"I always use flaps for climb. I get more lift that way." Some would call this statement perfectly logical, because flaps do increase lift and increased lift certainly ought to make an airplane climb ...

Wing flaps are movable surfaces located on the trailing edge of the wings and are typically deployed during specific phases of takeoff and landing. The majority of planes have these, whether jets or ...

NASA Tests Active Flow Control High Lift Slotted flaps greatly increase the lift produced by an aircraft wing for landing and takeoff, but the mechanism that deploys the surfaces protrudes into the ...

Boeing now sees a possible go-ahead decision on the 747ADV program in early December. In the meantime, the manufacturer continues to make refinements to the design. It re-lofted the outboard section ...

When slotted flaps are deployed, not only are the trailing edges of the surfaces extended downward, but a gap is formed between the leading edge of the flaps and the wings, If you recall from the ...

Boeing has developed a solution to curtail the buffeting of the inboard flaps of the 747-8F at the maximum flap. The final fix, which resulted in a modification of the outboard main landing gear doors ...

The Fowler flap was invented around 1920 by one Harlan Davey Fowler, an engineer who was then in the employ of the U.S. Army. An internet search for his name turns up, in addition to various ...