A United Airlines Boeing 757 flying from Denver, CO, to Lihue, HI, faced a flap issue on final approach, resulting in a ...

A Fort Myers man who broke into a plane at Page Field airport in Fort Myers and struck a pole as he tried to fly out with it ...

Canadian investigators have disclosed that a Boeing 737-400 crew had been experiencing a flap problem before the aircraft ...

and flew it at Princeton's Forrestal Campus to prove that the flaps help prevent airplanes from stalling.

It can worsen until the aircraft is destroyed, even if airspeed is reduced as soon as flutter begins. — Maximum flap-extended speed. Top of white arc. The highest speed permissible with wing ...

Inspired by birds, Princeton’s stall-initiated, passively deployed flaps expand the aircraft’s flight envelope. Credit: Princeton Engineering Covert Feathers Inspire New Flap Design Engineers ...