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Airliners have looked largely the same for a long time now. The ongoing hunt for efficiency gains has seen the development of winglets, drag reducing films, and all manner of …read more Continue reading Truss-Braced Wings Could Bring New Look To Runways Worldwide
Boeing, in conjunction with the US Air Force, has completed the maiden flight of the Air Force’s first of five test T-7A Red Hawk trainer jets as the program shifts into its Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) phase.Continue ReadingCategory… Continue reading First US Air Force T-7A Red Hawk trainer jet takes to the skies
NASA’s Sustainable Flight Demonstrator full-scale single-aisle research plane designed to explore net-zero aviation emissions and faster, more economical passenger flight near the speed of sound has been named the X-66A by the US Air Force.Continue Rea… Continue reading NASA’s X-66A transonic plane doesn’t have a perfect wing, but it tries
It isn’t that often that we civilians get the chance to closely examine the fantastic internals that make up the modern marvels of avionic engineering. Luckily for us, [Glen] got …read more Continue reading A Peek Inside a 747 Fuel Gauge
Sir Richard Branson’s space launch company Virgin Orbit has closed its doors and ceased to exist after the United States Bankruptcy Court in the District of Delaware broke it up and sold off its assets to bidders. This comes after a failed attempt to c… Continue reading Virgin Orbit crashes out of the space race as assets are sold off
VTOL drones may be versatile, but the weight and aerodynamic drag of their extra hardware results in a shorter range than that of their fixed-wing-only counterparts. That’s where the FLARES system comes in, as it lets fixed-wing drones make vertical ta… Continue reading FLARES system gives non-VTOL drones a VTOL boost
The US Air Force has awarded Boeing a US$285-million contract to build the first 13 MH-139A Grey Wolf helicopters to replace the venerable Bell UH-1N Huey multi-role helicopter fleet that guards America’s land-based nuclear ballistic missiles.Continue … Continue reading MH-139A Grey Wolf helicopter to guard US nuclear missile silos
The US Air Force has awarded Boeing a US$1.2-billion contract to develop new variants of the company’s E-7 Airborne Early Warning & Control (AEW&C) aircraft to replace America’s Cold War fleet of 31 E-3 Sentry AWACS early warning aircraft.Continue Read… Continue reading US Air Force buys E-7 spy plane to replace aging E-3 Sentry fleet
When you burn as much fuel as an airline does, a single-digit fuel efficiency tweak adds up to massive savings. Take the drag-reducing Aeroshark film Swiss Airlines has stuck all over its 12 Boeing 777s – it delivers a 1% efficiency gain, and as a resu… Continue reading Boeing to build braced-wing airliner, shooting for 30% efficiency gain
An era of aviation history has come to an end after 54 years. On Tuesday, the last 747 Jumbo Jet rolled off the production line at Boeing’s Everett, Washington, facility. Built for Atlas Air, the 747-8 freighter is the last of 1,574 of the aircraft tha… Continue reading End of an era as last Boeing 747 “Jumbo Jet” leaves factory