aviation

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Amid dire conditions at the airport, an airline operations crew has had to figure out how to get more than 600 flights a day to take off and land without incident.

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If you don’t mind massive ground antennas and fried birds, that is

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Six years after 41 people died aboard a Sukhoi Superjet on a Moscow runway, the full story of that horrible day can finally be told.

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On the 3rd of November 1973, the crew of a Pan Am cargo plane lined up to land at Boston’s Logan International Airport, struggling desperately to reach the runway as a fire raged in the cargo deck…

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Boom Supersonic is an aerospace startup trying to build a supersonic airliner.

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Civilization's toughest technical challenges are those that require extraordinary (and constantly improving) performance to be delivered at a low cost.

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World War II is when the bomber came of age, and such aircraft could impact the course of war. All the powers would field planes whose names would become synonymous with this conflict.

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In 2016, an EgyptAir A320 spiraled into the Mediterranean, killing 66 people. Was it an act of sabotage, or something even scarier?

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The following entry is a record in the “Catalogue of Catastrophe” - a list of failed or troubled projects from around the world. Airbus SAS - France Project name : A380 Project type : Commercial aircraft development Date : Dec 2000 - Oct 2007 Cost : $6.

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It’s time to take a comprehensive look at one of America’s most controversial plane crashes, and ask how it ended up that way.

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Noah Smith, author of the economics Substack Noahpinion, often refers to a common trajectory in Chinese manufacturing as the “China Cycle”:

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The flight tested the vehicle's landing gear and roll damper for improved handling.

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Last year, I published an article on airships. The article was the fruit of a few years’ exploration of the industry. I spoke to multiple airship manufacturers under NDA. I traded ideas with other cargo airship enthusiasts.

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“As a doctor, she had already faced misogyny in the French medical corps. But she persevered. It would be no different for her as a rescue pilot.” By Charles Morgan Evans AT A remote French...

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The catastrophic breakup of a Boeing 747 sends investigators back to a botched repair 22 years earlier.

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On a calm, clear day, USAir Flight 427 suddenly nosedived and smashed into the earth, killing everyone on board. A team of investigators quickly assembled to sift through the rubble.

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The incredible story of a lucky SR-71 pilot who survived to a Blackbird disintegration at Mach 3+ Built as a strategic reconnaissance aircraft able to fly

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Among all of the visual information published by the U.S. government, there may be no product with a higher information density than the Federal Aviation Administration’s aviation maps.

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Claims that a recent undersea discovery may be Amelia Earhart’s long-lost aeroplane raise questions. Experts weigh in on the mystery that continues to captivate us.

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This article answeres the questions of how to start a rocket engine and takes you on a deep dive into spark plugs, torch ignitors and more.

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The private-aviation market is down, so a wannabe oligarch tries out the Guardian Jet Vault 4.0 to look for some deals.

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Why might people decline an offer of up to $10,000 just to keep their feet on the ground?

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After months of sanctions that have made critical repair parts difficult to access, aircraft operators are running out of options.

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Five years ago, the flight vanished into the Indian Ocean. Officials on land know more about why than they dare to say.

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Get ready to fly electric by 2026. Leading airlines are already onboard with the technology and are making plans.

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Sadly, the 1-gram spy craft couldn’t withstand a gentle breeze, but later dragonfly-inspired UAVs proved far more capable