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+25 +2Flying car completes test flight between airports
The vehicle runs on regular fuel and can travel up to 1,000km while airborne, its creator says.
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+15 +5Virgin Galactic receives FAA approval to take passengers into space
Virgin Galactic has received the go ahead from aviation regulators to fly passengers to space. The company announced today that the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) has updated its existing commercial space transportation operator license, which it has held since 2016. Virgin Galactic said the decision makes it the first spaceline to secure permission to fly customers.
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+24 +4American Airlines canceling hundreds of flights through mid-July in part due to labor shortages
American Airlines is canceling hundreds of flights through at least mid-July as the company strives to maintain service in the midst of massively increasing travel demand while the coronavirus pandemic continues to recede in the United States, according to a spokesperson from the airline.
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+20 +4Largest Boeing 737 MAX model takes off on maiden flight
Boeing Co's (BA.N) 737 MAX 10, the largest member of its best-selling single-aisle airplane family, took off on its maiden flight on Friday, in a further step toward recovering from the safety grounding of a smaller model.
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+15 +3‘Something’s going on’: UFOs threaten national security, US politicians warn
Some members of Congress were given advanced details about Pentagon report, which is scheduled to be released before 25 June
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+16 +2Japan Wants to Build Intercontinental Passenger Spaceships by the Early 2040s
The approach could make it possible to travel between continents in under an hour, and now Japan has outlined its vision for how to make the idea a reality.
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+22 +2What Is a Flying Car?
Inside Silicon Valley’s 10-year quest to make soaring above a crowded city street as easy as calling an Uber.
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+15 +3Watch a drone refuel another aircraft in mid-air for the first time
A Boeing drone successfully refuelled a manned US Navy fighter jet, an aviation first that could bring human-machine collaboration closer to aerial warfare.
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+23 +3United Airlines will buy 15 ultrafast airplanes from start-up Boom Supersonic
Boom says its first commercial supersonic jet, the Overture, will fly at Mach 1.7 and cut some flight times in half.
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+19 +3Video: Navy videos of potential UFOs should be addressed in 'scientific' way: Steve Ganyard
ABC News contributor Steve Ganyard and Lue Elizondo, former director of the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program, discuss an upcoming Pentagon report on "unidentified aerial phenomena."
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+19 +3Boom Supersonic aims to fly 'anywhere in the world in four hours for $100'
US startup Boom Supersonic is developing a Mach 2.2 airplane that's more than twice as fast as today's commercial jets. But the long-term goal, its CEO tells CNN, is to "fly anywhere in the world in four hours for $100."
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+19 +1ehang unveils tree-like 'baobab' vertiports for its autonomous passenger drones
Autonomous air vehicle company ehang unveils ‘baobab’, a large tree-like tower and landing platform for its EH216 passenger drones. designed by giancarlo zema design group (GZDG) with sustainability at the core, photovoltaic panels on the vertiports will generate energy and independent plug-and-play charging points will recharge the drones wirelessly. currently in the development stage, ehang and GZDG hope to enter the emerging global eco-tourism sector with hubs being planned for a lakeside site in china’s zhaoqing city as well as in the maldives, the united arab emirates, and italy.
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+22 +1The Royal Navy is testing using jet suits to fight high-seas piracy
Watch them jet pack up on that boat like it’s nothing.
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+16 +1Meet ASKA: The Street-Legal Flying Car That Reinvents Urban Living
Designed for door-to-door transportation, ASKA comes with a hefty price tag.
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+13 +2Fabric from the original Wright Flyer takes flight on Mars
Pieces of humanity’s first powered aircraft have orbited Earth, ventured to the Moon, and now, they’ve hovered above Mars’ surface.
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+14 +3Out of thin air: the mystery of the man who fell from the sky
The long read: In 2019, the body of a man fell from a passenger plane into a garden in south London. Who was he?
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+20 +1How Did Microsoft Make Flight Simulator Seem So Real?
With the latest version of the popular software, players can recognize city streets and feel shifts in the wind.
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+23 +5Swiss robots use UV light to zap viruses aboard passenger planes
A robot armed with virus-killing ultraviolet light is being tested on Swiss airplanes, yet another idea aiming to restore passenger confidence and spare the travel industry more pandemic pain.
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+17 +6Newly Uncovered NASA Reports Reveal Pilot Encounters with UFOs
FROM 3,500 FEET, the clear August afternoon offered an exceptional view of New York’s Catskill Mountains. The light breeze over Greene County had been ideal for an afternoon flight, and one private pilot operating a small sailplane over East Windham had decided to take full advantage of it.
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+20 +3'I feel like God protected me': Oakland pilot survives total engine failure, lands on Moraga hillside
As Steve Marlin flew his small plane over the Caldecott Tunnel and downtown Orinda on Friday afternoon, everything was smooth. Then he heard a large pop. The sound pilots dread. “It was POW!” Marlin recalled. “The engine was gurgling and I knew it was a matter of time.”
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