Category: #Aerotrivia

The Black Box: How It Survives Crashes 

When you hear about plane crashes, one of the first things investigators look for is the Black Box, also known as the Flight Data Recorder (FDR) or Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR). Despite its name, the Black Box is not black at all. It is actually bright orange to make it easier to find in wreckage. 

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Sailing in the Solar System 

NASA’s Advanced Composites Solar Sail System to be at the forefront of the testing of this innovative propulsion technology, to become sailors of the Solar System.

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B-17 Flying Fortress 

With all the hype around the new series ‘Masters of the air’ centered around the 100th Bomb Group, let’s take a closer look to the

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CityAirbus: The next generation of Airbus’ electric VTOL

Along with the opening of a test centre in Donauwörth, Germany, the new CityAirbus NextGen prototype was presented to the public. Airbus’ test centre will be dedicated to testing the electrical systems of this and of the future electric Vetical Takeoff and Landing Vehicles -eVTOLs

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