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Waggling Wings Could Cut Aircraft Emissions

Friday, May 22nd, 2009 - 10:43:31 - Anuradha Menon

Wings which redirect air to waggle sideways could cut airline fuel bills by 20% according to research funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences...

Flying Car Takes Off

Friday, March 20th, 2009 - 14:22:32 - Anuradha Menon

A prototype of what is being touted as the world's first practical flying car took to the air for the first time this month, a milestone in a project...

Nanostitching May Lead to Stronger Airplanes

Saturday, March 7th, 2009 - 12:08:40 - Anuradha Menon

MIT engineers are using carbon nanotubes only billionths of a meter thick to stitch together aerospace materials in work that could make airplane...

Boeing's 787 Dreamliner Delayed Again

Saturday, December 13th, 2008 - 14:17:15 - Anuradha Menon

It shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone, but on Thursday Boeing announced revised first flight and first delivery dates for its long-awaited and...

Armchair Pilots Striking By Remote Control

Thursday, July 10th, 2008 - 20:14:18 - Ehud Rattner

From a desert outpost northwest of Las Vegas, elite fighter pilots journey to a war zone in Afghanistan, some 7,500 miles away. It might be the...

First Hydrogen Powered Manned Flight
Friday, May 9th, 2008 - Ehud Rattner
For the first time in aviation history, Boeing flew a manned airplane powered by hydrogen fuel cells. Although unmanned...

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New Lufthansa Flight Computer Saves Fuel

Sunday, February 24th, 2008 - 20:18:22 - Sarah Gingichashvili

At the Singapore Airshow, Lufthansa Systems unveiled a new flight planning module, which uses a low-power computer to cut fuel consumption and time...

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