Airfoil Jet Thrust 
Vintage Aviation News
APRIL 11, 2025
The jet- and rocket-powered aircraft exceeded expectations, performing better than predicted in high-speed wind tunnel testsparticularly in drag performance above Mach 0.85. Its test flights provided data that shaped the designs of later swept-wing military aircraft, including the Century Series of jet fighters.
Pilot Institute
JUNE 4, 2025
Use of Reflex Airfoils Ever notice how many tailless aircraft have wings that curve at the trailing edge? This type of design is a reflex airfoil. The reflexed shape of the airfoil usually causes a positive (nose-up) pitching moment coefficient at its aerodynamic center. Flying wings dont have tails or elevators.
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Vintage Aviation News
APRIL 18, 2025
One of the standout aircraft in Drydens research history is the Grumman F-14 Tomcat, a legendary Navy fighter jet that played a key role in two major research programs at the center. The aircraft also participated in studies involving low-altitude flight with asymmetric engine thrust.
Pilot Institute
MARCH 28, 2025
The exhaust coming out of aircraft engines looks pretty dangerous, generating huge amounts of thrust and pushing back tons of hot air. When air flows over the aircraft wing, the shape of the airfoil creates low pressure above the wing and relatively higher pressure below the wing. ATRs, Dash 8s, large business jets.
Aerotime
FEBRUARY 14, 2025
When it comes to private jets, the industry feels the need for speed. In just the past few years, weve watched two of the fastest private jets in history take to the skies – the Bombardier Global 8000 and the Gulfstream G700. But the G700s reign as one of the fastest private jets will be short-lived.
Pilot Institute
APRIL 12, 2025
This principle is fundamental in generating lift, thrust, and maneuverability, allowing aircraft to fly. Thrust (how it moves forward). They are designed with a special shape called an airfoil, which encourages passing air to turn and deflect downward. That force is called thrust. Wings do just that.
Pilot Institute
JUNE 12, 2025
Aircraft that transform their wing shape mid-flight might sound like something out of a futuristic sci-fi, but they’re actually as old as the jet age itself. Modern jets favor simpler, stealthier fixed-wing designs. This aircraft was an experimental jet fighter with wings that could be adjusted to different sweep angles on the ground.
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