Man has long tried to imitate birds in building all types of aircraft, to varying degrees of success. A new concept aircraft from Airbus, now in its second stage of testing, is taking biomimicry to a ...

Airbus engineers have developed a scale-model airplane with the first in-flight, flapping wing-tips that could revolutionize aircraft wing-design. The aerospace giant has drawn on nature to develop ...

One of the finest and most actively flown Grumman Albatross aircraft in existence made an unexpected appearance at Bresso Airfield, a small airport just outside Milan, Italy, in the final days of ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Police & Courts. Followed categories will be added to My News. The Northern Territory government has partnered with Amphibian Aerospace Industries to manufacture ...

When is a seabird a workhorse? When it is a U.S. military aircraft—and in this case, workhorse could aptly describe the Grumman HU-16 Albatross, a versatile amphibious utility aircraft that was ...

Applied Aeronautics announces its latest Albatross UAV aircraft fully integrating Iris Automation’s advanced detect and avoid Casia solution for BVLOS flights. The Albatross UAV starts at US$7,000, ...

The Albatross project has a home almost a year after the Northern Territory Government committed $10m to revive the aircraft. Investors in the marquee Northern Territory project have secured the old ...

Airplane designers are getting new ideas from the albatross, long considered a master of efficient flight. Through a method called dynamic soaring, the bird—with a wingspan of up to 12 feet (3.7 ...