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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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You could soon fly to work in a $92,000 flying car that can reach 63 miles per hour
If you've always dreamed of flying to work, that dream may very soon be a reality. If you have $92,000, that is. Companies are always looking for new market niches, and flying cars are quickly becoming the next big thing. There are plans for cars that both fly and work on the road and for flying taxis that will aim to form the basis of future travel. Jetson is one of these companies.
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European Airlines Are Operating 18,000 Empty Flights Because of a Dumb Rule
The airline company Lufthansa will operate 18,000 “empty, unnecessary” flights this winter that would have otherwise been cancelled due to lack of passengers. The empty flights will run because of rules imposed by the European Union which mean that airlines must use 80 percent of their airport slots. If they don’t, they risk losing their take-off and landing rights to rival carriers.
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Denmark to make domestic flights fossil fuel free by 2030
The PM wants domestic flights to go green, as part of ambitious national plans to cut emissions.
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Kawasaki's K-RACER Completes Testing of Its Delivery Robot
Kawasaki's K-RACER and assistance delivery robot drone has successfully completed its proof of concept testing.
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Boeing Starliner test flight planned for spring 2022
NASA and Boeing are planning no earlier than May 2022 for the rescheduled second uncrewed test flight of the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft after deciding to change service modules for that mission. Under the revised plan, the service module that had been built for the Crew Flight Test (CFT) mission, the flight of that vehicle to carry people, will instead be used for the Orbital Flight Test (OFT) 2 mission.
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Could hydrogen airships return as fast, cheap, green cargo transports?
California startup H2 Clipper wants to bring back hydrogen-filled airships, claiming they can unlock completely green intercontinental cargo operations carrying 8-10 times the payload of any cargo plane over 6,000 miles, at a quarter of the price.
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Ban Private Jets
No one should be able to take a private jet to a climate conference. In fact, no one should be able to take one anywhere at all.
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Rolls-Royce's all-electric airplane smashes record with 387.4 MPH top speed
Just two months after its maiden flight, Rolls-Royce's "Spirit of Innovation" has hit a record top speed of 387.4 MPH..
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Flying Taxis Just a Few Years Away According to Paper of Record
Have you ever imagined getting to the airport in a flying taxi, soaring over the chumps who are stuck in traffic below? It’s been a dream of the future for decades. But the New York Times says it could be coming soon. Again.
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Rolls-Royce’s All Electric Aircraft Claims World Speed Record
Rolls-Royce today shared that its all-electric plane has set three new world records.
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Why is air cargo suddenly affordable relative to ocean shipping?
The cost to ship goods around the world by air is about 2.5 times more expensive than before the pandemic. On major trade lanes, where demand is especially high, such as China and Southeast Asia to the United States, rates are five or six times higher than normal for the peak shipping season.
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