Innovators gear up work on ‘green’ hydrogen plane with plans for nonstop 9-day trip around Earth
Swiss aviation pioneer Bertrand Piccard is developing a plane powered by liquid hydrogen after a much-hyped flight in 2015 ...
MIT Technology Review9d
Supersonic planes are inching toward takeoff. That could be a problem.
Supersonic planes will burn significantly more fuel than current aircraft, resulting in higher emissions of carbon dioxide, ...
Smithsonian Magazine1d
Now You Can Fold Planes From the National Air and Space Museum and Watch Them Fly
Every year, thousands of kids and adults learn to fold and fly paper airplanes at both the National Mall building and the ...
Business Insider6d
Airlines desperately want more planes — but Boeing and Airbus can't keep up
Production struggles at Boeing and Airbus have forced airlines around the world to cut routes and spend more to keep older planes flying, even as travel demand soars. Airlines reeling from delays ...
Business Insider on MSN10d
Why a cargo airline is eyeing a radical new aircraft design for its future planes
Smaller than some other cargo-specific planes in service today, Kona would complement Nolinor's fleet of larger Boeing ...
Found And Explained on MSN9h
Americas plane that flies backwards - X-29
The X-29 was one of the most bizarre aircraft ever built—a jet with forward-swept wings that seemed to fly backward. Designed in the 1980s, this experimental aircraft pushed the limits of aerodynamics ...
Flying5h
Aircraft Building Program Taking Off in New Hampshire High Schools
Tango Flight works with high schools around the country giving students hands-on experience building a Van RV-12.
Washington Times8d
U.S. plans to seize Venezuelan president’s plane held in Dominican Republic during Rubio visit
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — The Trump administration plans to seize a second plane belonging to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro ’s government that is currently in the Dominican ...
New York Post8d
Japan Airlines plane strikes parked Delta jet at Seattle airport in ‘scary’ moment
A Japan Airlines plane taxiing across the tarmac at Seattle-Tacoma Airport Wednesday morning struck a parked Delta Airlines plane — leaving the planes damaged but nobody hurt, according to reports.
CNN4d
US spy planes hunt for intel on Mexican drug cartels as surveillance flights surge near border
The US military has significantly increased its surveillance of Mexican drug cartels over the past two weeks, with sophisticated spy planes flying at least 18 missions over the southwestern US and ...
Mint7d
Donald Trump administration plans to seize Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s plane. Here’s why
The Trump administration plans to seize a second plane belonging to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s government that is currently in the Dominican Republic. US Secretary of State Marco ...