Jet engine output is measured in thrust, not horsepower. Thrust reflects the force moving an aircraft forward, making it the standard metric for jet power.

In the ruthless seconds of a dogfight, it could be survival that hangs on a number that rarely makes it into a Hollywood film: the thrust-to-weight ratio. This seemingly harmless figure the ratio of ...

UK investigators have found that an Airbus A320 captain, having initiated a go-around on touchdown at Corfu, cycled the thrust levers forward and back after realising reverse-thrust had already ...