Covid-19 Casts a Dark Cloud Over the Flying Car Future
An economic slump is no good for a long shot business that's just starting to take off.
Planes Are Still Flying, but Covid-19 Recovery Will Be Tough
Over the past three months, Covid-19 has reduced air travel in the United States to the point where the fact of a nearly full...
Planes Are Still Flying, but Covid-19 Recovery Will Be Tough
Air travel is down more than 90 percent from last year, and analysts say the rebound will be slower than following 9/11 or the...
Drones Take Flight to Carry Covid-19 Tests to Labs in Africa
The Covid-19 pandemic has frozen much of the world’s aviation system, grounding fleets, shredding balance sheets, and stopping production lines as passenger demand craters....
The Air Force’s Venerable F-15 Gets a Makeover
An updated version of the US Air Force’s trusty F-15 Eagle fighter jet had its first flight test recently and demonstrated its bag of...
Airbus’ Blended-Wing Maveric Hits the Skies
Since commercial air travel took off in the 1950s, much has changed—tighter seats, safer flights, the rise and fall of seat-back screens—but not the...
Probe of the Kobe Bryant Crash Will Examine If Fog Played a Role
While the investigation into the helicopter crash that killed basketball star Kobe Bryant and eight other people Sunday morning is just beginning, a likely...
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