Tag: Airplanes

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  3D Printing and Printed Electronics Combined in Hybrid "Smart" Wing

  A new development combining pray-on electronics with 3D printed wings could have applications way beyond aviation.

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  "Luminous Ceilings" of Lighting, Made From Recycled Airplane Panels

  These lighting panels, made from recycled airplane parts, are an homage to the efficiency, ergonomics and glamour of aviation design.

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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  Air-traffic control systems are outdated and waste fuel, money and time.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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  Inefficient Planes and Rising Oil Prices Sunk American Airlines

  Old, inefficient planes, along with rising labor costs, sunk the nation's erstwhile largest airline.

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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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  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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  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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  The Week in Pictures: Cloud Travel, a Vertical Forest in Milan, and More (Slideshow)

  We talk a lot about low-impact transportation on TreeHugger, from bikes to electric cars to high speed rail. But this is definitely the first time we've talked about traveling on a floating cloud.

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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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  Google and NASA Team Up for a Green Flight Challenge with $1.65M Prize

  Air travel may be time efficient, but based on planes' carbon emissions, it's not good for the environment. And while purchasing carbon offsets is a good move, it's just a drop in the bucket. Tha's

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  Some Michigan Airports Are Growing Their Own Fuel

  Airports need lots of room for planes to leave and land. And airplanes spew a lot of greenhouse gases. Idea: Grow crops on airport property to power the planes, and maybe help offset carbon emissions. It's an idea that may be

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  Cyclists Beat Airplane in a Race Across Los Angeles

  Carmageddon may have come and gone without causing too much chaos on in car-driven city of Los Angeles, but that's not to say there were no winners resulting from the closing of a busy 10-mile stretch of freeway over the

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  Nesting Turtles Close JFK Runway in 'Zen' Moment

  The eruption of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland and severe winter storms in Europe both snarled air

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  More NYC Geese To Be Killed This Year - And Sent to Pennsylvania Slaughterhouse

  New York City has just started another round of killing hundreds of geese, at taxpayer expense, despite that the cull has so far failed to limit geese population growth or improve air safety. The geese culls have not gone

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  Solar Airplane Embodies "Use Less and Live Better" at Green Week 2011

  As the biggest annual conference on European environmental policy convenes this week in Brussels, the solar airplane Solar Impulse HB-SIA features as the embodiment of the conference theme "Use Less and Live Better." After

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  Flying With Fossil Fuels May Sometimes Be Greener Than Biofuels - At Least In Extreme Examples

  For anyone that's paid attention to the world of biofuels, specifically the impact that land-use changes and cultivation method can have on lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions, this won't come as a shock: New research in