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Nasa prepares first all-electric airplane for first test flight
Nasa is nearing the first test flight of an experimental aircraft that could make general aviation greener, cleaner, and quieter.
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This solar-powered plane could stay in the air for months
In 2016, a bizarre-looking plane, covered with more than 17,000 solar panels, showed the world a glimpse of the future of flight. With the wingspan of a Boeing 747, but weighing only as much as an SUV, it circumnavigated the Earth without using a drop of fuel.
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Qantas to launch longest non-stop passenger flight
Qantas announced on Monday it will launch the world's longest non-stop commercial flight, with passengers set to spend 19 hours in the air travelling from Sydney to London by the end of 2025. After five years of planning, the airline said it was ordering 12 Airbus A350-1000 aircraft to operate the "Project Sunrise" flights to cities including London and New York.
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Game Changer: Supersonic X-59 One Step Closer to First Flight
The X-59 designers have big plans for the airplane. It will be able to fly at an altitude of 55,000 feet at Mach 1.4 (925 miles per hour).
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YouTuber Trevor Jacob's pilot's license revoked by FAA after filmed plane crash
Trevor Jacob posted a 12-minute video of a crash to his YouTube channel and it has received more than 1.7 million views. The FAA has revoked his pilot's license.
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The SkyPak Is a Prototype Electric Jetpack That Actually Works
Unlike so much of the vaporware out there today, this looks to have real potential.
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FedEx will start testing a 1,900-pound drone for hauling packages
The 27-foot-wide aircraft features a hybrid-electric power system and weighs 1,900 pounds. Just don't expect it to land in your driveway.
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Airbus flew its A380 on 100% sustainable aviation fuel made from used cooking oil
As per a statement on Airbus’ website, the first A380 flight fueled by 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) took place on Friday (March 25). An A380 test aircraft flew for 3 hours with one of its four engines fuelled by 100% sustainable aviation fuel. Airbus stopped constructing the A380 double-decker plane more than three years ago, announcing that production would conclude in 2021.
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Airbus just flew its mammoth A380 superjumbo jet using fuel made with cooking oil
Airbus just completed another milestone in its effort to reduce aviation carbon footprint by flying an A380 jumbo jet using 100% sustainable aviation fuel.
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Jetliner crashes with 132 aboard in southern China, officials say
A Chinese plane has crashed in rural southern China with 132 onboard in what could be the country's worst aviation disaster in two decades. The Boeing 737 was operated by China Eastern Airlines, a state-run firm and one of China's largest airlines.
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Largest plane ever built destroyed, Ukraine foreign minister says
The largest plane ever built has been destroyed at an airport outside Kyiv.
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A YouTuber attracted more than 216,000 viewers by livestreaming planes trying to land at London's Heathrow airport in record-breaking storm winds
Jerry Dyer, the host of Big Jet TV, is commentating live as planes struggle to land at Heathrow Airport, while tens of thousands of watch online.
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Drones as Big as 747s Will Fly Cargo Around the World With Low Emissions
The global supply chain is currently experiencing all kinds of glitches, from material shortages to labor shortages and beyond. Moving goods from point A to point B has become more expensive, and there’s no quick fix in sight. But a San Diego-based startup plans to meet some of the demand for air freight with an innovative solution: autonomous cargo drones as big as a Boeing 747. And customers are jumping on board.
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Empty ‘ghost flights’ may be burning as much fuel as 1.4 million cars
As the summer season approaches, airlines could be forced to make thousands more of these empty flights at a high cost to the planet.
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NASA is designing a quieter supersonic plane, the X-59
NASA is working on a new design of supersonic plane which, instead of causing a sonic boom, causes a quieter sonic thump.
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Flying car cleared for takeoff, but you'll need a pilot's license
A flying car has been given the green light to take to the skies.
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Pakistan Pilot Refuses To Fly After Emergency Landing As His Shift Had Ended
A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) pilot refused to fly any further after making an emergency landing on Sunday, saying that his shift had ended. According to The Express Tribune, flight PK-9754 took off from Riyadh and was supposed to fly till Islamabad. However, bad weather forced the pilot to land in Dammam in Saudi Arabia.
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A teen's solo transatlantic flight calls attention to wasteful 'ghost flights'
Kai Forsyth relished being the only passenger on a flight from London to Orlando. But his solo trip highlights the wastefulness of near-empty flights that environmentalists are trying to ban.
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YouTuber Accused of Crashing His Plane for Views. Now the Feds Are Investigating
AYouTuber and former Olympic snowboarder has been accused of crashing his plane on purpose for clicks, and the FAA has opened an investigation to get to the bottom of the growing mess.
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FAA to change how some planes land in effort to cut emissions
In an effort to cut emissions, the Federal Aviation Administration announced it's changing the way some planes land at U.S. airports.
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