How can an aircraft of the size of the Boeing 777 simply disappear without leaving a trace, as happened with the plane of Malaysia Airlines that disappeared on Saturday, 8th March 2014? The model has an excellent safety record and is equipped with several electronic devices to communicate to the control on Earth where the…
Meet the Scorpion-3 (S-3), the badass hoverbike that could be your next mode of transportation. Designed by the team at Hoversurf, the prototype single-seat aircraft was unveiled in a recent video posted on the company’s website. A cross between a conventional motorbike and a giant quadcopter, this innovative piece of machinery can effortlessly lift into…
NASA has recently announced plans to design an innovative passenger jet that travels a lot faster than the speed of sound. What sets it apart, however, is that it can operate without the incredibly noisy sonic boom associated with supersonic travel. According to the developers, only a soft thump, which they are referring to as…
European airline easyJet is working with Cranfield University students to develop an advanced hybrid hydrogen fuel system that can function at zero emissions. If adopted, the technology could help save up to 50,000 tonnes (around 55,115 tons) of aircraft fuel each year, while also reducing environmentally-harmful CO2 emissions. According to the developers, the system will…
VTOL has been always been marketed as the 'holy grail' of aircraft-based technologies, given its sheer advantage in spatial efficiency. And what if this very scope of vertical takeoff and landing was brought to the realm of personal transportation? Well, Joby Aviation might have some nifty answer to that - courtesy of their newly conceptualized…
While air travel has become quite common these days, concerns over safety still prevent many of us from availing this cheap and convenient means of transport. With the aim of making civil aviation safer, Ukraine-based engineeer Vladimir Tatarenko has come up with an innovative concept, involving a specially-designed rescue container that could potentially help passengers…
Back in May of 2013, the US Air Force successfully tested out the X-51 Waverider, a hypersonic aircraft that flew approximately 60,000 feet above the Pacific Ocean. And now, scientists from both the Air Force Research Laboratory and Pentagon's research arm are collaborating to built upon this 'success'. The resultant contrivance will also pertain to…