Dutch engineer Anthony Fokker custom-built a single-seat monoplane, featuring a fully functional synchronization gear that ...

Watch the precise process of manufacturing and balancing large aircraft propellers, where accuracy is essential for safety ...

Hartzell’s 5-blade composite propeller reduces aircraft weight by around 20 pounds total by using carbon fiber construction ...

The XF-84H was an ambitious project to reverse-engineer a jet-powered F-84 into a prop-driven aircraft capable of achieving near-jet performance. The United States Navy initially had an interest in a ...

Hawker Beechcraft Defense Co.’s AT-6 is the first fixed-wing aircraft to fire laser-guided rockets. Lasers, both on the plane and from the ground, guided the three-mile shots into their targets at the ...

An inside look at shaping an aircraft propeller from birch wood, focusing on material selection and precision craftsmanship.

pt. 1. The three design authorities & propeller manufacturers from the Aircraft Construction Company to Boulton & Paul -- pt. 2. Propeller manufacturers from the British & Colonial Aeroplane Company ...