Latest Stories in Aviation
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Solar Impulse bathroom mystery solved
The flights stretch on for 18 hours or more. So what does the Solar Impulse pilot do when he has to, you know, go?
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Solar Impulse: Flying from San Francisco to New York City in a solar plane
The ultimate goal of the Solar Impulse sun-powered plane is to fly around the globe powered by only the sun's rays. But before you can run, you have to crawl and then walk...
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Carbon 'tape' easier way to cut CO2 from our flying habit?
A carbon fiber material made from tape instead of yarn can significantly reduce the weight - and fuel needs, and CO2 emissions - of passenger jets.
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Samoa Air is the first airline to set ticket prices based on passenger weight
Samoa Air, a small airline based on the Samoa Islands in the Pacific, has started charging its passengers based on the total weight of their luggage and their... bodies.
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KLM to offer weekly transatlantic flights powered by cooking oil
KLM, a Dutch airline, has begun powering some transatlantic flights with a fuel mix that of 25% cooking oil and 75% jet fuel.
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TaxiBot robotic tug reduces airplane emissions and noise pollution
Airplanes waste a lot of fuel on the ground. To taxi around airports, from passenger gates to runways, planes are powered by their main engines which simply aren't optimized for that task. This creates a lot of unnecessary CO2 emissions, air pollution, an
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Boeing's 787 Lithium-ion Batteries are Inherently Unsafe, Says Elon Musk
Elon Musk knows a lot about lithium-ion batteries and how to build safe ones, so when he says that Boeing made a mistake with the 787 Dreamliner's batteries, people should listen.
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App Reveals Most Fuel Efficient Flights On Expedia
We're all used to weighing up factors like price and travel time when we book flights. But what about fuel efficiency or emissions? A new app aims to change all this.
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Five Hours of Airplane Landings in 30-Second Timelapse
Neat video highlights how much activity occurs at just one airport.
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Behold, The Airship Really Is Reborn
There's been much talk of modern airships as a fuel efficient alternative to planes. One such concept is finally becoming a reality.
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Civilian Airplanes Could Someday Take-Off With Electric Catapults!
A possible way to save fuel and reduce air and noise pollution around airports.
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Boeing Forecasts That China Will Need 5,260 New Airplanes by 2031
The American plane-maker Boeing just came out with a forecast for China's airplane needs for the next 20 years, and the numbers are pretty impressive!
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Star Wars-Style Hover-Bike Makes You Feel Like a Jedi
It's not exactly green, let's get that out of the way from the start.
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FedEx Increases Fleet Emission Reduction Goal to 30% by 2020
It's always good to see large emitters of greenhouse gases take responsibility and work to cut their emissions, even if they are not forced to do so by law (yet).
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The Future Ain't What it Used to Be!
Created around 1900 in France for the World Exhibition in Paris, these drawings show what the future was predicted to be at the time. A lot of them are about crazy modes of transportation.
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Airbus Could Reduce Plane Fuel Consumption 15% with Hydrogen Fuel Cell
The idea is to take a load off the plane's engines by powering non-propulsion systems - basically everything that run on electricity in the plane, light the entertainment electronics avionics, lights, etc - with a fuel cell rather than with the engines.
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New World Record for Electric Planes: 202.6 MPH
By the same guy who broke the speed record for electric motorcycles!
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Air Canada Flew Plane Using 50% Cooking Oil Biofuel for First Time
Test-flights using biofuels are becoming more frequent, and at this point they represent one of the best tools for reducing emissions from air travel.
