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Behind the scenes with Nevada's forest fire fighters

The Nevada Division of Forestry relies heavily on its fleet of helicopters, not just for fire duties. Martin Scharenborg and Ramon Wenink flew with the Nevada Division of Forestry Aviation Services to learn about its mission

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NASA’s X-57 Maxwell: the ultimate guide to the electric trailblazer

NASA’s X-57 Maxwell is intended to provide industry and regulators with the knowledge to revolutionise sustainable aviation. Mark Broadbent learns more

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Smooth landings: how runways are kept ready for action

Airport runways are subject to enormous wear and tear, driven not least by harsh winter weather. Tom Batchelor looks at the lengths being taken to protect them

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Why has physics lab CERN joined forces with Airbus?

Pioneering physics lab CERN is working with Airbus to research new technologies that will benefit aviation, reports Mark Broadbent

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Embraer E-Jets – the secrets of their success

… Centre in 2017 for the A330, marking Airbus’ first wide-body jetliner centre outside its founding countries. In terms …

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How did the BAC One-Eleven help pave safer air travel?

… was also an incidence, or angle of attack, meter showing body angle of the aircraft reading from -10° to +20°, but it …

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Virtual reality shakes up simulators

… in-house. “We created pose tracking, which tracks body movements in real time,” Riesen said. “It generates a … motion sickness (where the image is moving but the body cannot feel the movement) is well known and the ability …

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Dawn of a new supersonic age?

In a recent Key Publishing special magazine called ‘21st Century Airliners’, Mark Broadbent examines the contenders and challenges of building new supersonic commercial aircraft

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Italian Tornados – Combat operations

… 2,000lb (907kg) GBU-24(V)/B Paveway III (on the BLU-109 body) and the MBDA Storm Shadow missile.  The latter was …

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Mixed blessings: Asia Pacific airlines in a post-COVID world

… quarantine for travellers was finally lifted. Rows of wide-body aircraft remained idle, adorned with grimy rainwater … While touching on the topic of the evolution of narrow-body aircraft now being able to operate long-range routes, … US mainland on holiday. Yet the bulk of the carrier’s wide-body fleet was previously used to link Honolulu to …

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Who was the first to fly over Everest?

… cameras were also added. Like their operators, each camera body, lens, magazine, and spare wore heated jackets, the … of the longest glide. The aircraft were loaded onto the P&O Dalgoma at Tilbury Docks in Essex for the journey to …

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UK MOD criticised over E-7A Wedgetail procurement in damning new report

… However, DE&S (the MOD’s Defence Equipment and Support body) are still negotiating an FBC and associated in-service …

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Concorde’s record-breaking Australian flights

… Aéronautique Internationale (FAI), the governing body for aeronautical world records, the attempt would have …

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Southwest Airlines - how it pioneered the low-cost model

In a recent Key Publishing special magazine on low-cost carriers, Gordon Smith explores Southwest Airlines path to success with special insights from the late Herb Kelleher

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Is United Airlines risking everything with record-breaking orders?

… for the most renewal. As of December 2022, United's narrow-body current mainline single-aisle fleet consists of 193 Next … Next! This campaign, headlined by a massive 270 narrow-body aircraft order, is the largest fleet expansion in the … all the airline's new mainline and existing narrow-body planes that will boast individual seatback TV screens by …