Recently, Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer signed an agreement with Vortex Aircraft Services for the use of Beacon, a digital platform powered by Embraer-X that helps aircraft return to service ...

Aircraft wake vortex dynamics encompass the study of the vortical patterns generated by an aircraft during flight, which have significant implications for aviation safety and airport capacity. These ...

Fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions are huge priorities in the aviation industry – passenger airliners chew through amazing quantities of fuel. Take the Boeing 747, which guzzles somewhere ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime. Jetstar recently announced that from February 2024, new Airbus A321 planes equipped with “vortex generators” would be used over Brisbane ...

It’s not a totally new concept, but the Air Force is testing the idea of flying gas-guzzling cargo aircraft inline allowing the trailing aircraft to utilize the cyclonic energy coming off the lead ...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 -- As the investigation into the cause of the crash of American Airlines flight 587 continues, the role turbulence and wake effects had upon the Airbus A300's all-composite tail is ...

aircraft, part of the Autonomous Formation Flight (AFF) project based at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif., flew the mission in early December. During the 96-minute flight, the ...

Passengers have described the terrifying moment a vortex sent their Qantas flight into a 10-second “nosedive.” Hundreds of horrified travelers held hands ­believing they were about to die as the ...

The problem of decreasing separation distances between aircraft during their takeoffs and landings is investigated. This work presents a general view on the problem under study, whose complexity lies ...

Known as the Vortex Robot, the device is the focus of the CompInnova project, which involves five European research groups. The plan is that the four-wheeled robot will ultimately be able to ...

SAE Transactions, Vol. 114, Section 1: JOURNAL OF AEROSPACE (2005), pp. 793-808 (16 pages) This paper describes the methods used to collect and reduce wake turbulence data behind two distinct types of ...