More blades, more speed? Not exactly-here's why extra propeller blades don't guarantee higher top speeds for aircraft.

An interesting safety feature found on turboprops is called Propeller Feathering. What is it, and how does it work?

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Imaginative design of the Republic XF-84H stands squarely at forefront of single-engine, propeller-driven aircraft from the ...

Plane engines are always "on fire" to a certain extent. That's how a jet turbine works, after all — fuel is constantly being burned in the combustion chamber and expelled outward to create thrust.

A deadstick landing may sound very scary (and probably be scary in the moment too), but a forced landing without engine power ...

Airbus has unveiled a hydrogen-powered prototype with four electric engines, resembling old propeller planes from the outside – but inside, it hides futuristic technology based on fuel cells.

In 2004, explorers began a search for a plane that crashed into Lake Michigan in 1950, killing 58 people. They didn’t find it ...

A plane mechanic has finally explained the viral video of “duct tape” on an airliner jet engine — and revealed what it’s really used for. “We looked out of our window and saw this ...

A Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 skidded down the runway and crashed in a fireball in South Korea, and investigators are just beginning the process of figuring out why.