Lithuanian investigators have disclosed that the flaps of a Boeing 737-400 freighter remained retracted during its final ...

much like a real jet engine would. It uses two servos connected to collars on the outside of the engine. When the servos move the collars, a set of flaps linked to the collars can choke or expand ...

This advanced design allows for a more subtle reverse thrust mechanism where flaps lift on the sides ... t actually reverse the direction of the jet engine’s rotation as that would be incredibly ...

At the time of the incident, the plane's right engine was turned on for a test with the cover flaps open, per TMZ and Bild. A safety area had also set up around the engine, the German outlet reported.

It’s left to [Integza] to take this idea and see it as the compressor for a jet engine, and though the prototype you see in the video below is fragile and prone to melting, it shows some promise.

It's a long story, and there's one thing I want to say straightaway: what gave us the jet engine was not just the work of one man, say myself, but teamwork. There were those of us who designed the ...

Sean Rader, director of maintenance at King Aero Management, repurposed scrap parts to build a demo turbine jet engine with cutaways for the program. The brightly-colored demo – which resembles ...