The XF-84H was an ambitious project to reverse-engineer a jet-powered F-84 into a prop-driven aircraft capable of achieving near-jet performance. The United States Navy initially had an interest in a ...

We live in an age of military jet engines and have since the tail end of World War II. For the most part, the majority of commercial and military aircraft are powered by jet engines, but some planes ...

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 ...

HopFlyt has built and flown two 10-ft. wingspan prototypes. Credit: HopFlyt Developed in the 1940s by American inventor William Ray Custer, the channel wing aircraft features a main wing with a ...

The concept of blended-wing aircraft – where fuselage and wing are all one structure – is not new. But this radical design might soon be a credible concept for airliners. In March 2025, a small ...