No matter whether you run car, motorcycle, boat, or airplane, one common fact binding all these vehicles is that their engines all need oil. An internal combustion engine running at speed is a violent ...

The Boeing 787 Dreamliner represents a major shift in commercial aviation, combining advanced materials, aerodynamics, and systems to deliver unprecedented fuel efficiency and passenger comfort.

Oil is sometimes referred to as the blood of the aircraft. It provides lubrication, cooling, and carries away waste products. Without it, or without enough of it, the aircraft engine cannot function ...

When you're at an airport and see propeller aircraft, you likely think it is powered by a piston engine. This is usually true among smaller planes, like the Cessa 172 Skyhawk and the Piper Archer, or ...

Sticking with an engines theme, this week’s Flight Friday looks at aircraft “ground days” (a 24-hour period where an aircraft did not complete a flight for any reason, be it maintenance, ...

The B-2's distinctive exhausts are designed to hide the aircraft from both detection by reducing RCS and by reducing its ...

For the ever-evolving aviation industry, the traditional time and material–based contracts between airlines and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) for the maintenance of aircraft engines may not ...

Today, modern airlines mostly prefer Aviation Turbine Fuel, which is a special kerosene-type fuel made just for jet aircraft.