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Landing stealth J-36 jets on moving carriers? China's new tech may solve it
The J-36 has been designed to have a stealthy tailless flying wing design, but it creates flight control problems, notably on ...
An F1 Champion Told Everyone How Dangerous Wings Were For Racing In 1969 And They Ignored Him
Jochen Rindt, the 1970 F1 World Drivers' Champion, believed that wings were so dangerous and detrimental to racing that they ...
'Did we hit the aircraft next to us?' Planes touch wings at Reagan National Airport
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating why two American Airlines regional jets touched wings at Reagan National ...
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Lawmakers Give Update After Being On Airplane That Clipped Another Plane
The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) are investigating the incident. A 2023 report warned the FAA that ...
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JetZero: BWB Airliner Could Yield 30% Maintenance Improvement
ATLANTA—In a departure from traditional tube-and-wing design, JetZero is developing a new blended-wing body (BWB) aircraft ...
Congress members' flight gets a surprise nudge on Washington National Airport tarmac
Two American Airlines regional jets came into contact with each other on the ground at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport ...
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Planes bump wings on the ground at Washington’s Reagan National Airport
“BlueStreak 5490, did we hit the aircraft next to us,” the pilot ... which is a type of aerodynamic wing tip, was reported to have broken off.“We can see a piece of a winglet on the ground ...