Flaps, or more properly 'trailing edge high lift devices,' have two functions—they increase drag and enable the wing to sustain lift at a lower speed. [FLYING Magazine] Flaps primarily increase a wing ...

Airplane plumage might be the next big thing in aviation. Bird wings are contoured with overlapping rows of feathery tufts, spreading out from near the shoulder. These “covert feathers” help birds ...

A US official says air safety investigators have a ”high degree of confidence” that a photo of aircraft debris found in the Indian Ocean is of a wing component unique to the Boeing 777, the same model ...