Today's passenger aircraft house some of the most cutting-edge innovations in engine technology, and that list most certainly includes turboprop engines. In layman's terms, a turboprop is a jet engine ...

Composite design is customized to specific aircraft performance goals and engine characteristics, while meeting stringent Federal Aviation Admin. (FAA) type-certification requirements. Resin transfer ...

It's fairly common knowledge that when a supersonic aircraft approaches the sound barrier, what follows is the sonic boom. This transitory period between subsonic and supersonic, known as transonic ...

SOME of your readers may be interested in an incident which took place during the testing of a propeller at the Royal Aircraft Establishment, South Farnborough. The propeller was being revolved at a ...

It was the height of WWII, aerospace technology was developing at an incredible rate. The jet engine was a fragile new technology, but it sure seemed like the future of combat aviation. Who would be ...

Simply sign up to the Aerospace & Defence myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. An Anglo-US start-up has successfully completed a test flight of a propeller aircraft partially powered by ...