The world of experimental self-built aircraft is full of oddities, but perhaps the most eye-catching of all is the JD-2 “Dyke Delta” designed and built by [John Dyke] in the 1960s. Built to ...

American defense contractor Scaled Composites flew for the first time a new type of experimental aircraft called Model 437 ...

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This 2008 Epic LT has 1,675 hours since new on the airframe, its Pratt & Whitney PT6-67A engine, and four-blade Hartzell ...

A piece of experimental aviation history ... a series of test flights from the USS Kitty Hawk aircraft carrier on behalf of the US Navy. Each engine was able to produce up to 7,500 lbs of thrust ...

The Kitfox is nearly as much of a classic, fixture, or legend in the experimental category as the J-3 Cub is among ...

program and was very much experimental not operational. Only one was ever made. The aircraft carried a 1-megawatt nuclear ...

its experimental 777X did make an appearance at the Wings Airshow in India in January. Boeing's new aircraft will be the biggest twin-engine widebody airliner in the world once it hits the market ...

The latest in a long line of experimental Scaled Composites-built aircraft, the single-engine, V-tail Model 437 prototype, is set for further envelope expansion tests after making its first flight ...

The firm - whose aerospace headquarters are based in Derby - said the plane reached a top speed of 387.4 mph (623 km/h) during test runs at an experimental aircraft testing site. It is thought to ...

A Cirrus Aircraft plane made an emergency landing Thursday afternoon. The incident happened on Highway 53 near Solon Springs.