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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? read more »
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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. read more »
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Finnair thinks it knows how your children's children might be flying around the skies (and space) in about 90 years. One way might be in a flashy personal craft; another way could be a slick hybrid craft that transitions from 35,000ft. to low earth orbit with ease. The planes each have that sleek look we'd expect the future to have, but I think Finnair needs to try a bit harder.This is the future read more »
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Boeing’s High Altitude Long Endurance (HALE) unmanned aircraft has run a successful test. The hydrogen propulsion system of the aircraft was based on Ford’s 2.3-liter, four-cylinder hydrogen combustion engine. read more »
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This looks more like a high-end war machine that is supposed to destroy all targets from the sky, but on the contrary it is a design that could save read more »
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NASA believes that aircraft of the future can mimic the flight of birds, flying more efficiently and safely. This video shows what NASA has observed read more »
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