For these tests, researchers chose to mount the 10-foot-long aluminum wing upside down, adding weights to apply stress. The upside-down orientation allows gravity to simulate the lift a wing would ...

The purported virtue of the elliptical wing was that, theoretically at least, it would generate the least possible lift-dependent, or induced, drag. Induced drag is the drag incurred by the mere ...

Lift is generated by the wings and they have changed a lot in the last 100 years. Let's see how they work. Take a look inside the Bombardier wing facility in Belfast and find out how an aeroplane ...

An airplane's wing is designed to create lift, but ice and snow can change the wing's shape. If you ever been delayed for de-icing, you'll be happy to know that it makes takeoff possible in wintry ...