Is the flying car ready for takeoff?
• theguardian.com by Tori BlakemanAt least six developers have retail road-air vehicles in the pipeline, so it's time to watch the skies
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09-08-17 -- David Vest - Eleesa Dadiana - Adam Kokesh -- (VIDEO & MP3s LOADED)
Program Date:David Vest (Emergence Philosophy, AirshipIdea.Com; Life Master Chess) rethinking the way we inhabit our world; building airships - Eleesa Dadiana (Owner Dadiana FIne Art - London) on the first in UK crypto-economic market place - Adam Kokesh (The Fre
AI computer chips made of mice neurons that can SMELL explosives could transform...
• http://www.dailymail.co, PHOEBE WESTONAI computer chips made of mice neurons that can SMELL explosives could transform airport security
Former Airport Baggage Handler Gets 18 Months For Stealing Guns From Luggage
• https://www.lewrockwell.comA former baggage handler at Austin Bergstrom International Airport was sentenced to 18 months in prison Friday for stealing guns from checked baggage, the Justice Department said.
Face scans, robot baggage handlers--airports of the future
• https://phys.org, AFPPassengers' baggage is collected by robots, they relax in a luxurious waiting area complete with an indoor garden before getting a face scan and swiftly passing through security and immigration--this could be the airport of the future.
Perlan 2 glider reaches highest altitude yet
• newatlas.com by David SzondyAirbus's Perlan 2 glider flew higher than ever before this week as it ramps up for its attempt to break the high altitude glider record later this year.
Delta Airlines Tests Automated Boarding Gates At Airport
• https://www.technocracy.news, BY: KELLY YAMANOUCHDelta Air Lines is testing automated boarding gates and a new boarding process at a few gates at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.
Judge Orders Review Of Airline Seat Sizes, Legroom
• minnesota.cbslocal.comA federal judge has ordered the Federal Aviation Administration to review seat sizes and legroom on commercial airlines.
UK has 2000 passenger seaplane design and China is building 50 passenger seaplanes
• nextbigfuture.com by brian wangThe world is experiencing growth in global air traffic and in order to cater for the growing market, the aviation industry is seeking to expand major airports, allowing for the development of bigger, faster, and more efficient aircraft.
Dubai's flying taxis are here!
• Ahlan LiveThey are being live-tested in the city
NASA uploads hundreds of historic experimental flight videos to YouTube
• New AtlasFans of experimental aircraft from the 20th century are in for a treat. NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center has begun uploading its entire historical archive to YouTube, making hundreds of videos highlighting different test flights and strange pl
The Harmful Health Effects Of Airport Scanners, According To Experts
• http://www.trueactivist.comWhat is the truth about this seemingly innocuous technology?
EXCLUSIVE: INSIDE AIRBUS' MODULAR PLANE CONCEPT, TRANSPOSE
• https://www.theverge.com, by Lauren GoodeIs this the thing that will make flying less terrible?
Breakthrough high temperature ceramic for hypersonic planes and much more
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com, brian wangMaterials that can withstand very high temperatures well over 2000 degrees (up to 3000 degrees celsius) can enable hypersonic vehicle, better rockets, better reentry vehicles and other space and military applications. The new material ihas a rate of
Airbus' New Black Boxes Will Eject From Crashing Planes, So They're Easier to Find
• https://www.wired.comIt's been more than three years since Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 vanished, and after spending $150 million and scouring a huge chunk of the Indian Ocean, the international search effort has turned up just a few scraps of metal.
Colombian Airline Unveils Flight Without Seats
• zerohedge.com by Tyler DurdenAmid knock-down, drag-out fights, scorpions, snakes, and ever-decreasing service standards, one airline just turned the amplifier of cost-cutting escapades up to '11'...
Hypersonic and anti-hypersonic arms race
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com, brian wangLockheed Martin is using turbine rocket combined cycle (TRCC) to build a mach 6-10 hypersonic plane. The TRCC is an engine that switches between turbofan, ramjet and scramjets for subsonic, supersonic, and hypersonic flight. The TRCC engine will be t
Big changes coming to airport security (what to know)
• https://thehornnews.comTraveling this summer? There's some changes coming to airport security when flying to the United States you should know.
Qatar Airways' investment in American Airlines exposes an astounding level of hypocrisy ...
• BusinessInsider.com by Benjamin ZhangQatar Airways wants to buy up to 10% of American Airlines.
Some US Airlines Are Testing Mandatory Facial Recognition Scans On Americans Flying Abroad
• zerohedge.com by Mike KriegerJust when you thought air travel couldn't get any more invasive, authoritarian and downright miserable, the Department of Homeland Security and two U.S. carriers are determined to prove you wrong.
Airbus' new copter concept has wings
• http://newatlas.comIf you want a helicopter to be faster and more efficient in forward flight, why not just give it some wings for added aerodynamic lift, and a set of propellers (aka lateral rotors) for forward thrust? That was the thinking behind the Eurocopter X3 de
Can't Decide What Kind of Flying Car to Get? Try These 10
• https://www.wired.com, Jack StewartCommuters of the world, rejoice. The long-promised age of the flying car is finally here--more or less.
What Those Chimes You Hear on Airplanes Really Mean
• https://www.lewrockwell.comIf you don't pop in your noise-canceling headphones the moment you take your seat on a flight, you'll eventually hear a familiar sound: a "ping," used by the crew to communicate with passengers. That non-threatening sound signals when you sho
Boeing claims hypersonic passenger commercial planes will be operating within...
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com, brian wangBoeing claims hypersonic passenger commercial planes will be operating within ten to twenty years
It's so hot in Phoenix, they can't fly planes
• https://www.usatoday.comWith temperatures projected to reach record highs this week, The Republic went out to see how the people of Phoenix were reacting to the heat wave. Sam Caravana/azcentral.com
The Latest Flying Car Concept Seems--Dare We Say It--Serious
• https://www.wired.com, Jack StewartThe Paris Airshow kicks off Monday, offering the denizens of the aviation world their biennial chance to gather round.
Practical flying air taxi using current tech and twice as safe as driving
• Next Big FutureSureFly is changing the helicopter industry. Now is the time to discover the affordable, easy-to-pilot, safe answer to personal flight.
Boeing studies pilotless planes as it ponders next jetliner
• ReutersBoeing Co is looking ahead to a brave new world where jetliners fly without pilots and aims to test some of the technology next year, the world's biggest plane maker said in a briefing ahead of the Paris Airshow.
The Workhorse Surefly could become a two-seat sportscar of the skies
• newatlas.com by Mike HanlonThe 2017 Paris Air Show begins two weeks from now, bringing a rash of new announcements at the bleeding edge of commercial aerospace.
Inside the Factory Building the World's Smallest, Cheapest Private Jet
• https://www.wired.comAfter more than a decade in development, Cirrus Aircraft has finally begun delivering its new SF50 Vision Jet to the first of more than 600 customers who've queued up for it.
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