Speed brakes are high-drag devices designed to help aircraft descend faster without gaining excess speed. They're especially useful when a pilot needs to increase the descent rate without shocking the ...
Planes flying east over Atlantic Ocean reaching speeds of nearly 780 mph pushed by strong jet stream
Savior of many a cramped pair of legs, the jet stream is well known for lopping roughly an hour off long haul west-to-east flights. But it's working especially hard for travelers in economy class ...
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World’s first 6-ton tiltrotor aircraft with 342 mph top speed aces maiden flight
A Chinese-built tiltrotor aircraft weighing about six tons reached a major aviation milestone on Sunday when it completed its ...
That’s if the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) approves the flight and certifies the record. If the record does get certified, the company’s single-seater aircraft will have smashed the ...
Rolls-Royce claims its Spirit of Innovation aircraft has set a new all-electric airplane speed record, reaching a top speed of 387.4 mph. The company believes it surpassed the previous top speed by ...
The world record for fastest all-electric airplane speed has been broken by the Rolls-Royce-made Spirit of Innovation aircraft, the company claimed Friday. The plane reached a rocketing 345.4 mph on ...
Road speed limits date back to 1652, when horse-drawn vehicles were restricted from going at galloping speed within the New Netherland Colony, which covered parts of the mid-Atlantic United States.
To innovate, to press forward, is often to take risks. Iconic American pilot Chuck Yaeger broke Mach 1 in October 1947, flying the Bell X-1. In an Academy of Achievement interview years later, he said ...
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