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Terrafugia’s flying car prototype makes first flight

, Apr 2nd 2012 Discuss [7]

Terrafugia announced today that its production prototype flying car, the Transition, has successfully completed its first test flight. The company has been promising to deliver the a mass-market street-legal vehicle capable both on the road and in the air since they flew an earlier proof-of-concept version back in 2009. Read The Full Story

US Airways adding in-flight WiFi to 90% of fleet by end of year

, Mar 22nd 2012 Discuss [2]

US Airways is continuing strong with their commitment to offer entertainment in-flight and let people tweet, Facebook, watch movies on their iPad and more while traveling. Recently US Airways has announced they are expanding their WiFi services with Gogo in-flight WiFi and it will be available to 90% of their domestic fleet. Read The Full Story

Etihad Airways using iPads for aircraft engineer training

, Mar 21st 2012 Discuss [1]

Last year the FAA approved iPads for use in cockpits, with American Airlines one of the first to take advantage of Apple’s tablet for use with electronic maps and charts. Now, Etihad Airways seems to be the latest airline to use of the iPad, handing them out to to 200 aircraft engineers for training. Read The Full Story

MIT, Yale create gesture-controlled drones

, Mar 16th 2012 Discuss [2]

When it comes to automating aircraft controls, there has been a significant amount of progress in the fields of science and military. It's possible for an unmanned aircraft to take off, to fly, and to touch down. But when it comes to actually moving on the ground, humans still need to have direct control. That may not be the case for much longer. Read The Full Story

Chicago’s $171K airport GPS system was a waste of money

, Mar 8th 2012 Discuss [0]

Chicago's Inspector General Joe Ferguson has concluded that a massive GPS technology contract that was supposed to make airport operations smoother and less prone to mistakes has essentially been a huge waste of money. Even though the infrastructure was sophisticated and capable of doing its job, the Inspector General said, people didn't bother to use it. Read The Full Story

Terrafugia flying car to be shown at New York Auto Show

, Mar 2nd 2012 Discuss [5]

There are people all around the world that have dreamed of a car that they can drive on the streets and park in the garage at home, which can turn into an airplane and fly. A company called Terrafuiga created the first practical flying cars that could turn that dream into reality. The company calls the flying car the Transition. Read The Full Story

NASA 911 Boeing 747 space shuttle hauler flies for the last time

, Feb 14th 2012 Discuss [7]

I'm still more than a little sad that NASA retired the space shuttle fleet. The space shuttles were a source of endless wonder for millions of space geeks around the world for decades. One of the coolest things that NASA had to do with the space shuttle was to ferry the spacecraft from the landing site back to the launch site attached to the back of the Boeing 747 jumbo jet. Read The Full Story

Boeing says airlines will need 33,500 new commercial aircraft by 2030

, Feb 13th 2012 Discuss [0]

When it comes to commercial aircraft, one of the top manufacturers is Boeing. According to the aviation giant, the commercial aircraft industry will boom between now and 2030. Boeing estimates that globally airlines will need 32,500 new aircraft. Many of those aircraft will be needed by Asia-Pacific carriers where 11,450 are estimated to be needed. Read The Full Story

Congressional bill aims to speed FAA switch to GPS

, Feb 6th 2012 Discuss [0]

It might not be that much longer until you can fly the friendly skies with the comfort of knowing the pilot isn't relying on technology that's several decades old. The US Senate has just passed a bill that will incite the Federal Aviation Administration to swith from antiquated raday systems to advanced GPS infrastructure within four years. The bill authorizes the spending of $63.4 billion to get this done. Read The Full Story

Stop Whining and Turn Off Your Phone

, Jan 3rd 2012 Discuss [55]

I learned when I was a camp counselor that you should always support the person up front. When they say something wrong, let it slide and fix it later. When they suggest something unpopular, go with it, and if it proves unsuccessful, it’s no big deal. I never had a camp director suggest we run naked through a poison ivy patch, or show up to Hershey Park at 4AM so we can get a good parking spot. Usually, things worked out in the end.

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UFO spotted on flatbed was actually a military drone

, Dec 22nd 2011 Discuss [9]

Residents in a small community in Cowley County, Kansas got the thrill of the year recently when a flatbed trailer came driving down main street with what appeared to be a saucer shaped craft on the trailer. According to the local sheriff's office, the company that was transporting the craft asked for assistance since they had to move it over the ground. Read The Full Story

Paul Allen to invest millions in new satellite launching space plane

, Dec 14th 2011 Discuss [0]

Billionaire Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has been teaming up with aircraft pioneer Burt Rutan for a long time in an effort to build a reusable space plane that could make it into orbit and return to earth to be used again. The result of that partnership was SpaceShip One. Rutan also designed SpaceShip Two that is used by Virgin Galactic. Allen and Rutan have another space project that they are set to start work on that will result in a cheap and reusable launch method for satellites. Read The Full Story
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