Anyone who’s used an overhead ceiling fan knows it can be a pain to work. Yanking its chain gets the motor running, but there ...

RMS Lusitania looked like the glamorous future of Atlantic travel, but at high speed her stern could vibrate so violently that key spaces became unusable. This breaks down the propeller wake ...

The F-106 was one of the best-looking US fighters of the 1960s. Its pure delta wing, curvaceous fuselage and handsome form belied its awesome destructive potential, as it was (along with F-89 and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Prop 50, on the Nov. 4 special election ballot, allows California voters to decide whether to temporarily replace the state's ...

On November 4, Bexar County voters will weigh in on the controversial proposal to use public funds for a new Spurs arena and revitalize the Frost Bank Center. It's been a highly debated topic, ...

The famous British Supermarine Spitfire used various propellers during its early service. Rotol Airscrews, Ltd was formed in 1937 as a joint venture of Rolls-Royce and Bristol. The name, a combination ...

ALTA, Utah (KUTV) — Investigators with the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating the cause of a plane crash that killed one person and injured ...

It's fairly common knowledge that when a supersonic aircraft approaches the sound barrier, what follows is the sonic boom. This transitory period between subsonic and supersonic, known as transonic ...

When one thinks of the average airplane, odds are that propellers are part of that mental image. They've been a crucial component of airplane construction from the moment air travel found its footing ...