Aircraft Technology

Aircraft systems have gotten complicated with all the technical jargon flying around. As someone who’s spent years studying how these machines actually work, I learned...

When Boeing delivered the first F-15EX Eagle II to Eglin Air Force Base in March 2021, I have to admit I was skeptical. As someone...

The Boeing 777 family has gotten complicated with all the variants flying around. As someone who’s tracked widebody aircraft for years, I learned everything there...

Carbon fiber in commercial aviation has gotten complicated with all the marketing jargon and manufacturer claims flying around. As someone who’s followed composite aircraft development...

Deep inside a GE Aviation facility, machines work around the clock printing jet engine components that would be impossible to manufacture any other way. The...

Thirty days before an engine would have failed catastrophically, sensors detected the anomaly. A vibration pattern in the high-pressure compressor had shifted by less than...

Modern aircraft cockpits bear little resemblance to their predecessors from just 30 years ago. Analog instruments have given way to integrated digital displays. Paper charts...

In January 2024, United Airlines quietly retired its last Boeing 737-300, sending to the boneyard one of the final “steam gauge” cockpits in major U.S....

I still remember the first time an airline pilot explained fly-by-wire to me. “See that stick? It’s basically a fancy video game controller. Nothing connects...

Those distinctive upturned tips you see on modern aircraft wings aren’t just aesthetic flourishes – they’re precision-engineered devices that save the airline industry over $2...