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Speaking out against cell service on planes
Commercial air travel is already filled with annoyances like shrinking personal space, overpriced meals and frequent delays. Will phone calls be next?
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China 'flies first stealth drone'
China successfully flew a stealth drone for the first time on Thursday, state media said, citing eyewitness reports. A drone, called "Sharp Sword" by the media, made a test flight for around 20 minutes in Chengdu, reports said. China has been developing stealth aircraft in recent years, including J-20 and J-31 stealth fighters.
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British Airways unveils digital billboards to remind customers how magical flying can be
British Airways has unveiled digital billboards which will ‘interact’ with aircrafts flying overhead, as the brand looks to remind customers how magical flying can be, from the perspective of children.
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What the world must look like to a flying bird
Claytonias F. traveled around America the past few months and documented it all with a quadcopter drone, a Phantom and a GoPro. The aerial views of our wonderful country are incredible to us foot worn humans but probably just a normal Wednesday for flying birds. This is probably the closest we'll come to flying. And it's close enough, I guess.
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The coolest A-10 Warthog air-to-air, in action photos ever
Even if the fleet of 350 “Boars” is essential to conduct Close Air Support (CAS) missions in Afghanistan and in any other low intensity conflict the U.S. may be called to fight in the future, the Air Force has a plan to prematurely retire all its A-10 Warthog aircraft between 2015 and 2018.
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Secrets of owls’ near noiseless wings could lead to stealthier aircraft, researchers say
Earlier work by the researchers showed that the porous, flexible nature of the owl wing’s trailing edge leads to major aerodynamic noise reductions.
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Storm Warnings: How Do Airlines Know If It's Safe to Fly in Bad Weather?
As a ferocious winter storm takes aim at the East Coast later today, bringing a mix of rain, wind, snow, and ice, Thanksgiving air travelers may wonder if their holidays will be ruined
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What International Air Travel Was Like in the 1930s
Today we largely take international air travel for granted. Every major city in the world is little more than a hop, skip, and jump away. But what was it actually like to fly halfway around the world in the 1930s, when the very concept was still novel? Pretty incredible, as it turns out—provided you could afford it.
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The Future (And Not So Future) of In-Flight Entertainment
Careening through the air 30,000 feet above the ground can be a brutal experience. To help us cope, airlines have evolved some pretty sophisticated on-demand entertainment in the form of games, movies, internet, and the occasional backrub. Here's a look at some of the ambitious ideas that got us there, the failures along the way, and concepts we might see in the future.
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Consumer drones are coming, and they will change everything
In September, a man crashed a quadcopter on a busy street in New York City. Last month, I accidentally shot footage of the inside of someone’s apartment. Drones cause problems, but the technology is too exciting to write off.
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Polyester Airlines: Europe's Ryanair vs. America's Southwest
Ryanair has become notorious amongst low-cost airlines for its outrageous antics and incredible low airfares. How does America's budget sweetheart, Southwest Airlines, measure up against this controversial European trailblazer?
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Fatal Skydiving Collision Highlights Risks of Large Group Jumps
Two deaths in Arizona underscore challenges of large group skydives.
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Pentagon's new superspy plane hiding in secret Area 51 hangar
This is the RQ-180, the Pentagon's new super-spy plane, which has been secretly developed for years. Unlike Lockheed Martin's SR-72 Son of Blackbird, Aviation Week & Space Technology reports that this stealth beast is already flying across the restricted airspace over Area 51. This seems to be its home at the infamous not-so-secret base:
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Spanish 'ghost airport' goes on the block
Up for auction: $1.5 billion Spanish airport, little used.
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27 of the Most Eye-Popping Cargo Aircraft Ever Built
They are the grey eminences of aviation. They are doing what they have to do without any ado. We hardly notice them when we take a flight from A to B. However, cargo aircraft can be as interesting and special as fighter planes or passenger aircraft. We are going to prove this.
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Homesick Owls Confusing Airports With Arctic Tundra
Officials worry that Arctic snowy owls landing on U.S. airport runways in record numbers are a threat to safety.
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Ban on in-flight calling proposed because people talking is annoying
While FCC moves toward allowing calls, another federal agency might ban them.
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China's Extreme Smog Forces Pilots to Train for Blind Landings
Take a flight in China, and there’s a decent chance your flight will be delayed. The nation’s notoriously congested airports are dealing this month with the onset of a particularly extreme bout of lung-choking pollution, which lowers visibility and contributes to airline troubles.
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It's Suddenly Safe to Use Cell Phones on Planes, but why?
What is this new technology that allows us to safely converse 40,000 feet in the air at 500 hundred miles an hour? Here’s how it works.
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Etna's volcanic ash cloud forces flights shutdown
An ash cloud from Mount Etna's latest spectacular eruption has forced the closure of Catania's airport in eastern Sicily. The airport said it would remain closed at least until Monday evening. Several flight departures and arrivals were canceled, and at least two flights were diverted to Palermo's airport in the western part of the Mediterranean island.
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