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Delivery Drones Use Bird-Inspired Legs to Jump Into the Air
Passerine's fixed-wing drones can take off (and land) using a pair of legs.
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It’s a Good Thing the F-35’s $400K Helmet Is Stupid Cool
The head unit, made with help from Lockheed Martin (which designed the F-35) is way more than a protective shell. Built around a custom-fitted insert based on a 3-D scan of the pilot's noggin, it combines noise-canceling headphones, night vision, a forehead-mounted computer, and a projector---not so different from the one in your office's conference room---that displays live video on its clear visor.
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The Electric Airplane Revolution May Come Sooner Than You Think
Eviation’s Alice is an all-electric, nine-person aircraft that may help replace fossil fuel-burning commuter planes.
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Meet Janet, the Most Mysterious Airline in the World
When flying in and out of Las Vegas, keep your eyes open for the white 737s with the red stripe. They are ferrying unnamed people to very secret locations, doing very secret things. By Howard Slutsken.
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Indonesia 737 crash caused by “safety” feature change pilots weren’t told of
737 Max safety bulletin revealed changes to system that pilots never knew about.
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For $150,000 you can now order your own Hoverbike
This crazy looking motorcycle-styled hoverbike appeared in early 2017 and we were skeptical the contraption would ever move beyond just an odd engineering curiosity. However, Hoversurf has revealed its hoverbikes are now ready for production and preorders are open, with delivery scheduled for 2019.
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C-17 flying between buildings !
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Will Drones and Planes be Treated as Equals by FAA?
Soon, perhaps even by the time you read this, the rules for flying remote-controlled aircraft in the United States will be very different.
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F-35 Program Cutting Corners to “Complete” Development
Rather than actually fixing potentially serious F-35 design flaws, documents show, program officials are simply altering paperwork to make it appear as though the development process has been completed. By Dan Grazier.
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The F-35 Lightning fighter can't stand up to real lightning, so Marines ordered specialty rods to keep them from going up in flames
A lightning strike to the F-35B Lightning II could fry the onboard systems — or, assuming some of the concerns over non-inert fuel tanks have yet to be addressed, start a fire or cause the aircraft to explode. By Ryan Pickrell.
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Electric flight is coming, but the batteries aren’t ready
The idea of electric-powered flight has been around for decades, but only recently has it begun to take off.
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Aircraft Microbiome Much Like That of Homes and Offices, Study Finds
What does flying in a commercial airliner have in common with working at the office or relaxing at home? According to a new study, the answer is the microbiome – the community of bacteria found in homes, offices and aircraft cabins. Believed to be the first to comprehensively assess the microbiome of aircraft, the study found that the bacterial communities accompanying
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Emirates looks to windowless planes
The airline is testing virtual windows that could pave the way for lighter and faster planes.
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New Airbus beds will let passengers sleep in the cargo hold
Airbus has partnered with Zodiac Aerospace to create the berths, which will be available by 2020 to airlines flying its A330 wide-body jets.
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Supersonic eclipse-chasing: Concorde’s 74-minute Totality
Back in 1973, Concorde raced the Moon’s shadow along the the Tropic of Cancer
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World's Biggest Plane Taxis Closer to Takeoff
The hefty, double-bodied Stratolaunch airplane — its wingspan of 385 feet (117 meters) is the widest in the world — recently reached a new milestone that brings it one step closer to leaving the ground. In runway tests conducted on Sunday (Feb. 25) at the Mojave Air and Space Port in Mojave, California, Stratolaunch achieved a taxi speed of 46 mph (74 km/h), according to a tweet posted on Feb. 26 by Paul Allen, founder of Stratolaunch Systems Corp. and co-founder of Microsoft.
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Stratolaunch Rumbles Down Runway As Pentagon's Interest In Rapid Space Access Mounts
As Paul Allen's space launch mothership preps for its first flight the USAF has begun accelerating its quick access to space initiatives.
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China announces 'hypersonic jet that would reach New York in two hours'
A team of Chinese researchers has claimed to have designed a hypersonic jet that could travel at 6,000km/h, five times faster than the speed of sound. The team from the Chinese Academy of Sciences said the plane would be able to transport passengers and cargo from Beijing to New York in two hours – the journey currently takes an average of 13 and a half hours.
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New footage appears to show Russia's experimental 5th generation fighter arriving in Syria
New footage to surface on social media late Wednesday night appears to show Russia’s most advanced fighter platform, the Su-57, arriving in Syria for combat operations. The Su-57, also known as the PAK FA and T-50, is Russia’s most advanced fighter platform, widely believed to be a 5th generation competitor for the likes of America’s F-22, and China’s J-20. However, unlike the F-22, which entered service more than a decade ago, and the J-20, which reportedly became combat operational last week, the Su-57 remains years away from mass production and combat operations.
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The Jet Engine is a Futuristic Technology Stuck in the Past
Rockets and turbofans have promised to realize dreams of transportation progress—for decades.
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