David Lentink, Professor of Biomimetics at the University of Groningen, has developed a robotic bird model with real pigeon feathers to show how they do it. In previous work, he found that birds ...

Two components that help pilots control an airplane didn’t work during a preflight check of American Airlines Flight 587, the National Transportation Safety Board reported Tuesday. The jetlin… ...

Investigators are also scouring airplane junkyards for a tail fin from another A300 to take apart. The tail fin--also known as a “vertical stabilizer”--helps keep an aircraft flying straight.

UK’s Red Arrows aerobatic display team has just unveiled a new tail fin livery to mark their 50th Display Season. It is very British, as the scheme shows a Union Jack formed with 4 airplane ...

Data Recovered From Flight 587 Could Mean That Fishtailing Motion Overstressed Tail Fin By J. Lynn Lunsford Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal Nov. 16, 2001 12:01 am ET Share ...