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The flying wing revolution - What killed America’s most radical aircraft design?

In the 1940s, it looked like flying wings would dominate the skies - faster, lighter, and more efficient than anything before ...
Morning Overview on MSN

This experimental aircraft could rewrite the rules of flight

The latest generation of experimental aircraft is no longer chasing raw speed alone, it is trying to change how the air ...

Here’s Why The Boeing 777X Won’t Let Pilots Take Off With Its Wings Still Folded

Boeing integrated multiple failsafes into the flight systems to prevent such an occurrence. If the wingtips are not extended ...

The Average American Can’t Properly Identify These Common Insects

Insects are everywhere, crawling across sidewalks, hanging out in our gardens, and even invading our homes. Despite inhabiting nearly every corner of the planet, many of the most common insect species ...

Here’s How Much Longer The Boeing 777X’s Wingspan Is Compared To The 777-300ER

So the question is just how much longer are the 777X wings? To get directly to the point, the 777X will have wings that are 7 ...

Flying Cars and Rising Bars: The 2026 eVTOL Breakout Begins

The electric aviation sector is finally cleared for departure as major regulatory milestones and capital inflows signal that ...
AOL

A US startup building a radical 'flying wing' plane to take on Airbus and Boeing revealed its first airline customer

Startup Natilus is building a "blended-wing body" aircraft that fits the cabin into one giant wing. Natilus' first announced airline customer is the Indian carrier SpiceJet. The up to 240-passenger ...
GlobalSpec

Interest in the 'flying wing' continues, despite engineering hardships

The race to decrease the carbon emissions of the aerospace industry is on. Companies and regulatory agencies around the world are looking at dozens of potential solutions that could decrease the ...
Aviation Week

China's CH-7 Uncrewed Flying Wing Makes Debut Flight

SINGAPORE—Chinese state media on Dec. 15 announced that the Cai Hong-7 (CH-7) stealthy uncrewed aircraft system made by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp. (CASC) completed its first flight ...
The National Interest

How Are Modern Aircraft Wings Designed?

Today, aircraft wings are increasingly designed to prioritize stealth characteristics over raw speed—giving them a smooth, unbroken connection to the aircraft’s main fuselage. The wing of a fighter ...
StrategyPage

Air Weapons: Chinese Flying Wing Drones

November 16, 2025: GJ-11 is the latest Chinese combat drone. It is a nine-ton tailless delta-shaped unmanned aircraft with a single engine and an internal weapons that can hold two tons of guided ...
Jalopnik

Let's Nerd Out About The Mercedes-AMG One's Extremely Cool DRS-Equipped Two-Piece Active Rear Wing

What made seeing this AMG One even better is that it was in one of the "track-only" modes, either Race Plus or Strat 2, which hunkers down the suspension by about an inch and a half, folds up the ...