One of the most influential cockpit levers on a jet’s take-off is the flap handle. Hinged panels at the wing’s trailing and leading edges transform a sleek airfoil into a low-speed lift sail.

Russia’s United Aircraft has detailed a modified flap arrangement for the Yakovlev MC-21-310 devised during the import-substitution process for the twinjet. The aircraft’s inboard and outboard flaps ...

Airplane plumage might be the next big thing in aviation. Bird wings are contoured with overlapping rows of feathery tufts, spreading out from near the shoulder. These “covert feathers” help birds ...

The manufacturer of high‐grade carbon‐fibre components announced that it has delivered the first shipset of C‐130J wing flaps to global security and aerospace company, Lockheed Martin and secures U.S.