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Aurora Flight Sciences has revealed the design of an unmanned aircraft for DARPA’s Vulture Program, which will be able to fly for a period of five years on solar energy. Known as the Odysseus, the aircraft is designed to fly in the stratosphere at altitudes in excess of 60,000 feet.
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Researchers have long touted the idea of replacing expensive space-based satellites and Aircraft Mounted Airborne Warning And Control Systems (AWACS) with low-cost and much more agile platforms that can be located within the atmosphere of the planet. However, none of the plans ever made it to reality until now, when DARPA has ordered U.S.
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Flying Car! The renderings from ZEEP Design show a car that can transform into a helicopter. Blades on the rotor remain folded and out of sight when not in use, and once required, they span out to convert it to a full-fledged copter. Simultaneously, the tail rotor that’s generally tucked at the car’s rear comes out to complete the transformation.
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Eco Factor: Soundproof barrier for Amsterdam Airport allows algae cultivation.
The “Create a Barrier of Silence” design competition hosted by Amsterdam Airport Schiphol has been won by an innovative noise-reduction facility developed by Toine Van Goethem. Dubbed the Ecobarrier, the design got appreciation because of its simplicity and innovative character.
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Flight’s first editor Stanley Spooner had little trouble deciding what story would be the lead in our inaugural issue 100 years ago - “A Second Englishman Flies” was our first headline. But back in those pioneering early days, what would Spooner have predicted for the top aerospace story a century later?
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Aeolus is a vehicle which allows people to travel the earth by air. The design concept is a reaction to an increasing desire of ecological correctness and novel experiences in traveling. The vehicle floats in the air, lifted by a large volume of helium and it can stay airborne for a journey of two weeks.
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While we are pretty busy talking about space tourism and flying cars, Finnair, which is celebrating its 85th birthday, is envisioning the future of flying. What might flying be like then in 85 years? I have no idea, but the ingenious folks at Finnair seem to have an answer to the question. They have conceptualized five future aircrafts for the year 2093, which boast streamlined exteriors and
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Take a gander at this oddly wide airplane with the three engines in back. This could be the method of air travel by the year 2030.
NASA has recently started a little pet project, cooperating with engineers from MIT to create planes that are more fuel-efficient, quieter, not to mention environmentally friendly.
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