When you picture a propeller-driven aircraft, you probably imagine a single engine plane with the propeller spinning at the front. There's a good reason for that, as the front-facing design has proven ...

For decades, propellers and rotors have been a niche market, equipping a few hundred new aircraft a year. But with potential demand forecast for tens of thousands of delivery drones and air taxis ...

WHEN A MODIFIED MD-80 airliner flew at the 1988 Farnborough air show in Britain, it was supposed to represent the future of air travel. One of its rear-mounted jet engines had been replaced with an ...