They are used during takeoff and landing. Ailerons are panels near the tip of the wing that move up and down, causing lift to increase (when they go down) or decrease (when they go up), allowing ...

In a freak accident, a U.S. Navy F18 Super Hornet fighter jet (also called the F/A-18 Super Hornet) was lost at sea after it fell off the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman. The U.S. Navy ...

The F-18 is a multirole, twin engine, supersonic carrier capable fighter and attack aircraft. Introduced initially as the Hornet, the F-18 serves in the United States Navy, Marine Corps ...

In the May 25, 1909 issue of Britain’s The Aero, a caption referred to “The ailerons or small planes” (arrows) on Samuel Cody’s British Army Aeroplane. NASM (SI-2007-1636~A) As early as ...

Estimates put the total cost of a single F18 aircraft exceeding $60 million. Adding the loss of the tow truck, we can expect the total loss to easily go past the $60 million mark. In this ...