Science made possible for 1 million pound machines to fly.

Imagine this: Stick your hand out of the window of a car that travels at around 60 mph, and you will notice how lift is being produced as you twist your hand up and down. As the car accelerates, you ...

Professor and department head for the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Purdue University Bill Crossley answers questions about airplanes and aerospace engineering from Twitter. How do ...

Captain Richard de Crespigny recounts landing Qantas Flight 32 after a midair engine explosion and shares lessons in crisis ...

How do helicopters fly? They face the same forces that planes do, but they have a special feature to help them hover and go where no plane can. Find out more. Science Trek is available to stream on ...

Political and business leaders will meet at the Swiss resort of Davos next week for the World Economic Forum, where issues ...

Cargo carriers operate fewer flights than passenger lines but they still present a hazard to crew and people on the ground.