Large, powerful piston and jet engines take aircraft into the sky today, but in the infancy of flight, the lighter, the better. Aircraft made of wood required a lightweight engine producing enough ...

We all know how a conventional internal combustion engine works, with a piston and a crankshaft. But that’s by no means the only way to make an engine, and one of the slightly more unusual ...

Entering the 21st century, CitationJet (or CJ series) redefined the idea of private jets, creating aircraft with a more ...

The power of a jet engine is denoted as thrust, whereas the power of a light-piston aircraft or an automobile can be ...

"Whittle's jet engine design was a paradigm shift from the piston engines that were used in aeroplanes until that point," he said. "To understand a jet engine required a different understanding of ...

If 3D printed piston engines aren’t your speed, though, take a look at this jet engine which uses a 3D printed compressor.

The SR Series has consistently ranked as the best-selling high-performance single-engine piston aircraft for more than two decades, while the Vision Jet has become the best-selling jet in general ...