of Boeing 737NG and Max aircraft. Operators with affected aircraft have 10 days to ...

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) released a statement Sunday saying Boeing has informed them that some parts for the company's grounded 737 Max passenger plane, and prior model 737 Next ...

CubCrafters, the Yakima-based aircraft manufacturer famous for its backcountry designs, has entered the electric aircraft race. The company has introduced a new engineering innovation called Electric ...

Windtunnel tests on a newly developed high-lift concept, which uses a morphing leading edge to reduce drag and noise, have produced promising results. While conventional slats comprise a separate ...

Although an airliner's engines may be quite loud on takeoff, its wings also create a lot of wind noise when it's landing. According to a new study, the latter problem could be addressed with the ...

The aeroacoustic analysis of high-lift airfoil systems is a critical field of research aimed at understanding and mitigating the noise generated by aircraft during takeoff and landing. High-lift ...

At least 32 Next Generation and 33 Boeing Max aircraft are affected in the U.S. Boeing told officials with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) that certain parts on its grounded 737 Max ...

Boeing discovered improperly manufactured slat tracks that were delivered to its factory to be put on 737 MAX and 737 NG planes, affecting up to 148 parts and 312 aircraft worldwide. The slat track ...

Question: When an aircraft is descending toward landing, it seems some planes fly down nose pointed downward, and some seem to float down with the nose pointed up. Is this true, and if so, why the ...