One successful design was the Vought V-173, known as the "Flying Pancake" by anyone who caught a glimpse of it. The Vought V-173 entered development in the early 1940s and took its first flight in ...

Aviation giant Airbus is "exploring some early stage concepts" based around Alejandro Núñez Vicente's Chaise Longue double-level airplane seat design. Pictured here, an early prototype of Chaise ...

In one short decade, the airplane grew from an ancient dream into the reality of a machine that would shape the future. “Early Flight” will explore how, between the first flights at Kitty Hawk and the ...

The SR-71 with its blended wing body design. (Photo by Tech. Sgt. Michael Haggerty, US Air Force, 1988) Ask someone to picture an airplane and they’re likely to think of what is essentially a ...

Aviation start-up Chaise Longue, the brains behind the controversial dual-level seat, announced today it’s “exploring some early stage concepts” with aviation giant Airbus.

Airbus is "exploring some early stage concepts" based around Alejandro Núñez Vicente's Chaise Longue double-level airplane seat design.

By Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — If you’ve seen images of the infamous double-level airplane seat concept and thought “that’s never going to happen” — maybe think again. Aviation start ...