At the very crux of engineering is the desire to problem-solve, optimize, and squeeze out every bit of efficiency possible from the system being built. Aircraft design and aeronautical engineering ...

It’s a rare occasion when a piece of engineering transcends its pure industrial function and becomes art. And it’s even rarer when that metamorphosis is the byproduct of a quest for better performance ...

The Piper M700 Fury was certified just last year, in 2024. This latest model in the Piper M-Class family, also known as the ...

Slicing the air as they haul the Airbus Military A400M into flight, the 5.3m (17.5ft)-diameter counter-rotating propellers of the Europrop International TP400-D6 - the West's most powerful turboprop ...

Boeing’s 150-seat 7J7 concept (left) would meld prop-fan technology and lightweight composite structure to deliver big gains in fuel efficiency. The Boeing Company LOOMING LIKE AN ALIEN CRAFT ABOVE ...

We live in an age of military jet engines and have since the tail end of World War II. For the most part, the majority of commercial and military aircraft are powered by jet engines, but some planes ...

The Russian Tu-95 'Bear' isn't just a relic of the Cold War, with the potential for a nuclear payload capable of untold devastation. It's eight contra-rotating propellers also enable to it hold the ...

Moscow's Domodedovo airport has begun the dismantling of one of the last remaining examples of the Tupolev Tu-114 Rossiya contra-rotating turboprop that had been standing as gate guardian since 1977 ...

The world’s largest turboprop aircraft, the Antonov An-22 “Antei” will be retired from service of the RuAF (Russian Aerospace Forces). This is according to the commander of its Military Aviation ...