Propeller planes that once dominated the skies could again serve some of the world’s busiest flight routes under Airbus’s ...

Sitting comfortably in 2014, it's easy to think there was a clear delineation between propeller-powered aircraft and jet-powered flight, largely because of the seemingly light-switch like change ...

The most unique feature of the B-36 was its unusual hybrid propulsion system, combining both propeller and jet engines.

The XF-88B was designed to test the applications of propeller engines at high speeds, as jet engines of the day used much more fuel than modern examples. Because of this, the XF-88B had three ...

The committee was also aware that jet engines, invented independently before ... industry—then highly profitable with its existing propeller-driven fleets—had little interest in spending ...