Future Cockpits Will Be Giant Smartphones
If the early concept art of some of these new cockpits is anything to go by, they’re going to look awesome.
Articles tagged "aviation"
The FAA Will Let Boeing's 787 Dreamliner Fly Again
With three months of review and battery carriage fixes, Boeing's airplane of the future will soon return to the skies.
Hackers Aren't Going to Hijack Your Plane with a Smartphone
A guy crashing a plane with his phone? I wouldn't worry about that.
Boeing's 787 Dreamliner Has Taken Its Battery Certification Flight
The plane of the future is now one step closer to once again being airborne.
The U.S.'s Stealth Fighter Is Too Heavy and Slow, So the Pentagon Made Its Performance Tests Easier
The Pentagon's pursuit of the Lockheed Martin F-35 stealth fighter jet has been a heartbreaking one.
How to Throw an 800 Pound Paper Airplane (Use a Helicopter)
When I was a kid, my friends and I used to spend hours inventing and constructing different paper airplane models in my basement during sleepovers. Sometimes we brought along the latest "book of templates":http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=a9_sc_1?rh=i%3As…
Flying An Airplane: Better Than Most Things
First: Instructor Dave. This guy is living the effing dream. In 2004, he was managing a “popular coffee shop” somewhere around Baltimore. He came across a budget book on flight instruction, got hooked, took out a (large) line of credit on his house,…
New "Cold War" Fighter Jets From Britain and France Take Aim at Libya, Each Other
The "putative leadership":http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/19/world/africa/19europe.html?partner=rss&emc=rss of France and Britain in the anti-Qaddafi coalition may finally decide one of the few remaining rivalries between the thousand-year frenemies:
