Painstaking assembly of ultrasmooth wing sections for Europe’s Airbus A340-based natural laminar flow demonstrator is set to start as the first structural components begin arriving at Aernnova in ...

In this simple demonstration, we see what seems like a special effect. But it’s not. Here’s how laminar flow makes reality look like an optical illusion. It looks totally fake. Corn syrup dyed yellow, ...

The flagship demonstration under Europe’s Clean Sky civil aeronautics research program is entering the hardware stage, aiming for first flight of the Airbus A340-300-based laminar flow wing ...

Who needs windows when you can have superefficient transonic passenger flight? That seems to be the reasoning behind Otto Aviation's Phantom 3500 jet aircraft that dumps the portholes in favor of ...

The partners are testing two wing changes to evaluate their respective efficiency Airbus and partners in the Blade initiative are using the A340 prototype to test two wing designs that have the ...