Evolution is constant, slowly but unstoppable, species are born and extinct, same happens to aviation technology in a faster way. But as it happens to animals, you can find specimens that belong to cretacic eras but somehow are still alive in plein 2022, in terms of comparison; we are going to talk about the tyrannosaurus…
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The First European Reusable Space Transportation System
Over the past couple of years, SpaceX has captured everyone’s attention with their reusable space-vehicles, which allows an affordable access to space. Europe is now developing its first reusable spacecraft, called the Space RIDER. The Space RIDER (Space Reusable Integrated Demonstrator for Europe Return) is a project led by the Italian Space Agency (ASI, Agenzia…
What is the matter with aircraft and 5G?
As you may know, in the last weeks you’ve probably seen talk of 5g networks interfering with planes in the US. Earlier this year some companies like Emirates, Air India, All Nippon Airways, Japan Airlines, Lufthansa and British Airways all announced changes to some flights, citing uncertainty about potential interference between new 5G cell phone…
Hybrid airships, the low carbon alternative
Not only airplanes are looking to reduce their carbon emissions, but the current environmental situation has also pushed engineers to look for other green alternatives for air-transport. One of these new developments are Hybrid Airships their shape can easily be confused with a Zeppelin (as the Hindenburg). Hybrid Airships refer to any type of airships…
SR-71 Blackbird
In the 1960s the Cold War was heating up and after the shot down of Gary Powers by a Soviet missile, while he was flying in the U-2, the USA needed a new kind of airplane. The SR-71 was developed as a black project, a highly classified project by Lockheed Corporation from the Lockheed A-12…
Flying cars, the new thing?
Whenever futuristic scenes appear in films there are flying cars present. It is an image we have about how the future might be, but has the future finally arrived? Short take-off and Landing aircraft (STOL) have gained a lot of force over the past couple of years and also the ones that can be both…
Tracking Santa Claus
Have you ever wanted to know exactly when Santa will arrive? Well, you cant rack him through the NORAD system. NORAD is the North American Aerospace Defense Command and since 1955 tracks Santa around the Globe as he delivers presents to the kids waiting for him. But how did it all start? On December 24,…
How to spend the holidays in Space
Being away from home for the holidays may be difficult but imagine being in space for the holidays! How do astronauts celebrate in the International Space Station? Let’s find out. The first time a group of astronauts celebrated the holidays on space was not in the ISS but on the Apollo 8 in 1968. The…
A story of espionage in the Cold War era
The single-seat, high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft Lockheed U2 that took of for the first time 66 years ago is one of the aircraft that drones and satellites were intended to replace but is still flying missions in an environment no other aircraft can operate in. This single-engine aircraft was operated by Central Intelligence Agency, NASA, Republic…
How do airlines schedule flights?
Have you ever wondered why does your flight departs at certain time of the day? Do you think there’s a reason why when you take a transatlantic flight, it departs in the morning in Europe or in the afternoon in America? It’s all part of a complex scheme called “Airline scheduling”. The time a flight…