THE TEST PILOT of the Boeing 727 idled two of his three engines, turned and aimed for a low pass over the runway at the Mohave Airport. At 200 feet above the ground, he streaked by at more than 300 ...

Ah nostalgia: hoop skirts, bobby-soxers, big-band swing and airliners with propellers pulling them through the skies. Remember? Get set for a dose of deja vu. NASA and a bevy of big-time aeronautical ...

Will spiralling fuel costs and the prospect of carbon credits signal the return of the propfan? Engine makers are dusting off some old concepts On display in Boeing's Future of Flight centre in ...

Boeing’s 7J7 concept aimed to bridge the gap between the 737 and 757 during an era of high fuel prices, built around an ...

Ukraine and Russia started conducting tests of their new-generation two-shaft propfan engine developed to power the An-70 military transport aircraft and small passenger planes, local media reported ...

If the latest plans of U.S. civil-aircraft manufacturers pay off, travelers will see a radically different sight in the early 1990s: airliners with double rows of huge propellers protruding near their ...

WHEN A MODIFIED MD-80 airliner flew at the 1988 Farnborough air show in Britain, it was supposed to represent the future of air travel. One of its rear-mounted jet engines had been replaced with an ...