Airplane flight is one of the most significant technological achievements of the 20th century. The invention of the airplane allows people to travel from one side of the planet to the other in less ...

Different insects flap their wings in different manners. Understanding the variations between these modes of flight may help scientists design better and more efficient flying robots in the future.

I understand Chanda Prescod-Weinstein’s problem with the physics of flight (11 June, p 28). As a designer and builder of model aircraft when young, I found references to Bernoulli’s principle were ...

This futuristic flight tech zone invites visitors to experience how drones and UAVs operate. Through hands-on stations, model ...

Bumblebees defy the physics of flight, helicopter pilots like to say — and so it seems do the whirlybirds flying, and too often crashing, in Iraq recently. The crash of a Marine Sea Knight chopper ...