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  • Boeing’s Development of the Fuel Cell Demonstrator Airplane

    Boeing has always strived to be in the forefront of developing aerospace products that will not harm the environment. At the Boeing Research and Technology Center such developments have been ...

  • Electromagnetic Interference to be Minimized Further

    A team of researchers from the University of York’s Department of Electronics have won a €1m European grant to help aerospace companies try to produce safer aircraft whilst at the same time ...

  • Best Seat in the Plane

    A friend of mine has very definite seat requirements when she flies commercially. A nervous flyer, she wants to know which seats offer the best chance of survival in an airplane crash. She also ...

  • Bombardier’s CRJ1000 Prototype Flies Successfully

    Bombardier Aerospace recently announced that their CRJ1000 prototype enjoyed a successful inaugural flight. The CRJ1000 NextGen Jetliner took off from the Bombardier facility located in ...

  • Sebring U.S. Sport Aviation Expo

    The Sebring U.S. Sport Aviation Expo will feature a wide variety of airplanes on display. The program will also include Powered Parachute Demonstration Flights, Educational Forums, cheese and ...

  • The RAF Waddington International Air Show

    It was in early 1916 that Waddington was established as a training station specifically for flying. However, just four years later in 1920 the station had to be closed due to neglect. Seventeen ...

  • Historic Aircraft: Bell X-1 Breaking the Sound Barrier

    Ever since man first took to the skies in powered aircraft, pilots and aviation engineers have sought to overcome challenges and push perceived boundaries as technology developed. One of the ...

  • Be Sure to Visit Avalon 2009

    Airplane enthusiasts in Australia will no doubt be looking forward to the 2009 Avalon air show with great anticipation. The Australian International Airshow and Aerospace & Defence Exposition ...

  • Superb Restorations at Chino’s Air Museums

    Located in San Bernardino Country, California, the city of Chino has two museums which will be of interest to aviation enthusiasts – the Planes of Fame Air Museum and the Yanks Air Museum...

  • Why the Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion Program was Abandoned

    The concept of propelling aircraft with nuclear power is not a new one. In 1946 the United States Air Force launched the Nuclear Energy for the Propulsion of Aircraft (NEPA) program to further ...

  • Boeing and Airbus Dominate Global Market

    With Boeing and Airbus dominating a global market valued at US$100 billion annually, the two aircraft manufacturers continue to vie for first place in this lucrative business sector. First ...

  • Antonov An-225: The World’s Largest Airplane

    As lightweight composite materials and advanced aviation technology enable larger aircraft to take to the skies, it’s interesting to note that the largest airplane in the history of aviation is ...

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