JACKSON, Miss. – Investigators say bad maintenance practices at a Georgia air force base missed a deteriorating propeller blade that broke off six years later as a U.S. Marine Corps transport plane ...

A containership transiting the Pacific Ocean lost hydraulic oil and propulsion after its propeller blade cracked, according to a report from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). A blade on ...

When one thinks of the average airplane, odds are that propellers are part of that mental image. They've been a crucial component of airplane construction from the moment air travel found its footing ...

One of Joby Aviation’s pre-production prototypes broke up mid-flight after losing a propeller blade during envelope-pushing flight-testing in February 2022. One of Joby Aviation’s pre-production ...

Propeller design is one of the most complicated compromises in naval engineering, balancing thrust, cavitation, vibration, ...

Hartzell Propeller has received STC approval for a new 75-inch, three-bladed aluminum propeller for the Mooney M20M/TLS Bravo. This new scimitar-style prop significantly improves performance, offering ...

Most propellers reverse direction to go astern, but controllable pitch propellers just twist their blades instead, keeping ...

The U.S. Air Force in recent weeks took 60 C-130H Hercules aircraft out of service to examine and replace engine propeller blades that inspectors deemed risky because the blades were manufactured ...

Hartzell Propeller's new five-blade carbon composite propeller for Daher-Socata TBM aircraft has been very successful, exceeding sales expectations with an average of five trade-outs monthly. The ...