Tech Culture Software Airplane takes off with less thrust after adults are assigned child's weight A software error that could have ended badly By Rob Thubron, April 9, 2021, 8:08 AM 19 comments
Industry Uber reportedly looking to sell off Elevate, its flying taxi division Might be for the best By Cohen Coberly, December 2, 2020, 6:26 PM 7 comments
Tech Culture Software Boeing 747s still use 3.5-inch floppy disks for critical software updates They are 32 years old, after all By Rob Thubron, August 12, 2020, 7:47 AM 26 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 Airlines are flying empty planes because of the coronavirus To keep their take-off and landing slots By Rob Thubron, March 9, 2020, 5:15 AM 14 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
Tech Culture Industry Rolls-Royce aims for the world's fastest all-electric plane under its ACCEL initiative The 'ionBird' test aircraft will be used to crack speeds of over 300 mph (480 km/h) in late Spring 2020 By Humza Aamir, December 25, 2019, 11:30 AM 16 comments
Industry Science Harbour Air completes the 'world's first' commercial electric airplane test flight The plane is called the 'eBeaver' By Cohen Coberly, December 11, 2019, 6:51 PM 13 comments
Tech Culture Industry UK and Australia space agencies are developing a hypersonic 'space plane' Four-hour flights between London and Sydney could happen by 2030 By Humza Aamir, October 1, 2019, 9:03 AM 11 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 '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
Industry Electronics New rules for commercial drone usage go into effect today By Jose Vilches, August 29, 2016, 7:00 PM
Tech Culture No fuel, no worries: Solar Impulse 2 landed in Hawaii after a five day flight across the Pacific By Devin Kate Pope, July 3, 2015, 4:45 PM 9 comments