Boeing has completed aeroelastic flutter testing and ground effects testing with its first two 787 test aircraft. This clears the way for the formal US Federal Aviation Administration certification ...

Boeing passed a major milestone today in the 787 Dreamliner program. Today's flight test of airframe ZA001, the first 787 to fly back in December, marks the end of flutter testing for the airplane.

The Gulfstream G650 reached Mach 0.995 Gulfstream Aerospace announced Aug 26. The ultra-long-range, ultra-large-cabin achieved the speed during flutter testing, which evaluates an aircraft’s damping ...

The first T-7A Red Hawk, piloted by U.S. Air Force test pilot Major Jonathan “Gremlin” Aronoff and Boeing test pilot Steve “Bull” Schmidt, soars over Edwards Air Force Base, California, on November 8, ...

The first prototype of the developmental Comac C919 has completed ground tests prior to airborne flutter testing. The work on aircraft B-001A saw 22 parameters tested, focusing on the signal ...

Boeing T-7A tail number 7002, the first to be delivered to the USAF, taking off from St Louis Lambert International Airport, Missouri, co-located with Boeing's factory. (Boeing/Eric Shindelbower) The ...

All aircraft wings have a remarkable capacity for flex. But one of the most significant changes in aircraft engineering in the four decades or so has been the addition of composite materials, ...