There are several reasons why many modern aircraft designers have elected to place the primary fuel tanks in the wings. An ...

Aerospace startup Natilus is shaking up the aviation world with its Horizon Blended Wing Body (BWB) passenger/cargo aircraft.

In most commercial aircraft, fuel is also stored in wing tanks to achieve aircraft stability while utilizing the available ...

The “J” is a primary aerial refuelling aircraft for Marine fixed ... operations.The KC-130J offers a 57,500-pound fuel offload capacity using wing and external tanks while in the air.

Aerospace startup Natilus is taking on the biggest players in civil aviation, unveiling its plans to build its Horizon ...

A Spitfire's engine failed because of "fuel starvation", causing a pilot to make an emergency landing, investigators have said. The aeroplane pitched onto its nose, damaging the propeller and left ...

The BAe 125 is a low-wing monoplane design featuring a swept wing with hydraulically operated slotted flaps and airbrakes. It ...

As a result, the 62-year-old pilot, who had one passenger aboard, had "unknowingly" reduced the fuel level in the wing tank. The report into the forced landing found the aircraft was on its third ...

which the Tank Divers view as the heart of the aircraft. The system is made up of massive, black bladders that hold jet fuel within the wings and run down the bottom of the KC-135 fuselage.