Ask someone to picture an airplane and they’re likely to think of what is essentially a tube with wings and a stabilizing tail tacked onto one end of said tube. Yet it is also no secret that the lift ...

The world of experimental self-built aircraft is full of oddities, but perhaps the most eye-catching of all is the JD-2 “Dyke Delta” designed and built by [John Dyke] in the 1960s. Built to copy some ...

A US startup wants to lure customers with lucrative cargo space unavailable on today's narrowbodies.Natlius Airbus' CEO recently said the future of flying is a B2-bomber-shaped "blended-wing body" ...

A significant shortfall of over 17,000 commercial airplanes is projected for the next two decades, creating an opportunity for new aircraft designs like blended-wing bodies (BWBs). Companies such as ...

Air travelers in the next few years may be able to take a futuristic flight on an innovative blended-wing-body aircraft meant to help Delta Air Lines reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. Delta is ...

From his youth, Jack Northrop imagined efficient all-wing aircraft so advanced that technology and power plants needed to support them efficiently were not yet available. John “Jack” Northrop was born ...