In a November 17 letter to aviation fuel distributors, ExxonMobil U.S. General Aviation Operations Manager Martin Tippl wrote: “ExxonMobil Aviation does not support or endorse the supply of jet fuel ...

Diesel engine planes are not a common sight nowadays, but not too long ago, they were at the cutting edge of long-distance, slow-moving aviation.

Just as with the automotive industry, there are a variety of aircraft engines designed to run on various types of fuels. Even electric planes are something we're likely to see more of in the future.

Two Austrian engine makers are developing a 280-horsepower diesel engine for the general-aviation market. They say it will be the most powerful diesel-aircraft engine available, and it also will burn ...

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With several major aircraft and engine manufacturers recently announcing the development of new diesel aircraft engines, the general aviation ...

Florida's XTI Aircraft has ben working on its TriFan eVTOL concept for at least five years now, and while a passenger version is still the key focus, the company has now put forward a long-range, ...

What You Need to Know: In 2005, the Swedish diesel-electric submarine HMS Gotland participated in a naval exercise with the U.S. Navy off the coast of California. Despite operating against a ...

Summary: The U.S. Navy faces strategic and budgetary challenges, with increasing pressure to rethink its current reliance on costly, high-tech systems like nuclear-powered submarines and aircraft ...

Cessna has reached and agreement with Germany's Thielert Aircraft Engines (TAE) to collaborate on future programmes centred on the Thielert diesel engine. Although both companies are remaining ...

Mooney International is back in the aircraft development business, unveiling two new diesel and jet fuel-powered models at Airshow China in Zhuhai. Focused on the slowly-emerging Chinese training and ...

Before a new engine can be approved and commissioned for general and experimental aircraft, it must log hundreds of operating hours on a dynamometer test stand without failure. Unfortunately, the work ...