but advancements in gas turbine engine technology have mostly done away with the cool-looking bucket-type reverse thrust systems. These thrust mechanisms used to be on most jet engines ...

However, instead of that, you feel the distinct sensation of force being pressed against you, as though they were firing in reverse ... of the jet engines aptly named the thrust reversers.

UK investigators have found that an Airbus A320 captain, having initiated a go-around on touchdown at Corfu, cycled the ...

Some aircraft engines have thrust reversers designed to help speed a descent: The U.S. Air Force C-17, for example, uses reverse thrust to get on the ground faster in combat zones. NASA’s ...