BAE Systems has made a bit of aviation history by maneuvering the first aircraft in flight using supersonically blown air instead of ailerons or other control surfaces. Taking to the skies over ...

Lam Aviation announced significant performance gains (speed, fuel efficiency, climb, useful load) on a Lancair Columbia testbed, initially attributing them to a novel split-surface aileron. The Lam ...

Control surfaces on aircraft — the moving elevators, flaps, and ailerons on the trailing edges of the wings and tail — have long been used by pilots to control a plane’s pitch, roll, low-speed lift, ...