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- Battery Powered Flight–Still A Pipedream Sat, 7 May 22, 7:00pmAs any aviation expert would have told her, battery powered flight has a fundamental obstacle, which it cannot overcome except for this sort of microlight, short range flight - the ratio of weight to energy density.
- Flying is even worse for the climate than previously known Sat, 6 Nov 21, 4:30amA few years ago, flyskam, or flight shame, made headlines. Then the pandemic tamped down air travel. Now the greenhouse gas-emitting horrors of airplanes are back in the news, as a new study shows that aviation contributes...
- ZeroAvia’s hydrogen fuel cell plane ambitions clouded by technical challenges Thu, 15 Apr 21, 12:00amWhen ZeroAvia’s six-seater aircraft completed an eight-minute flight from Cranfield Airfield in the U.K. last September, the company claimed a “major breakthrough” with the first-ever hydrogen fuel cell flight of a...
- LanzaJet inks deal with British Airways for 7,500 tons of low-emission fuel additive per year Tue, 9 Feb 21, 5:00pmLanzaJet, the renewable jet fuel startup spun out from the longtime renewable and synthetic fuel manufacturer LanzaTech, has inked a supply agreement with British Airways to supply the company with at least 7,500 tons of...
- 1% of global population causes 50% of all carbon pollution emitted by the aviation industry Sat, 21 Nov 20, 4:30amRecent research published in Global Environmental Change has revealed that only 1% of people cause half of all aviation pollution globally. According to the study, regular "super emitters" are polluting the environment...
- Airlines urge UN aviation body to rethink climate measures Mon, 13 Apr 20, 3:00pmFrom EURACTIV By Chloé Farand | Climate Home News Apr 7, 2020 (updated: Apr 7, 2020) Airlines are putting pressure on the UN to make it easier for them to curb emissions in the 2020s, as the industry...
- Rolls-Royce unveils prototype for world's fastest electric plane Thu, 16 Jan 20, 5:30amInnovation is the name of the game for luxury industry leaders like Rolls-Royce, so it’s no surprise they have a variety of sustainable travel projects in the works...
- NASA’s first all-electric experimental X-plane is ready for testing Fri, 4 Oct 19, 9:50amNASA will fly a crewed X-plane, one of the experimental aircraft it creates to test various technologies, for the first time in two decades in the near future...
- Embraer’s new EmbraerX eVTOL concept is accessible, autonomous and courteous Tue, 11 Jun 19, 11:56pmShort-distance commuter air travel has come a long way in the past few years — at least when it comes to concepts. The latest vision from Embraer of how we’ll get around in the city skies of the (near?) future...
- KLM Airlines wants to help build a more efficient jet with in-wing seating Wed, 5 Jun 19, 3:33amAir travel accounts for a significant chunk of greenhouse gas emissions and other pollutants, and the amount of air travel has risen steadily over the past few decades, with emissions from aviation predicted to grow significantly...
- NASA plans to send a helicopter to Mars Tue, 15 May 18, 12:08amA small, autonomous helicopter could soon soar above the rusty rocks of Mars. Dubbed the Mars Helicopter, the rotorcraft is hitching a ride to the Red Planet as part of NASA's Mars 2020 rover mission. The BBC said this could...
- Uber just gave the world a first look at its air taxi prototype Wed, 9 May 18, 1:10amUber's latest "flying car" air taxi model will be revealed at its annual Elevate conference in Los Angeles today, but CBS News viewers were treated with an early sneak-peek of the innovative vehicle...
- AeroMobil reveals flying taxi that transforms from car to electric airplane Tue, 27 Mar 18, 12:56amDesigned for both the skies and the streets, the AeroMobil 5.0 is the latest futuristic creation from the Slovakia-based flying car company. Rather than taking off as a traditional airplane does, the AeroMobil 5.0 is able...
- Kitty Hawk is testing electric self-flying taxis in New Zealand Wed, 14 Mar 18, 1:21amSelf-flying taxis could zip through the skies of New Zealand if Kitty Hawk has anything to do about it. Financed by Google co-founder Larry Page, the company has reached an agreement with the country to test the planes for...
- Watch the Airbus Project Vahana prototype autonomous air taxi take flight Thu, 22 Feb 18, 10:55pmAirbus recently had the first ever successful flight of its Vahana autonomous air vehicle, and now it’s released video of that pivotal moment in the aircraft’s development...