The problem was that the four .303 machine guns per side required by the Royal Air Force would not fit within a thin wing of straight taper. The elliptical wing’s taper began fairly far outboard ...

They aim to actively or passively control wing span mid-flight. Previous designs focus on active shape changes for agility or passive unfolding for storage but lack repeated shape alteration ...

Still from footage of an Israeli F-15 coming in for a landing with its right wing missing after a mid-air collision. Back in the early 1980s, the F-15 was still a flashy new ride, having just ...

A United flight from San Francisco to Boston had to be diverted to Denver after it was discovered mid-air a portion of the wing was damaged. Passenger Kevin Clarke took this video. What he says he ...