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The World’s Biggest Plane Takes Successful Flight!
Stratolaunch Takes Flight! There are very few aeroplanes in the world that require six jet engines to get them into the air. Well, with the probable exception of military planes designed to get tanks and troops from A-B. Even taking them into consideration, however, there is no plane quite as…
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Startup to Fly Electric Planes on Short-Haul Journeys
A new startup based in Massachusetts, US is hoping to launch a fleet of electric-powered passenger planes for short-haul flights within the next ten or twenty years. Wright Electric has unveiled its first concept for a 150-seat electric aeroplane (pictured above) at Silicon Valley’s Y Combinator Demo Day this week.…
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NASA Launches 10-Engine Electric Plane
NASA is testing a 10-engined prototype battery-powered VTOL (Vertical Take Off and Landing) aeroplane. The 10-foot wingspan GL-10 plane, codenamed Greased Lightning, is currently being put through a rigorous design and testing phase at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Virginia, and is meant as the precursor to an even larger,…
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Need to Land a Plane? There’s an iPad App for That
Xavion, an iPad app used by pilots to plan flight paths, is due to receive an update that will allow it to land a plane without its pilot. The app is designed for pilots of small aircraft and has traditionally given them data to help them on their way. Xavion…
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