Tag: Airplanes
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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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Should we stop flying and live in a "Hundred Mile Habitat"?
TreeHugger founder Graham Hill likes to travel, and gets taken to task for his carbon footprint. Should he be?
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Boeing Uses Potatoes to Test In-Flight Wi-Fi
The spuds are helping the aircraft maker to improve Wi-Fi signals throughout the plane.
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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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Airplane Upcycled into the Coolest Kindergarten Classroom (Video)
In the country of Georgia, a headmaster transformed an airplane into a classroom to engage kids.
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New Radar System Can Tell Planes and Wind Turbines Apart
Wind farm developers have had to keep their distance from airports because traditional radar confuses the spinning turbine blades with aircraft, but a new technology clears things up.
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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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A Solar Trailer Can (Re)Charge Your Solar Airplane
Flying home for the holidays on a commercial solar jet may still be in Jetsons territory, but if you can afford a tiny prop plane, you can charge it via the sun
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Giant Floating Airport Proposed For London
Another grand vision for reinventing the airport, and this time it will float on our rising oceans
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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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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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Honeybee Swarm Delays Flight at Pittsburgh International Airport
The queen led her minions to the engine of a Delta airplane, delaying the flight until the protected bees could be professionally removed
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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.
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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.
