Post-stall maneuvering” gives a plane excellent maneuverability—but the equipment needed to boost it comes with tradeoffs, as ...
Thrust vectoring—essentially redirecting the plane’s exhaust flow—allows modern fighters to quickly change direction, giving them an edge in close combat.
Thrust-vectoring makes impossible maneuvers possible. The huge, powerful jets can perform extremely tight turns that ...
Airbus has developed a flight-computer software update for A380s after a training flight incident in which two engines received an erroneous thrust roll-back command just after take-off. The incident ...