(January 2012) The news cycle is like a carousel whose riders are ever changing. For a brief moment in September, the Green Flight Challenge swept past: NASA handed a prize of $1.35 million to an airplane that had achieved an efficiency of 400 passenger-miles per gallon. Huh? said the world — and then along came […]
Electric power for aircraft has captured the imaginations of several designers. China’s Yuneec International is expanding its series of electric aircraft. Its e430 first appeared at AirVenture 2009, and since then the company has completed an entire factory in Shanghai. Managing director Clive Coote said Yuneec would begin accepting deposits for the e430 following the […]
Space agency is targeting Wednesday for the historic journey—its first to the moon in more than half a century.
Space agency hopes to spend about $30 billion over the next decade to develop a lunar outpost.
Supersonic test aircraft aimed to reach 260 mph at altitude of 20,000 feet.
Hollywood star and pilot donated the aircraft to a museum in 2017, but its delivery has faced delays.
Company until now had conducted testing using developmental and preproduction prototype aircraft.
Archer accuses Joby of undertaking a ‘years-long calculated scheme’ to defraud the U.S. government.
Despite their low cost, the company’s models are considered by pilots to be among the best on the market.
Manufacturer will add a seventh isothermal forging press at its Columbus location.
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