In this video, you'll see the different types of engines and propulsion systems used for aircraft, my favorite ones: Turbojet ...

Damage to the hot section of the KLM Boeing 747 that encountered volcanic ash from Alaska’s Mount Redoubt on Dec. 14, 1989. Credit: U.S. Geological Survey An aircraft engine is like a big vacuum ...

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Perhaps not as visible as their counterparts doing business in the automotive industry, aviation startups are just as numerous. Some of them are proposing outlandish ideas that will probably never ...

Speculation abounds as to the cause of the Air India airplane crash on June 12. One explanation so far is that both engines of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner failed, a highly unlikely event. A list ...

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Along the way, he developed a deep love for aviation, with a travel bucket list measured by aircraft types flown rather than destinations reached. Now he is bringing that avgeek passion, along with ...