Airbus' ZEROe. Four electric engines with a resemblance to a propeller (photo credit: AIRBUS) Airbus unveils a hydrogen-powered aircraft with electric engines that could replace jet engines ...

Areas like the wings and fuselage are reinforced to keep them in usable shape in potentially plane-damaging areas. At the end of the day, prop and bush planes both have their strengths and ideal uses.

Credit: Dowty Jonathan Chestney, engineering leader at GE Aerospace subsidiary Dowty, speaks with Aviation Week Network about advances in aircraft propeller ... Blade shapes are becoming ever ...