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Review: Who Killed the Electric Car?
by Courtesy Sony Pictures Classics Courtesy Sony Pictures Classics Burt Rutan, the visionary aircraft designer who created the first privately funded manned space vehicle, SpaceShipOne, told me a...
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Flying Car Takes Off
Aerial View iStockPhoto Popular Science has been daydreaming about the flying car for decades. (Seriously, I've been to the office. You think an editor is working diligently, and then you glance over...
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Video: Canadian Student Becomes First Human to Fly Under Own Power, By...
Snowbird The Snowbird weighs just 94 pounds but has a wingspan that nearly matches a Boeing 737. University of Toronto A Canadian engineering student achieved sustained flight in a human-powered...
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Video: Kenyan Tinkerer Builds a Plane From Scratch, Aims to Fly Next Week
Home-Built Airplane via YouTube A Kenyan backyard tinkerer could become his country's version of the Wright brothers next week. Gabriel Nderitu, an I.T. worker with no background in aviation or...
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Hillary Clinton Begins New Search for Amelia Earhart
Amelia Earhart and Her Airplane Earhart with her custom-built Lockheed Electra 10E, built to her specifications, which she planned to fly around the world. Wikipedia An aviation history society plans...
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Recharged in Midair By Flying Battery-Drones, Electric Aircraft May Never...
Flying Batteries Drones serving as flying batteries could dock with an electric plane in flight, enabling the first transcontinental electric airplane journey. Flight of the Century Instead of taking...
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Burt Rutan, the visionary aircraft designer who created the first privately funded manned space vehicle, SpaceShipOne, told me a story recently about his EV1 electric car. He…
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has been daydreaming about the flying car for decades. (Seriously, I’ve been to the office. You think an editor is working diligently, and then you glance over his shoulder…
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A Canadian engineering student achieved sustained flight in a human-powered ornithopter for the first time in August, and has just filed a claim for a world record, according…
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A Kenyan backyard tinkerer could become his country's version of the Wright brothers next week. Gabriel Nderitu, an I.T. worker with no background in aviation or engineering,…
View ArticleHillary Clinton Begins New Search for Amelia Earhart
An aviation history society plans to launch a new search for Amelia Earhart's lost airplane, and it's apparently piqued the interest of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. She was set to meet today...
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Instead of taking off with thunderous jet engines, future airplanes may soar into the air on battery packs, and jettison them like so much ballast once the juice has been…
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Meet drone dueling, the sport California is about to inadvertently kill
Aviation Vague legislation protects humans from watching awesome robot battles A bill designed to protect people from armed drones could end drone duels as a legal sport.
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Here's the high-speed racer Airbus just announced
Aviation Building on the success of the X3 demonstrator, its Racer boasts a 248 mph cruise speed. Building on the success of the X3 demonstrator, its Racer boasts a 248 mph cruise speed. Read on.
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Amazon's delivery drone hive patent is an urban planning nightmare
Aviation This clever concept is subprime logistics. Amazon drone towers don't match with the economics of warehousing…
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DJI Spark drone review: A powerful little flying machine for the average person
Gadgets This mini drone brings advanced features in a small package. DJI has entered the entry-level, consumer drone market with the Spark. Here's what it has to offer.
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NASA's newly released video archives contain a skyfull of goodies
Aviation Feast your eyes on the friendly skies. Newly public gallery of NASA videos showcase experimental air and space craft…
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In photos: restoring a military plane from the 1950s
Technology The task of bringing "Beach City Baby" back to its glory days is a tough one. Photos: inside the restoration of a C-53 Skytrooper. The task of bringing "Beach City Baby" back to its glory...
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Last week in tech: Sorry in advance for getting ‘Despacito’ stuck in your head
Technology All the important tech stuff you missed last week. Hard gadget news can be sparse in these deep summer days, but there's still lots going on. Read on.
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Drones will fly into the path of the eclipse to study weather
Aviation As the sky goes dark, robots will conduct atmospheric science. Drones in Nebraska and Oklahoma will fly during the eclipse to measure the impact of solar heating on storm formation.
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