GE once thought super-efficient propfans were the future of air travel, until low fuel prices in the late 1980s moved fuel consumption down the list of priorities. Now, it's bringing them back with ...

Six Cirrus SR22T takeoff accidents between 2017 and 2019, resulting in fatalities and injuries, were linked to excessive fuel flow causing engine failure. The NTSB ...

Leaning the fuel/air mixture in an aircraft engine improves fuel economy and increases flight endurance by optimizing the fuel-to-air ratio. The process involves gradually reducing the mixture until ...

That seems to be the reasoning behind Otto Aviation's Phantom 3500 jet aircraft that dumps the portholes in favor of super-laminar flow to lose weight and burn less fuel. Ask an aerospace engineer ...