When you picture a propeller-driven aircraft, you probably imagine a single engine plane with the propeller spinning at the front. There's a good reason for that, as the front-facing design has proven ...

The images, reportedly captured in April, show a compound helicopter with coaxial main rotors and pusher propeller, which bears similarity to Sikorsky’s X2 Technology. Few days after photos emerged of ...

Wings and side propellers give helicopter forward thrust. Airbus has filed a patent for what could potentially be the world's fastest helicopter. US Patent Office — -- Airbus has filed a patent ...

At the very crux of engineering is the desire to problem-solve, optimize, and squeeze out every bit of efficiency possible from the system being built. Aircraft design and aeronautical engineering ...

Joby Aviation has begun making aircraft propeller blades at its plant near Dayton International Airport, a step toward what the company says is its goal of expanding in-house manufacturing, producing ...