It's been nearly a century since William Boeing laid the groundwork for his namesake company, and over the ensuing decades, Boeing became one of the most prominent names in the aviation arena. In that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Boeing's new flagship 777X aircraft is the first commercial plane with folding wingtips. Airport gate space concerns ignited the ...

Engineers are closing in on a long imagined goal in aviation, wings that can subtly change shape in midair instead of relying on rigid flaps and heavy hydraulics. The key is a family of “metals with ...