One doesn't have to be an aviator to understand how an aircraft works. In simplistic terms, engines push it through the air, the wings provide lift, and various control surfaces like stabilizers, ...

Long, narrow wings are intended to reduce fuel consumption and increase comfort in aircraft. However, wing flutter must be eliminated for this to happen. The US space agency NASA and the aircraft ...

Effectively, it's designed to create virtual control surfaces out of compressed air. A similar AFC program underway at NATO's Science and Technology Organization had small-scale models flying some ...