Qantas Launch New Website
Yes, Qantas has had their fair share of controversy lately, but at least they have a new website...
Actually,
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United We (Fail to) Fly
And you thought United Airlines service couldn?t get any worse? (not that we have anything against United)
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Southwest?s Boeing 737 With Blowhole
The airlines famous for painting a whale on the side of one of its Boeing 737s has taken the idea one step too far? Also: Air France to receive next A380
Southwest Airlines, one of the biggest airlines in the United States (mainly a domestic carrier using Boeing 737
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Delta Takes to the Skies, Heads for Australia
Delta Airlines? first flight from the US to Australia has just taken off (3.35pmAEST)
Delta
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So You Want To: Fly in an Airbus A380
Cheap airfares and plenty of flights means it?s just the right time. Here's the ultimate list of how much it will cost you and where you can go
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Yemenia Airbus A310 Crashes ? The Sky Isn?t Falling
Yet another plane crash, yet another airbus, but this time one survivor. Air travel is still a good idea though
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Qantas A330 Hits Severe Turbulence Over Malaysia
A Qantas Airbus A330-300 on route from Hong Kong to Perth hit severe turbulence over Malaysia, injuring seven
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American Airlines Solves Their Global Financial Crisis Woes With One Ticket
Airlines may be losing money quicker than Hollywood stars lose weight, but American Airlines has found a solution? charge $42 million for a ticket - seriously!
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Air France Flight AF447 Goes Missing Over Atlantic
The Airbus A330 operated by Air France was carrying 228 passengers on a flight from Rio to Paris when it went missing around 0230GMT on Monday
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Qantas to put Business Passengers in First Class Seats
For around four months this year Qantas will scrap first class on some of its flights without reconfiguring the planes, so some lucky business class travelers will fly in first
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Automated Air Traffic Control System Enables Fewer Pilots, Flying Cars
For the FAA, it's not the flying that keeps regular joes
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Turning Retired Military Jets into Next-Gen Nano-Satellite Launchers
Building a satellite and launching it into space was once a multi-million dollar proposition. But even though miniaturization and easy-to-adapt technology formats like the CubeSat
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Manned and Unmanned Helicopters Most Efficient When Working Together
Flying alongside drones might seem a bit strange for U.S. Army chopper pilots, but it has major
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Yemenia Airbus A310 Crashes ? The Sky Isn?t Falling
Yet another plane crash, yet another airbus, but this time one survivor. Air travel is still a good idea though
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Things that really shouldn't have jet engines
There's something slightly wrong with a toilet that has a jet engine strapped to it...
Our
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Swiss Team Achieves First-Ever Manned Solar Plane Flight
Considering the massive carbon emissions that come from burning jet fuel, air travel is in serious
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First V Australia Boeing 777 Arrives in Sydney Plus More Aviation News
V Australia launches and Branson attacks, Qantas fires under qualified maintenance employee and flight QF25 takes off with a bang
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Sucked in Japan Airlines!
JAL outdoes US Airways in the ?Look what we can suck into our engines without injuring any passengers? game?
Yesterday
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To Increase Passenger Jet Fuel Efficiency, Airlines Look to Nature's Flying Formations
Your next flight could be in a convoy
It turns out the lumbering Spruce
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Wheel Falls off Plane as it Lands - Incident Caught on Video
The title pretty much says it all. The video says it even better!
You're not supposed to be operating electronic equipment during take off and landing, but people do anyway. Just check out the amount of take off and landing videos on You Tube. When this video was
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Video: Tiny autonomous 'copters combine voltron-style to create a larger, stronger aircraft
Two rotors are better than one, and if our recent excitement over UPenn's quadcopter is any indication, four rotors is better than two. Sometimes. Researchers at the ETH Zurich recognize that different tasks call for different aircraft, and with that in mind they've designed
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US Aviation Administration exploring possibilities of unmanned commercial flight
The US Federal Aviation Administration wants you to fly the robot-friendly skies, but the regulatory overseer has more than a few challenges to overcome before it can extend that invitation in earnest. The FAA
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In largest-ever launch deal, SpaceX will carry Iridium's satellites aboard Falcon 9
In a sign that US President Obama's vision for a private space industry might be gaining some legs, Iridium Communications has penned a nearly $500 million
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Nephelios, a manned solar-powered blimp, prepares to cross the English Channel
A year behind schedule, a team of French engineering students is finally preparing to send Nephelios, the solar-powered manned airship they've developed, on its maiden voyage across the English channel.
The ambitious project had aimed to accomplish
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Video: insect-like pincers allow flying swarmbots to perch on nearly any surface
A swarm of buzzing dragonfly bots passes overhead. Suddenly, they make a kamakaze dive toward a nearby tree--but wait a minute, instead of crashing and careening to the ground, they're sticking to the tree. Resting, recharging, waiting for orders. All thanks to Mirko
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Terrafugia flying car approved by FAA, will be available next year
Late next year, you'll be able to buy your own flying car in the United States-- er, "roadable aircraft" -- thanks to a thumbs-up from the Federal Aviation Administration. As long as you have $230,000 and a sport pilot license.
The agency approved the Transition
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Did Hayabusa fail to bring back any asteroid crumbs?
According to an article in the NY Times, preliminary tests on the sample capsule currently
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New generation of supersonic jets aims to get rid of the boom
True to its aeronautic roots, NASA is evaluating a new generation of supersonic airplane designs to see whether they can reduce sonic-boom levels.
Boeing
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New Stealth Nano-Paint Turns Any Aircraft Into a Radar-Evading Stealth Plane
Image:Stealth Paint New Israeli nanotech paint purportedly turns any airplane or missile into a stealth aircraft.
Some innovations in flight are huge; for instance, this week we've
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For the First Time, a Full-Sized Helicopter Makes a Completely Autonomous Flight
An Army-funded research group at Carnegie Mellon University, working with engineers at Piasecki Aircraft Corporation, has made a huge leap forward -- or perhaps skyward -- for the future of autonomous flight. In mid-June, the team launched
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