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The 108-m (356-ft) long Radia Windrunner is designed to transport cargo too big for the road, to short, semi-prepared airstrips on rough terrain. It would dwarf the majestic 84-m (275-ft) long Antonov An-225 Mriya, which is sadly no longer with us.
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Continue reading World’s largest aircraft delivers colossal cargo to makeshift airstrips
GE once thought super-efficient propfans were the future of air travel, until low fuel prices in the late 1980s moved fuel consumption down the list of priorities. Now, it’s bringing them back with the CFM Rise, promising 20% fuel savings.Continue Read… Continue reading GE resurrects the propfan aircraft engine, cutting fuel burn by 20%
Rolls-Royce has completed the first ground tests on its massive UltraFan engine, claiming it’s at least 10% more efficient than any other large aero engine in service today. This carbon/titanium beauty will roll out on airliners in the 2030s.
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Continue reading World’s largest and most efficient aircraft engine aces first tests
In a world first, Polish pilot Luke Czepiela has successfully completed an incredible landing on Dubai’s iconic Burj Al Arab Jumeirah. Using a customized fixed-wing CubCrafters Carbon Cub STOL (Short Take-Off and Landing) airplane, he touched-down on t… Continue reading Pilot makes crazy plane landing on skyscraper helipad 212 m above Dubai
Rolls-Royce says it’s finished building the first demonstrator for its massive UltraFan engine, which will eventually hit the skies in airliners to be developed in the 2030s. Testing begins soon, with expectations of a 25% leap in efficiency.Continue R… Continue reading World’s largest aircraft engine is fully operational and ready to test
Back in 2017, Red Bull filmed a pair of BASE-jumping wingsuit pilots jumping off a mountain top and into a passing plane, but it’s about to top itself with something far crazier. The next great Red Bull stunt will be a live-streamed event, as two pilot… Continue reading Two crazy pilots are about to attempt to switch planes in mid-air
Aerion is looking beyond the 2027 launch of its AS2 supersonic business jet for the ultra-rich, to something for the rest of us. The AS3TM, if it gets built, would be a 50-passenger supersonic commercial airliner capable of speeds over Mach 4.Continue … Continue reading Aerion is working on a Mach 4+ supersonic airliner for 50 passengers
Short takeoff and landing (STOL) might prove a practical alternative to VTOL in the early days of electric aviation. VTOL aircraft use an enormous amount of energy lifting themselves off the ground, dramatically cutting the range they can squeeze out o… Continue reading Metro Hop says its e-STOL plane can get airborne off a 25-meter runway
With the move towards electric aviation comes new opportunities to explore what a powertrain looks like, and Airbus is experimenting with a new design that builds entire hydrogen propulsion units, tanks and all, into detachable pods along the wings.Con… Continue reading Airbus proposes detachable hydrogen propulsion pods for aircraft