Fourth time's the charm? Rock Island Bridge targets new, later opening
Rock Island Bridge's reopening as an entertainment district has had to push back three targeted opening dates. Now it has a ...
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Virgin Atlantic and Joby are bringing flying taxis to the UK
Joby Aviation is partnering with Virgin Atlantic to launch flying taxis in the United Kingdom. The company said the air taxi can carry up to four passengers. Joby also plans to launch air taxis in ...
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Watch: Insanely ambitious flying car project gets off the ground
California startup Alef Aeronautics has released "the first documented, verifiable flight of a flying car (an actual car, with vertical takeoff, non-tethered)," as CEO Jim Dukhovny wrote in a ...
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The modern era of low-flying satellites may begin this week
The idea of flying satellites in "very" low-Earth orbit is not new. Dating back to the dawn of the space age in the late 1950s, the first US spy satellites, as part of the Corona program ...
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How Safe Is Flying Today? 5 Things Experts Want Travelers to Know
[But] for a lot of us, flying is inevitable.” If you still have lingering fears, there are ways to eventually overcome those nerves, and having even more reassurance about the safety of the air ...
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What we learnt flying over the world's largest iceberg A23a - and why it's not long for this world
One thousand feet above the world's largest iceberg, it's hard to believe what you're seeing. It stretches all the way to the horizon - a field of white as far as the eye can see. Its edge looks ...
The Conversation27d
The science behind airplane deicing – a mechanical engineer explains how chemistry and physics make flying a more uplifting experience
Indeed, deicing is an important safety step performed by the airlines on wintry days because of how snow and ice can affect the physics of flying. In short, deicing is necessary because snow and ...
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Americans are afraid to fly after recent crashes — social media and DOGE aren't helping
Americans are on edge after recent air travel disasters, and some are ditching flying altogether. Social media and recent FAA firings have heightened public anxiety about flying. Despite recent ...
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The Cost of Your Reward Flight Has Soared—Unless You're Flying American Airlines
A former Senior Publishing Editor on the Dow Jones Newswires team at The Wall Street Journal, Aaron earned a Bachelor's degree in Economics from the University of Michigan and a Master's in ...
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Watch: Alef Aeronautics promises a flying car
The list of companies trying to build a flying car is long Aler Aeronautics’ device shown in video does seem to make a short flight Aler Aeronautics is said to have been founded a decade ago Yet ...
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Aviation disasters and close calls have people worried about flying
All the recent aviation disasters and close calls have people worried about the safety of flying. The midair collision that killed 67 near Washington D.C. last month was the worst disaster.