Airbus Teams With Rolls-Royce For Electric Airplane
• https://insideevs.com, by Mark KaneAirbus, Rolls-Royce, and Siemens team up to develop E-Fan X hybrid-electric flight demonstrator in 2020 using BAe 146 as a flying testbed.
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Transportation: Air Travel
British man kicked off flight for wearing all his clothes to avoid baggage fee
• https://www.upi.com, By Ray DownsA British man was prevented from boarding a British Airways flight from Iceland to London after he attempted to wear 10 layers of clothes to avoid paying a baggage fee.
AirSpaceX's autonomous, electric air taxi lands in Detroit
• https://newatlas.com, David SzondyAirspace Experience Technologies, LLC (AirSpaceX) has given a preview of its vision for the future of air taxi services at this year's North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit.
Aviation Meltdown: Robots To 'Replace Human Pilots'
• https://www.zerohedge.com, By: David RiversMost commercial airliners already fly mostly on autopilot and are able to land and take off with little pilot assistance. The next big wave of AI will be to replace human pilots altogether. Thus, aviation will follow the lead of automotive transporta
Boeing reveals the model for a competing design for a reusable hypersonic plane
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com, brian wangBoeing revealed a model of a mach 5+ hypersonic plane that will compete to become the follow up to the SR71 blackbird.
Interview: David Mayman debuts the faster, safer, six-engine JB11 jetpack
• https://newatlas.com, Loz BlainJetpack Aviation continues to beaver away at the future of personal flight, with a bunch of fascinating projects in the works including a VTOL flying car and an electric jetpack, all while CEO David Mayman gallivants about the place putting on jaw-dr
Google Satellite Pictures capture what is either a hypersonic vehicle prototype or an...
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com, brian wangGoogle Satellite Pictures capture what is either a hypersonic vehicle prototype or an unusual drone
JFK chaos: Airport buckles under pressure of rescheduled flights, broken equipment and...
• By FORREST HANSON and MICHELLE CURRANJFK chaos: Airport buckles under pressure of rescheduled flights, broken equipment and a collision on the tarmac, resulting in severe delays for passengers two days after Bomb Cyclone struck
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Feel Old? Boeing 747, World's 1st Jumbo Jet, Takes Final US Commercial Flight
• https://www.lewrockwell.com, Sputnik NewsPossibly the most iconic passenger jet aircraft, the Boeing 747 will soon take its last commercially-scheduled flight with a US airline.
Feel Old? Boeing 747, World's 1st Jumbo Jet, Takes Final US Commercial Flight
• https://www.lewrockwell.comPossibly the most iconic passenger jet aircraft, the Boeing 747 will soon take its last commercially-scheduled flight with a US airline.
World's largest amphibious plane makes maiden flight in China
• https://newatlas.com, Rich HaridyAfter eight years in development, the world's largest amphibious plane has taken to the skies in China for its maiden flight.
Tokyo-Bound Flight U-Turns To LAX To Remove "Unauthorized Person" Due To "Mix Up
• zerohedge.com by Tyler DurdenAn All Nippon Airways flight en route from Los Angeles to Tokyo was forced to turn around four hours into the eleven hour journey to remove an "unauthorized person" from the flight, angering passengers who were told by the airline that passenger had
Workhorse Electric Octocopter – (w/video)
• https://insideevs.com, by Mark KaneWorkhorse recently unveiled its electric two-seat octocopter SureFly, which tries to reinvent the 78-year-old helicopter to provide an easy, affordable and traffic-avoiding flying solution.
Lockheed working with Aerion on supersonic business jet
• nextbigfuture.com by brian wangSupersonic business jet company Aerion and Lockheed Martin announced a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) today to define a formal and gated process to explore the feasibility of a joint development of the world's first supersonic business jet, the
The ferocious, the flying and the fuel-frugal: The best concept cars of 2017
• https://newatlas.com, C.C. WeissAfter covering major international auto shows and events stretching way back to January's 1-2 CES/Detroit Auto Show punch and through to this month's LA Auto Show, we've seen a lot of concept cars.
USS Gerald R Ford launches first aircraft using electromagnetic catapult
• https://newatlas.com, David SzondyThe USS Gerald R Ford scored a double first less than a week after commissioning, as the nuclear-powered supercarrier launched and recovered a fighter plane for the first time using an electromagnetic catapult.
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• aeroscraft.comThe Aeroscraft allows for the first time the development of a point to point transportation system that is unencumbered by the limitations of legacy hub and spoke logistics.
Flying cars don't exist yet, but one company already wants to race them in the desert
• https://www.theverge.com, By Andrew J. HawkinsMeet the Alauda Airspeeder
Surf Air Joins the Growing List of Private Airlines Accepting Bitcoin
• https://news.bitcoin.comThese days bitcoiners can do a whole lot more with their 'digital gold' as there's a broad range of merchants opting to accept bitcoin every day. Now this week one of the leading "All-You-Can Fly" air travel providers, Surf Air, has announc
Japan Airlines pre-orders 20 Boom supersonic passenger jets
• nextbigfuture.com by brian wangJapan Airlines has made a $10 million investment and pre-order of 20 Boom supersonic passenger jets.
China spending US$3.3 billion on molten salt nuclear reactors for faster aircraft carriers ...
• nextbigfuture.com by brian wangChina will spend 22 billion yuan (US$3.3 billion) on two prototype molten salt nuclear reactors.
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Top 10 vertical takeoff Gyrocopter The Past , Present & the Future
• https://www.youtube.com, Arthur GemperleA collection of vertical takeoff gyros from the past , the present and the future If you think the gyros from today are advanced ,think again and watch my informative video regarding existing and future vertical takeoff gyros .
Facility to test SABRE air-breathing engine under construction
• https://newatlas.com, DARREN QUICKWith the goal of providing single-stage-to-orbit capabilities that will enable spacecraft to take off and land like aircraft, and potentially ushering in an age of hypersonic air travel, Reaction Engines' Synergistic Air-Breathing Rocket Engine (SABR
'Back To The Future' flying car with VERTICAL TAKEOFF...
• https://www.dailystar.co, By Charlotte Ikonen'Back To The Future' flying car with VERTICAL TAKEOFF, 210mph airborne speed ready by 2020
Hate Waiting at Baggage Claim? Here's How to Make Sure Your Suitcase Arrives First
• https://www.lewrockwell.comAir travel involves plenty of waiting, from standing in long security lines to preparing for takeoff. And even after you land, your trip is stalled until you locate your luggage on the carousel. Luckily for impatient fliers, there are several ways to
Thanksgiving travel: Trump's holiday gift is more invasive airport security
Jim BovardFederal groping-on-steroids is not making flying safer. TSA is a farce and a menace, and should be privatized.
Could Terrorists Hack an Airplane? The Government Just Did.
• https://www.thedailybeast.comHacking experts having been warning for years that it's too easy to breach a cockpit's defenses. Now an alarming government test proves their point.
Starting in 2023 business class flights could become twice as fast on new supersonic passenger jets
• nextbigfuture.com by brian wangStartup Boom Supersonic is developing a 55-seat plane which it claims will be able to more than halve the flight time from San Francisco to Washington DC to just two-and-a-half hours.
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