Today, aircraft wings are increasingly designed to prioritize stealth characteristics over raw speed—giving them a smooth, unbroken connection to the aircraft’s main fuselage. The wing of a fighter ...

This small experimental glider played a vital role in the development of the first jet-propelled delta wing aircraft to fly, the Convair XF-92A. The extensive flight tests that Convair (Consolidated ...

The F-102 was not an especially successful aircraft; its performance was unremarkable, and its safety record was poor. But Convair believed they had the seed of a successful airframe in the delta-wing ...

Vintage Aviation Museum is planning the relocation of a Saab Draken fighter from California to Utah and is seeking public ...

Lippisch Flugzuegbau G.m.b.H. In 1939, Alexander Lippisch joined Willy Messerschmitt's aircraft design and manufacturing firm where he developed the Me 163 Komet (see NASM collection), a semi-tailless ...