I cannot see a propeller made by the Hartzell Propeller Company without remembering my Uncle Eugene and Aunt Stella who lived ...

Looking at photos of plane used in World War II, you may have noticed a lot of cables and wires around them. Here's what ...

The first airplane equipped with an autopilot was a pivotal moment in aviation history. It transformed flying from a constant struggle to a more controlled, reliable endeavor. The first autopilot goes ...

Chicago Daily News / Wikimedia Commons Lawrence Sperry believed that the three flight axes of an aircraft (roll, pitch, and yaw) could be simultaneously ... Its innovation was to automatically balance ...

Commercial airplanes have a system known as the yaw dampener that can mitigate the effects of a Dutch roll. If an aircraft ..

they control roll, allowing the airplane to tilt left or right. Elevators: Found on the tail, elevators control the pitch, enabling the plane to climb or descend. Rudder: Located on the vertical ...

But one maneuver stands out as a crowd favorite: the barrel roll, in which an airplane does a complete 360-degree rotation while airborne. It should come as no surprise that accomplishing this ...

Jelly Roll's private jet had to make an emergency ... was on his way out of Los Angeles for Sunday's awards ceremony when his private airplane was forced to turn around. The country crooner's ...

Two of his most famous inventions were his concepts for a primitive flying machine and a self-propelled cart, predating the airplane ... with control for pitch, roll, and yaw.