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Drool Over These New Flight Simulator Screenshots
It’s no secret that just about every release of Microsoft’s Flight Simulator has been nothing short of amazing, relatively speaking to each generation that is. However, it seems despite still being in the alpha stage, the new one puts just about anything to shame when it comes to amazing visuals.…
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Thrustmaster Launches T.Flight U.S. Air Force Edition Headset
Headset for Flight Sim Enthusiasts Thrustmaster is preparing to launch their latest gaming accessory called the T.Flight US Air Force Edition headset. Unlike other headsets, this one is perfect for flight-sim enthusiasts. In fact, Thrustmaster worked with the United States Air Force in its development. Perfectly meeting the rigorous requirements…
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Boeing Reveal Plans For Hypersonic Commercial Plane
Boeing Reveal Plans For Hypersonic Commercial Plane Boeing is one of the biggest names in terms of aircraft. Their 747 and 737 models are some of the best known in commercial aviation. For the future though, it seems that Boeing wants to do something pretty impressive. In a report via…
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First Non-Stop Flight From Australia to UK Lands
Non-Stop Flight from Australia to the UK With the mass commercialization of flying, getting to anywhere in the world no longer represents a massive difficulty. One of the more taxing efforts for commuters, however, is the actual flying itself. This is particularly notable when you have to make a ‘change-over’.…
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Microsoft Offers Flight Unlimited 2K16 for FREE Until Nov. 29
The month of November brings several huge sale discounts but it also brings in several free games. The latest is Microsoft offering Flight Unlimited 2K16 for a 100% off discount. The promotion is not going to last forever however, so grab it while you can. Users can download it from…
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Airbus Look Towards AI Development For Pilot-less Aircraft
Airbus reveals development of AI to remove the pilot from flying While the auto-pilot does a lot of work on aeroplanes, there are still some key components. Namely the pilot, co-pilot and sometimes a flight engineer. While human input is still a major factor, particularly in smaller private aircraft, on…
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Lilium Gets $90M Funding for Electric VTOL Project
Flying car startup Lilium unveiled their working all-electric VTOL prototype back in April, showing that their design is functional. Even more impressive is that it has a higher top speed than a helicopter at 300km/h and shows a more passenger-friendly design than some of the drone prototypes from other companies.…
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Police Team Set to Tackle Prison Drone Delivery Service
Police in the UK are going to set-up a specific task force to investigate drones making deliveries to prison in an attempt to crackdown on contraband such as mobile phones, drugs, and money. Speaking to the BBC the UK minister for prisons said: “We are absolutely determined to tackle the…
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British Inventor and Entrepreneur Makes his Own Iron Man-Style Jetpack
You can file this under ‘too good to be true’ since since it is April 1st after all, but British entrepreneur and inventor Richard Browning claims to have created a working Iron Man-style jetpack that can fly, or at least hover close to the ground. The effort seems too costly…
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Filmmaker Creates Breathtaking Mars Fly-over Video from Satellite Photographs
Renewed interest toward Mars is at an all time high currently with Hollywood movies, television shows and even governments showing fascination for the red planet. After all , other than Venus, it is Earth’s closest planetary neighbour yet it is still quite distant being 54.6 million kilometers away. Yet still,…
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NASA Begins Testing X-Plane with Quiet Supersonic Technology
Lockheed Martin has teamed up with NASA to develop a Quiet Supersonic Technology (QueSST) passenger plane which has now begun wind-tunnel testing their preliminary design at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland. The initial testing of the Quiet Supersonic Technology X-plane is conducted on a nine percent scale model inside…
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UPS Conducts Drone Home Delivery Trials
Amazon is not the only company flirting with the idea of drone home delivery. United Parcel Service Inc. or UPS for short, is conducting trials and test runs using drones to drop off packages in Florida as a way to possibly cut costs in the future and deliver to certain…
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Star Wars Speeder Closer to Reality With New Scorpion 3 Hoverbike
Hoversurf’s Scorpion 3 hoverbike is racing to make everyone’s Star Wars dream a reality. Using four propeller blades, the Scorpion 3 hoverbike or manned quadcopter allows a rider to move and fly around at low altitudes similar to the famed speeder bike vehicles from Star Wars: Return of the Jedi.…
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Uber Teams Up with Star Wars for Rogue One Campaign
To promote the new Rogue One: A Star Wars Story film, Disney has teamed up with Uber for a campaign replacing the icons on the popular ride sharing app with Star Wars-themed ones starting Sunday night. The icon-swap itself will be opt-in only so that not all users are confused…
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Richard Branson’s Boom Jet Could do London to New York in 3 Hours
The flight time between London and New York is currently around 7 hours, with prices running from around £600-1000 return in economy and thousands for a first class flight, especially when the service is busy or on short notice. However, the new ‘Boom’ jet which is being backed by Richard Branson…
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