It's fairly common knowledge that when a supersonic aircraft approaches the sound barrier, what follows is the sonic boom. This transitory period between subsonic and supersonic, known as transonic ...
Jonathan Chestney, engineering leader at Dowty. Credit: Dowty Jonathan Chestney, engineering leader at GE Aerospace subsidiary Dowty, speaks with Aviation Week Network about advances in aircraft ...
Click to open image viewer. A curved, almost ribbon-like shaped propeller made from strips of thin wood, glued together. In the center is a hole for attaching to a rotating shaft. The prop blades are ...