Ever since the dawn of aviation many years ago aircraft have established themselves as fixed-wing machines capable of taking to the sky. Why winged? Well, for the simple reason that such a design is ...

As the U.S. Air Force is moving to modernize its fleet of aircraft, it is looking to new and innovative designs to help it advance its goals. And one such design is that of a blended-wing body ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This M2-F2 Lifting Body model of ...

The Blended Wing Body (BWB) design has been around since the 1920s but has only seen real-world use in military aircraft, like the B-1 Lancer bomber. Unlike a flying wing (which is all wing) or a ...

Ask someone to picture an airplane and they’re likely to think of what is essentially a tube with wings and a stabilizing tail tacked onto one end of said tube. Yet it is also no secret that the lift ...