Diesel aircraft engines promise lower fuel burn and cheaper operating costs at a time when every gallon and every kilogram matter in the air. Yet as manufacturers push these powerplants into more ...

Just as with the automotive industry, there are a variety of aircraft engines designed to run on various types of fuels. Even electric planes are something we're likely to see more of in the future.

Despite the original diesel fiasco in the 2010s — and the five automakers facing their own Dieselgate trial in the U.K. this year — diesel engines have definite benefits over their gasoline-powered ...

Gasoline and diesel engines work on similar principles, but there are some important differences, including the fact that ...

Diamond Aircraft Industries has received EASA Type Certification for its Austro E4 turbo-diesel airplane engine, following a nearly four-year, $64 million development program. Interest in the Austro ...

Packard Motor Car Co.’s President Alvan Macauley last week said that by the end of March he would be manufacturing the new Packard-Diesel airplane motor. That will be a milestone, the first ...

Cummins, a leading U.S. corporation that has since expanded operations into several other countries, has been around for more than a century, and is known for its robust diesel engines. However, while ...

Diamond Aircraft, in conjunction with Streyr and sister company Austro Engines, is developing a new 280 hp in-line six-cylinder diesel engine, referred to as a "jet fuel piston aviation engine." This ...