Aircraft Design

Testing represents one of the final stages in the company’s preliminary design phase, which it expects to complete soon.

Shift-Wing model promises to reduce planning time and costs using advanced physics simulations.

Manufacturing giant is incorporating digital twin software across all divisions to improve quality and safety, speed design and production, and lower costs.

With a delta wing, jet engine, fixed gear, wooden structure, and less thrust than a Cessna 172, the bizarre combination of specifications is shared with no other aircraft.

Slovenia-based Pipistrel Aircraft has won the Aircraft Design Award from the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), for its environmentally friendly Velis Electro. During a virtual award ceremony in August, the AIAA singled out the technical team behind the Velis Electro—a two-seat, prop-driven trainer powered by an electric motor. Accepting the award on behalf […]

The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) has kicked off its 2022 Aviation Design Challenge. It’s part of the association’s effort to promote careers in aviation, as well as science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education in U.S. high schools. The challenge, in its 10th year, is open to the first 150 schools that register. Schools […]

As air taxi developers across the globe continue to make advancements in the future of urban mobility, one organization is looking for ways to make sure the aircraft of the future are accessible for all. The Vertical Flight Society—formerly the American Helicopter Society and the world’s largest nonprofit technical society focused on vertical flight—has announced […]

A team from Raisbeck Aviation High School (RAHS) in Tukwila, Washington, came out on top as first-place winners in the recent 2021 General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) Aviation Design Challenge, beating nearly 50 high school teams representing 26 states. The team from The Pennington School in Pennington, New Jersey, was the second-place winner. This year’s […]

Embraer’s defense division has completed a successful bid towards its aerial refueling qualification with the KC-390 Millennium multi-mission freighter. The company also won an award for its modular aircraft design through its engineering facility in Évora, Portugal. The aerial ballet was accomplished using unique underwing “pods” designed for the special mission, which results in extended […]

Back in the day, when FAA employees outnumbered amateur airplane builders, a government inspector would do a “pre-closure” inspection on every part of your homebuilt, then return for a pre-first-flight inspection and again every year thereafter. The quality of these inspectors varied. Some were skilled A&Ps who almost always found a discrepancy that you had […]