The University of Queensland will lead a $14 million international consortium to help develop scramjet-based access-to-space systems, flying an autonomous scramjet vehicle at eight times the speed of sound ? Mach 8, or 8600 km/h. In parallel,
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For all the government conspiracy militia nuts out there, I've got some good news and
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To perfect the vertical and short takeoff and landing ability of the F-35 Lightning II, test pilots have been taking off and landing at progressively shorter distances and slower speeds, building up to the final, true vertical boost. And today, engine manufacturers Pratt
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Some take religious journeys to sacred places, others gather at the home fields of beloved
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Every now and then, we like to gather three things that have gone bigger, better and faster this
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Phileas Fogg may have hopped aboard hot air balloons, trains, and elephants in his race around
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What's cooler than a hover-capable, electric-powered, super-quiet personal
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After a slew of successful of space telescope repair missions and launches in recent months, NASA is taking it easy these days. To use the newest powerful telescope, scientists will take a ride in a convertible. Sort of. The space agency's new telescope is situated inside
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For everyone looking to go to Tosche station to pick up some power converters, your ride
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Flying alongside drones might seem a bit strange for U.S. Army chopper pilots, but it has major
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DARPA's Transformer - sometimes referred to as the flying Humvee - seems to be moving right along, even if only on paper at this point. The DoD's out-there tech incubator has awarded Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute $988,000 to develop an autonomous
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QANTAS? A380 has taken off from Melbourne on its first commercial flight
QANTAS? sole A380
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UPDATE: ALL QANTAS A380S HAVE BEEN GROUNDED
Update: Qantas has now grounded it's A380 fleet of three
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Gyroscopes and infrared blasters ready radio-controlled helicopters for midair battle
Unsophisticated electronics and design used to keep tiny R/C helicopters out of the fight. Eventually, motors the size of aspirin capsules let companies stack two counter-rotating rotors
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A route that was once dominated by Qantas is now shared by three other airlines, but it didn?t stop Qantas celebrating the feat, in typical GFC style
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The aviation industry is suffering during this economic climate and Qantas has been hit hard
For
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All good top secret robotic space plane test missions must come to an end, and so it goes for the Air Force's X-37B, otherwise known as the Orbital Test Vehicle 1 (OTV-1). After seven months of thrilling amateur satellite watchers with its shifting orbital flight patterns
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One of the busiest airports in the world admits that the A380 is a handful that has almost crippled it
The
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At 3pm today the first V Australia flight took off from Sydney Kingsford Smith heading for Los Angeles International
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Emirates has announced it will use the Airbus A380 to fly from Sydney to Auckland
Auckland
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More like science fiction rather than popular science
An F/A-18 supersonic jet has crashed
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Add a little more salt to the wounds there Qantas
The Nancy-Bird Walton, Qantas? first A380,
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See the video of Heathrow's futuristic travel pods here!
Heathrow, the UK?s main international
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Maybe that purchase of 19 A330s wasn?t such a good idea Singapore Airlines
QANTAS has grounded
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The buzz about the A380 is over. Now it?s all about the A330-300 and its new cabin
OK, the
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One of the busiest airports in the world admits that the A380 is a handful that has almost crippled it
The
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QANTAS? A380 has taken off from Melbourne on its first commercial flight
QANTAS? sole A380
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There's something slightly wrong with a toilet that has a jet engine strapped to it...
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The introduction of the A380 means the old workhorse no longer has a place on the QANTAS roster
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