Bjorn’s Corner: Aircraft Structures Part 2. The History is governed by Materials.

May 22, 2026, ©. Leeham News: We do a series on aircraft structures and how they have shaped the way our airliners transport us around the world today. We start with the history of aircraft structures, as this… Read More

Bjorn’s Corner: Blended Wing Body Airliners. Part 7

April 24, 2026, ©. Leeham News: We are making a series of articles on the Blended Wing Body (BWB) as a potentially more efficient design for passenger-carrying airliners than the classical Tube-And-Wing (TAW) configuration. In the sixth article… Read More

Bjorn’s Corner: Aircraft technology developments. Part 1.

February 24, 2023, ©. Leeham News: In the Sustainable Air Transport series we finished last week, we described new aircraft technologies developed to reduce Green House Gas (GHG) emissions. There was one area we didn’t discuss, the progress… Read More