Pilots sometimes need to operate at slow speeds—during tight turns and landings, for instance—and good low-speed handling is the hallmark of a great fighter jet. People tend to associate raw speed ...

In commercial aviation, landings are designed to be gentle, with the idea that travelers will avoid planes with rough ...

Approval expands the number of airports where the jets can operate.

Tilted landing gears, while engineered specifically for the express purpose of helping jets land and take off from runways, might look odd, like the wheels on the wings of a B-52 bomber. If you've ...