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Artificial shark skin is a material inspired by the physical structure of shark skin that reduces drag and prevents microbial growth. This biomimetic technology is used in applications such as airplane coatings to improve fuel efficiency and in medical and public spaces to inhibit bacteria. It works by using microscopic riblet-like structures that disrupt fluid flow or prevent bacteria from attaching to the surface.

Copying a trick from the animal kingdom can help cut aircraft emissions.

On July 19, 1989, United Airlines Flight 232 was en route to Chicago when a mechanical failure caused the plane to become all but uncontrollable. In this uns...

Some of aviation’s best developments have been in electronic communications, including nonverbal communication, like the airplane transponder.

June 23, 1942. Oberleutnant Armin Faber's Focke-Wulf 190 touched down on what he thought was a Luftwaffe base in France—until he saw the Spitfires. The Germa...

Snout is 1/3 length of plane, see inside factory picture. Pilot must use display as long sloping window makes observatíon through window impossible

🄳 This captivating historical documentary reveals the untold story of how a brilliant mathematician's counterintuitive discovery saved hundreds of American B-1. * Tried adding "airplane" to get search to work.

𝍤 Russian Brute Force Airplane Enginering