For the first time, a privately developed aircraft has flown faster than sound
High above a barren California desert on Tuesday, a privately developed aircraft broke the sound barrier for the first time ...
British Airways Maintains Double Daily Airbus A380 Flights To Johannesburg This Winter
The two outbound flights are BA56 and BA54. BA56 will depart London Heathrow at 19:45 local time, and arrive in South Africa ...
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Space debris striking passenger planes could become a deadly reality, study warns
A new study from the University of British Columbia reveals the growing danger of falling space debris striking an airplane.
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Royal Air Force Reconnaissance Aircraft Deploy for Baltic Surveillance Mission
The RAF is providing RC-135 Rivet Joint and P-8 Poseidon MRA1 aircraft from the Intelligence, Surveillance, Target ...
Boom’s XB-1 becomes first civil aircraft to go supersonic
Boom Supersonic's XB-1 demonstrator plane just went supersonic in the skies over California's Mojave Desert, making it the ...
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The emergence of long-haul leisure and long-haul narrowbody aircraft
How can destinations benefit from the continued boom in leisure travel, especially as new plane types are developed to fly ...
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VIDEO: Lightning strikes British Airways plane while parked at Brazil airport
While waiting for his flight, a British Airways passenger captured the moment lightning struck the plane he would ride home in on Friday.
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British Airways crewmember accidentally deploys emergency slide at airport
A British Airways crewmember accidentally deployed the aircraft’s emergency slide at London’s Heathrow Airport on Monday morning, delaying the flight for hours. The flight, which was scheduled ...
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The Risk of Space Junk Hitting Planes Is Rising in The Era of SpaceX
We've yet to see a falling piece of space debris strike an airplane, but if it happens, the consequences would almost ...