These spirals you see on plane engines are, in fact, for more than just for looks - they serve a very important purpose.

It's hard to imagine a car with a jet engine in it, but Chrysler spent a lot of time and money trying to make its turbine ...

The Flat-Twin engine is something special, and so it holds a place in history for its many uses and achievements.

The De Havilland Aircraft Company is one of the most storied names in aviation history, with contributions that reshaped ...

Besides, turbine jet engines push aircraft via rearward thrust ... Leno's garage), making them priceless pieces of automotive history today. Chrysler had been developing the turbine engine ...

Epic aircraft intended to sell certified complete aircraft during its first phase, which eventually came to fruition in the ...

The de Havilland Vampire fighter jet successfully landed on the HMS Ocean aircraft carrier in945. See photos of the historic flight.

Boeing’s vision of a futuristic regional airliner, the model 417, emerged in the years following World War II.

In the 1950s, the burgeoning concept of vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) technology more than intrigued military ...

A self-propagating series of explosions, contained between the blades of a high-speed rotor, promises a leap in power and ...

Well, maybe not an actual jet engine, but at least a fan built using ... parts and then building and using the item along with the history that comes with it.” It’s also pretty darn cool.

A turbofan engine, on the other hand, is designed to move huge amounts of air to propel an aircraft forward. At lower subsonic speeds, it does this quite well. Faster than that, aerodynamic drag ...