Latest Stories in Aviation
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Amazing Video Shows All Roads, Air, and Shipping Routes on Earth Like Never Before!
We've all seen the NASA picture of the Earth at night, showing the light from all our cities. This takes the concept a step further...
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World's First Street Legal Flying Car On Sale Now for $300K
The Terrefugia flying car will be letting rich people live out their boyhood fantasies later this year.
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Man Busted Trying to Get 247 Snakes & Other Animals on a Plane
Smuggling imitates "art," if you consider "Snakes on a Plane" to be art.
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Computerized Air-Traffic Control Could Save CO2 Equivalent of Denmark's Economy
Air-traffic control systems are outdated and waste fuel, money and time. By bringing it into the computerized 21st century world, we could make a big difference in CO2 emissions as well as save people time and money.
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2010 Tesla Plane Crash Caused by Human Error, Says NTSB Investigators
After almost two years, we learn what caused the Palo Alto plane crash that killed Tesla Motors engineers.
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Despite a Helicopter Pad, Greenpeace's New $23 Million Rainbow Warrior Ship is Greener Than Predecessors
A brand new green boat for Greenpeace was launched this week.
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Nation's First Cooking Oil-Fueled Commercial Flight Takes Off from Seattle
And I'm on board. Right now.
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United Airlines Flies First-Ever Commercial Biofuels Flight in U.S.
United launched its first commercial flight powered by biofuels today; Wednesday, Alaska Airlines will do the same.
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Alaska Airlines to Fly 75 Planes on 20% Cooking Oil-Based Fuel Starting Later this Week
The biofuel blend is only a small step in the right direction, but it shows that it is possible to operate airplanes without fossil fuels.
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Six Astronauts 'Return to Earth' After Successful Mars-500 Mission
Can humans endure the isolation, self-reliance, and deprivations of travel to Mars and back? Six pale-faced but smiling astronauts answer the question.
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Human "Multicopter" Hovers Off For First Electrically-Powered Flight (Video)
Is this electrically-powered, sixteen-propellered & ultra-light vehicle the next big thing in personal transportation?
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Despite Global Ban, Small Planes in U.S. Still Use Leaded Gas
Leaded gas has been banned since the 1970s. So how come small airplanes account for 50% of the lead air pollution in the U.S.?
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SolarShip: A Solar-Powered, Helium-Filled Cargo Plane That Floats (Video)
Capable of flying far, carrying large loads and powered only by the sun, could this airship hybrid be the future of aviation?
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Virgin Atlantic To Debut New Green Aviation Fuel In 2-3 Years & It's Not A Biofuel
Considering how energy-intensive it is, aviation is really the hard nut to crack in greening transportation, but Virgin Atlantic says it has a way to do it--and, importantly, without using biofuels. As The Independent reports,
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Ask Pablo: Will iPads in the Cockpit Really Lower Airlines' Paper Use?
Photo by comedy_nose via Flickr CC Dear Pablo: Two airlines have recently switched from paper flight records to iPads. Is this really an environmental improvement? TreeHugger recently covered news of two airlines (, followed by United Continental) that
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A Greener Way To Get Into Space: The Bloon
Rockets can be dirty things, spewing perchlorates and other wastes. Even when they burn hydrogen and oxygen, there is a huge carbon footprint to liquifying the stuff. The Virgin Galactic will be running on a pretty clean fuel but
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Flying From Frankfurt to Hamburg, With or Without Biofuels, Hard to Justify on Environmental Grounds
Today is the day! As I reported last week Germany airline Lufthansa has now begun using biofuels on about one-third of its flights from Frankfurt to Hamburg. The fuel is supplied by Finland's Neste Oil and until now,
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Four Bucks Flies You Over LA During Carmageddon
It's a 40 mile drive from Long Beach To Burbank, and you don't even have to drive the 405. But this weekend they are closing that highway down for repairs, and it's going to be Carmageddon in Los Angeles. But don't worry; JetBlue to the rescue.
