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Morse code works whether flashing a spotlight or blinking your eyes – or even tapping on a smartphone touchscreen.
Putting driverless cars on the road safely is hard enough. Doing it in the air is much more difficult.
With all Boeing 737 MAX planes now grounded, airlines could be losing close to US$60m a day.
Some are calling the FAA’s relationship with Boeing an open-and-shut case of ‘regulatory capture.’ The reality is more complicated.
The fallout from Boeing grounding some of its aircraft amid safety concerns will hit both passengers and airlines. Be prepared for delays and higher fares.
MIT researchers have built ion thrusters with no moving parts pave the way for silent drones.
We have known for more than a decade that the pilot training pipeline is close to rupturing. Now the crunch has come there are some obvious things to do.
On Sept. 30, 1968, the first Boeing 747 rolled off the assembly line, ready to hit the skies as the biggest commercial jet at the time. Some 55 years later, the last one has left its factory.
New research shows how smart aircraft can learn to use updrafts of warm air to stay in the sky.
Australia was once at the forefront of RPAS regulation, but we now trail other jurisdictions – and we’re alarmingly misaligned with international best practice.
A “lack of evidence” didn’t help investigators find any cause for the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, but a report recommends further changes to try to prevent such accidents happening again.
July is the hottest month in much of North America. Experts explain who is most affected by heat waves and ways to cope with them.
If Australia is to meet its climate targets, radical measures could be required to reduce emissions in sectors such as aviation.
Magpies living near airports are less likely to flee from the sound of passing planes, new research shows. But it’s unclear whether this makes them more or less likely to actually get hit.
Chemical companies touted synthetic insecticides and herbicides as miracle products in the 1940s and 1950s. But farmers and cropdusting pilots didn’t always buy the sales pitch.
Whether or not you’ve ever used the word flutter, you’ve encountered the phenomenon – in flags, airplanes, bridges and more. Mathematicians are still figuring out exactly why and how this happens.
Trump administration rollbacks dominated news about the environment in 2017 – but beyond Washington D.C., many researchers are developing innovative visions for a greener future.
To stop pilots strikes this Christmas, Ryanair made a massive U-turn on previous policy on recognising unions.
Every December Australia’s air travel peaks, as we travel to family and friends (or flee on holiday). Many buy carbon offsets for these flights – but what do they actually do to our carbon emissions?
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