Though famous for their mid-air hovering during hunting, tiny hummingbirds have another trait that is literally telltale: males of some hummingbird species generate loud sounds with their tail ...

A major factor in the destruction of American Airlines Flight 587 may prove to be something called flutter – one of the most dreaded bugaboos of flight, experts said yesterday. Flutter is a vibration ...

The pressure from society and politics on the aviation industry to develop, build and operate energy-efficient and low-noise aircraft is growing. For future aircraft conceps, T-tails are increasingly ...

The slab tail, or stabilator is a comparatively popular design feature of modern business airplanes. Unlike conventional controls, however, there are no rules nor criteria for flutter prevention for ...

One day last summer a Junkers monoplane, carrying a party of British socialites home from a house party in France, was seen by villagers of Kent to “break up” in the air: wings and tail dropped off.