Canadian authorities are reviewing the safety case for the Bombardier Challenger 600 business jet, after an uncommanded flap-extension incident highlighted a potential increase in the risk of a ...

UK investigators have disagreed with Bombardier over the cause of a Challenger 604’s uncommanded – and unarrested – full flap extension at high speed, during a climb out of Farnborough. Bombardier had ...

Aurora Flight Sciences just announced that the triangular wings of the X-65 have arrived at its Virginia assembly facility, ...

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.

The UK AAIB is urging life limits for four relays and reassessment of the 600-series Challenger flap system following an uncommanded flap extension event. The UK AAIB is urging life limits for four ...

In 2014 and 2015, at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, a strange-looking twin-boom aircraft called Proteus spent six months flying with wings that bent instead of ...

The Phase II, $2.1 million NAV extension contract is scheduled to continue through to mid-2010. “The NAV program will push the limits of aerodynamic and power conversion efficiency, endurance, and ...

McFarlane has earned FAA PMA approval for the first aftermarket 24-28V flap motor on Cessna and Beechcraft pistons, priced ...