The nacelle sleeve on this Rolls- Royce turbofan is beginning to slide aft for thrust reversal. Phil Cooke—flightlineimages.com With the Airbus A380 weighing in fully loaded at 1,265,000 pounds ...

Jet engines are relatively simple in their basic design, but advancements in gas turbine engine technology have mostly done away with the cool-looking bucket-type reverse thrust systems.

Most fighter jets are built for speed and agility—but one aircraft pushed the limits with a feature almost no one saw coming: reverse thrust. Capable of flying backward in mid-air, this jet ...