For the most part, fixed-wing aircraft have the same configuration, but there's a type of plane that incorporates something different: Canards. A canard ... were one of many experimental features ...

One of America’s leading aircraft designers, Jack Northrop, showed keen interest in the Horten brothers’ flying-wing glider back ... there’s no evidence this experimental jet, still ...

Composite experimental (homebuilt or kit) general aviation aircraft really took off in the early 1970s with Burt Rutan’s very popular VariEze (and derivations like the Long-EZ) canard pusher aircraft ...

It was an experimental aircraft that tested a forward-swept wing, canard control surfaces, and other novel aircraft technologies. Two were built, which were flown by NASA and the U.S. Air Force ...

In Birmingham, Alabama, the Southern Museum of Flight exhibits over 120 aircraft, including experimental ... It was a unique design with small canard wings and rear-mounted pusher engines ...

Toronto's Horizon Aircraft ... cruise canard design, with 16 lift fans embedded in the wings and a single pusher prop at the back. Horizon has designed and patented a very neat wing design ...

toyed with a similar idea in the '70s with the experimental AD-1, building on ideas from the German engineer Richard Vogt. The AD-1 is a unique aircraft with a pivoting wing explored for its ...

Wild aircraft are the hallmark of AirVenture, the world’s largest get-together for pilots, which starts today in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The Experimental ... like small fixed-wing airplanes, amphibs ...