Tech Culture Electric air taxis are coming to Chicago, courtesy of United Airlines Skip traffic with this air taxi By Krister Rognaldsen , March 24, 2023, 7:39 PM 16 comments
Tech Culture AI New Lockheed Martin training jet was flown by an AI for over 17 hours A world first for artificial intelligence By Rob Thubron , February 14, 2023, 8:15 AM 15 comments
Industry Airbus' solar-powered drone crashes hours before breaking flight endurance record It stayed in the air for more than 64 days By Cohen Coberly , August 24, 2022, 1:02 PM 7 comments
Tech Culture Software Next-generation RAF fighter jet to feature AI-assisted operation The cockpit will only use virtual controls By Daniel Sims , July 26, 2022, 6:14 PM 17 comments
Tech Culture Company aims to offer short-haul airship travel by 2025, helping reduce airline industry's CO2 emissions Will we be hopping on blimps for inter-city trips in a few years? By Rob Thubron , May 26, 2021, 8:28 AM 18 comments
Industry Boeing resumes 737 Max production following temporary suspension earlier this year The company says that over a dozen workplace and product quality initiatives have been put in place amid slow resumption By Humza Aamir , May 28, 2020, 8:17 AM 13 comments
Industry Boeing successfully completes first test flight of the world's largest twin-engined jet The 777-9X uses a pair of General Electric GE9X engines, each of which produces 105,000 pounds of thrust By Humza Aamir , January 27, 2020, 7:01 AM 12 comments
Industry Lilium's all-electric VTOL taxi achieves forward flight for the first time The vision of the Jetsons is almost upon us By Cal Jeffrey , October 22, 2019, 1:39 PM 10 comments
Industry Austrian Airlines trials autonomous drones for aircraft inspection Turns out annoying UAVs at airports can have good uses too By Humza Aamir , September 17, 2019, 7:03 AM
Industry Software Researchers unveil flight-assistance system that lets planes land themselves on any runway Another step toward full automation By Cohen Coberly , July 9, 2019, 4:03 PM 14 comments
Industry New Boeing 737 Max safety issue will keep planes grounded for longer The flaw is unrelated to the original problem By Rob Thubron , June 27, 2019, 5:20 AM 8 comments
Industry Boeing forced to use employee parking lot to store grounded 737 Max planes The aircraft are grounded following two crashes By Rob Thubron , June 26, 2019, 5:25 AM 23 comments
Industry Gogo's 5G network for planes will arrive in 2021 High-speed internet for air travelers By Rob Thubron , May 30, 2019, 10:03 AM
Industry Science World's largest plane completes a successful first flight Eight years in the making By Isaiah Mayersen , April 14, 2019, 9:55 AM 9 comments
Science NASA, MIT engineers develop aircraft wing that can change shape mid-flight MIT and NASA are at it again By Cohen Coberly , April 1, 2019, 2:11 PM 15 comments
Industry 'Essential' safety features considered 'upgrades' on Boeing 737 Max Boeing will now start including one of the items and 'standard' on new 737 Max airliners By Cal Jeffrey , March 21, 2019, 6:23 PM
Industry Embraer's shark plane has no middle seats, bigger windows, and more overhead bin space Making air travel less of a pain By Rob Thubron , November 29, 2018, 10:17 AM 9 comments
Tech Culture World's largest aircraft will offer "luxury expeditions" and glass-floored cabins This looks pretty awesome By Rob Thubron , July 25, 2018, 9:40 AM 20 comments
Science NASA is testing lightweight planes with folding wings Fixed-wing planes may soon be a thing of the past By Cohen Coberly , January 25, 2018, 11:36 AM 37 comments
Science High-tech material could allow passenger planes to travel at speeds of over 4000 mph Travel from New York to LA in an hour By Rob Thubron , October 19, 2017, 7:50 AM 24 comments
Tech Culture Google co-founder Sergey Brin is reportedly constructing a secret airship Impressed by Larry Page's flying car? Sergey Brin is building a zeppelin By Rob Thubron , April 26, 2017, 10:00 AM 7 comments
Tech Culture World's largest aircraft crashes on landing during second test run By Rob Thubron , August 24, 2016, 11:00 AM 24 comments
Tech Culture Industry Airbus patents hypersonic jet that could fly four and a half times the speed of sound By Rob Thubron , August 4, 2015, 11:45 AM 17 comments
Industry The Web FCC proposal may greatly improve airplane Wi-Fi By Rick Burgess , May 10, 2013, 4:30 PM 8 comments
The Web Aircraft bombs may kill off in-flight cellphone and Wi-Fi use By Emil Protalinski , November 3, 2010, 1:55 PM 52 comments