Boeing claims to have completed the world’s first flight using ‘green diesel’, a sustainable biofuel that is widely available and used in ground transportation. The company powered its ecoDemonstrator 787 flight test ...
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Conventional wing designs in the form of hinged flaps are in for a re-think. The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association has noted how hinged flight control surfaces came along shortly after wing-warping technology developed by the Wright ...
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A ground-penetrating bomb, minus its nuclear components, rammed through a target at the remote Coyote Canyon test range last month in Sandia National Laboratories' first such rocket-driven impact test in seven years. Engineers said the ...
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Virgin Galactic is one flight closer to space tourism, launching its first rocket-powered flight of a space vehicle earlier Monday. The company, which is looking to be the world's first commercial spaceline, now is in the final phase of ...
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Partners from research and industry are studying the principles of next-generation cabin lighting Gradual transitions from day into night have become standard today on board of modern passenger aircraft. Bergische Universität ...
Tags: cabin lighting, Osram, LED, flight tests, LED-based lighting