The 'spy’ (or, more correctly, reconnaissance) aircraft must survive enemy fighters and anti-aircraft weapons, often relying ...

A Rotax-powered Carbon Cub climbed to 37,609 feet over California, breaking a 75-year record with FAA approval and ATC ...

Cal Poly professor Paulo Iscold helped to set an unofficial altitude record for a Cub-style lightweight airplane ...

Cal Poly aerospace engineering Professor Paulo Iscold, right, stands with his flight test class at the San Luis Obispo County ...

The US military has its high-altitude U-2 "Dragon Lady" spy planes and other reconnaissance aircraft flying patrol missions along the southern border, a senior Air Force officer has confirmed on ...

During WWII, engineers produced some of the most iconic aircraft in history. From sleek fighters to hulking steel beasts -- these were the best looking.

GE Aerospace and Kratos have successfully completed high-altitude tests of their GEK800 turbofan, designed to power low-cost ...

For the millions of people across North America who will be treated to a total solar eclipse on April 8, it will be spectacular show — a chance to see the moon fully obscure the sun’s face. But for ...

A turbofan engine uses what is called the Brayton cycle, a process similar to a super-powered air pump and heater. The ...

Tests raised questions about whether instruments in an Army Black Hawk helicopter may have led pilots to believe they were at a safer, lower altitude before they collided with a commercial jet in ...