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Iceland's New Low Cost Carrier "Play Airlines" Reveals Their First Plane
Yesterday, Icelandic startup carrier “Play Airlines” revealed several images of their freshly painted Airbus A321neo registered TF-AEW. The images showed the exterior of the aircraft sporting a vibrant red color with the word “play”…
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The only person able to fly
23 May 1848, Anklam Prussia, born and raised with his siblings, worked together on technical, social, and cultural projects. Then they started to study the flight of birds, dreaming with the idea or the fiction of human flight. After…
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Top 5 Advanced Fighter Aircrafts
Fighter aircrafts are fixed-wing military aircraft designed primarily for air-to-air combat. In a military conflict, the role of fighter aircraft is to establish air superiority of the battlespace. Domination of the airspace above a…
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Xwing Completes Demonstration Of A Fully Autonomous Gate-Gate Cargo Flight
A novel strategy to create planes that can fly themselves - The Wall Street Journal As the old adage goes "change is the only constant" - it only seems befitting, more so in the aviation industry now. Automation is, and has always been,…
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What Does Airworthiness Mean?
A word that gathers a lot of conditions that an aircraft must meet. An official definition does not exist. However, the aviation and aeronautical regulations states the minimum requirements for which the aircraft is deemed to be…
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Why Don’t Airplanes Fly Over Tibet?
Aeronautics has progressed to the point where we can now fly at double the speed of sound and scientists want to fly to Mars, but there are a few areas on Earth where planes aren't allowed to go. Such a place is Tibet. But why Tibet?…
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Bangkok Airways: A Silent Success Story
Credits Wikipedia. com Bangkok Airways is a Thai short-haul carrier, has had a very rewarding fifty years of the past. Winning several awards and ranking highly among Skytrax ratings. The COVID-19 pandemic has left the aviation industry…
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Secrets You Never Knew While Flying
You could be an experienced flyer, or you could just be a newbie making his/her maiden flight. Often times we think we know it all about travel and flying and most of the times we're right! Wait a minute-hold that thought.. Bottomline:…
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Supersonic Air Travel Returning: United Orders 15 Supersonic Jets
This Thursday, United Airlines announced a purchase of 15 supersonic jets from the Denver-based start-up company Boom Technology . This news comes 18 years after the retirement of the Concorde and when commercial supersonic air travel…
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Japan's Air Do and Solaseed Air to merge by 2022
Japan has many low cost carriers, and Solaseed Air and Air Do are just two of them. The COVID-19 pandemic has hit the Japanese Aviation Industry hard, aircraft have been retired and staff have been laid off. The two airlines will set up…
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Float like an astronaut,fly like a superhero! - The ZERO-G experience
That's one small step for man,one giant leap for mankind NEIL ARMSTRONG Who hasn't dreamt of draping a superhero cape and flying through the sky like a superman as a child?! We all have and some of us still do. Well, it's never too late…
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World's Largest and Smartest Indoor Aerospace Facility
Strive for perfection in everything you do -Henry Royce ROLLS ROYCE has officially opened ''TESTBED 80'' with the Rt Hon Kwasi Kwarteng, Secretary of State for the Department of Business Energy & Industrial Strategy, in Derby, UK.…
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United Airlines Plans To Bring Back Supersonic Air Travel By 2029
United Airlines has announced a firm order of 15 “Overture” jets from Denver-based aerospace company Boom Supersonic, with an option for 35 more, contingent upon the new airliner meeting United’s safety, operating and sustainability…
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The Future of Sustainable Air Travel May Be Closer Than We Think
To invent an airplane is nothing. To build one is something. But to fly is everything OTTO LILIENTHAL The future depends on the sustainable work we do today. Growing awareness of the global climatic crisis means people around the world…
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Aerospace Medicine
Have you ever wondered about the possibility of suffering trauma or a pathology while flying? Almost everyone has experienced emotional sensations and behavior not very normal when flying by plane at some point whether on take-off or…
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The Boeing 747 Type That Failed
The majestic four-engine Boeing 747 is known as the "Queen of the Skies" by many all around the world. But did you ever know there was a tri-jet version of the 747? Yes, a trijet! Just like a DC-10, Boeing 727, or an MD-11. It's strange…
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How Clean Is the Air Onboard the Aircraft?
Millions of travelers are understandably concerned about flying in the midst of the COVID-19 outbreak. One of the paramount issues is determining if the air on planes hastens the spread of infection. “Travel increases your chances of…
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Boeing B797 in the Making?
In 2015, Boeing determined the market was large enough to launch a new design. In 2017, multiple airlines expressed interest in a composite, seven-abreast twin-aisle with an elliptical cross-section. The new aircraft, which would likely…
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Why Airlines are Converting Passenger Jets to Freighters?
The growth of air cargo, especially for e-commerce, implies a need for more than 1,500 aircrafts to be converted from Passenger to Freighter (P2F). CREDITS : newsroom.kuehne-nagel.com P2F conversion is an engineering challenge that…
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The Puffin: A Personal Aircraft
It is “personal” because it has a crew capacity of one, only one person who is the pilot of the aircraft. Electric, low noise, capable of reaching a speed of 150 miles per hour, and how it works, it seems to be a fancy vehicle. The…
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AIRBUS A321XLR - Gamechanger in the World of Narrow Bodies
The Covid-19 pandemic has hit a severe blow to the economy worldwide and none has been hit as bad as the aviation industry. Not one to be put down, aircraft manufacturers have been looking for ways to beat around it and one such…
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