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Speed brakes are high-drag devices designed to help aircraft descend faster without gaining excess speed. They're especially useful when a pilot needs to increase the descent rate without shocking the ...

The airspeed indicator always has been one of a pilot’s most useful tools for measuring aircraft performance. It’s colorful, with white and green, maybe a pair of red lines and a blue one, and maybe ...

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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 ...

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Road speed limits date back to 1652, when horse-drawn vehicles were restricted from going at galloping speed within the New Netherland Colony, which covered parts of the mid-Atlantic United States.

Five years before Concorde’s first flight, another majestic supersonic aircraft took to the skies — and almost became the inspiration for an even faster passenger plane. It was the XB-70 Valkyrie, an ...