The fundamentals of flight have remained the same since the Wright brothers first left the ground, but nearly everything else has changed. Design standards have shifted from simple airframes to ...

Skyryse's SkyOS is introduced as a potentially transformative "operating system for flight," simplifying helicopter controls to a single joystick and replacing traditional controls. The system ...

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 ...

The F-22 Raptor is capable of maneuvers that appear to defy conventional flight. During the tail spin or falling leaf maneuver, the aircraft enters a controlled freefall where lift briefly disappears.