Here's Why The McDonnell Douglas MD-11’s Tail Engine Is Different Than Other Trijets

On the McDonnell Douglas MD-11, the center engine is not fed in the same way that most traditional trijets are. The Boeing ...
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Engines for America's F-47 Sixth Gen Combat Aircraft Coming Together Faster Than Expected

It's been six months already since American president Donald Trump announced the name of the country's (and the world's) first-ever sixth generation combat aircraft, and with everything going on in ...
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Jet Engines Are So Valuable, Nearly New Airbus Planes Are Being Scrapped To Get Them

The aviation marketplace is a weird place sometimes. Take the current shortage of jet engines, for example. A whole confluence of issues has caused a global engine crisis, resulting in Pratt & Whitney ...
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Bell Beats Boeing to Build World's First Aircraft with Folding Rotors and Jet Engines

Two years ago, in 2023, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced the birth of the Speed and Runway Independent Technologies (SPRINT) program. The goal of the effort was to ...

Even Planes Are Not Safe From An LS Engine Swap, Apparently

GM's LS engine has been swapped into all sorts of cars. Now some enthusiasts are swapping them into airplanes, though with plenty of modifications.