Aviation

Airbus' Mars plane precursor survives pressure test

VIDEO Perlan glider's cockpit ready for piloted stratospheric 90,000-foot mission

Science10 Mar 2016 | 69

Flying blind: F-35's radar software fails in the air

Lockheed-Martin promises patched code will soar this month

Software08 Mar 2016 | 65

Plane food sees pilot grounded by explosive undercarriage

Study into pilot incapacity incidents finds jet-powered rear ends, lasers, top the charts

Bootnotes23 Feb 2016 | 63

Pilot posts detailed MS Flight Sim video of how to land Boeing 737

Vid This'll come in handy if the pilots are unconscious AND you have Wi-Fi

Bootnotes18 Feb 2016 | 108

Scariest climate change prediction yet: More time to eat plane food

Boffins predict jet streams to strengthen, which will mean longer trans-Atlantic flights

Science12 Feb 2016 | 125

Boeing's X-Wing 737 makes first flight

British-made winglets debut on new version of world's most popular airliner

Science02 Feb 2016 | 22

Boeing just about gives up on the 747

Even the cargo market's dried up for the Jumbo Jet. Next stop, elephant's graveyard?

On-Prem22 Jan 2016 | 172

Irish roll out obligatory drone register

If it weighs over 1kg, we want the details

Legal11 Nov 2015 | 26

Airbus confirms software brought down A400M transport plane

Badly-configured software, that is, not badly-written software

Software31 May 2015 | 93

NATS ignored previous recommendations – IT cock-up report

Since privatisation, investment ‘somewhat less than had been planned overall’

On-Prem26 May 2015 | 19

Turn OFF your phone or WE'LL ALL DI... live? Europe OKs mobes, tabs non-stop on flights

Airlines given green light to allow gate-to-gate jibber-jabber

Legal26 Sep 2014 | 62

Boeing CEO says no more 'moonshots' after 787 Dreamliner ordeal

Next decade to be about fewer risks, lower costs

On-Prem22 May 2014 | 78

FAA: 'No, you CAN'T hijack a plane with an Android app'

A simulator, as it turns out, is just that

Security13 Apr 2013 | 82

Planes in thunderstorms cop gamma ray bursts

Only little ones, fortunately

Science11 Apr 2013 | 13

Boeing recipe turns cooking oil into jet fuel

Come fry with me...

Science25 Oct 2012 | 54

Watchdog probes rules for naughty mobe fondling on flights

Whipping out gizmos on takeoff and landing revisited

Legal28 Aug 2012 | 55

New account of Flight 447 disaster published

Computer rashly let pilots take over

Bootnotes08 Dec 2011 | 153

Ultimate flight-sim crashes into living rooms for 36 grand

Reach for the clouds

Personal Tech15 Nov 2011 | 22

World's only real flying car in price hikes, further delays

On time, on cost, on spec: Choose two er, none

Science09 Sep 2010 | 38

Health sector spews out much more carbon than airlines or IT

When will Greens act against the real eco-villains?

Science11 Nov 2009 | 12

Flying car & roboplane-worthy air traffic digi-net go for 2025

Radar, voice to be replaced by satnav and data

Legal01 Oct 2009 | 15

X2 supercopter in first tail-drive flight

Sikorsky preps Osprey bitchslap

Science03 Jul 2009 | 17

New green and quiet jet-engine test results announced

Paris Airshow Revolutionary turbofan spun by P&W

Science18 Jun 2009 | 31

Israel to test ducted-fan robot air jeep 'within two months'

Paris Airshow Auto-stabilised for windowsill boarding

Science16 Jun 2009 | 24

Paris Airshow kicks off

Paris Airshow Ils montent diddly vers le haut et encore vers le haut

Science16 Jun 2009 | 13

DARPA to try out goose v-formation trick with jets

'Only birds do this, and they can't explain it to us'

Science19 May 2009 | 29

Secret US robo whispercopters head to 'undisclosed location'

Somewhere with lots of trees, apparently

Science06 May 2009 | 10

Apple medical leave halts Jobsian jet-setting

But cult head still 'deeply involved'

On-Prem24 Apr 2009 | 9

Supersonic stealth jumpjet passes hover thrust test

Pic Lockheed produces unprecedented amount of hot air

Science24 Apr 2009 | 53

Scaled Composites refutes WhiteKnightTwo rudder rumours

Mothership bottom-smack smackdown

Science24 Apr 2009 | 5

Blighty orders first 3 supersonic stealth jumpjets

Fleet Air Arm still has tough battle ahead

Legal19 Mar 2009 | 27

Gov: High-tech engineering (car making) will save Blighty

Analysis Squeaky wheel gets the grease

Legal11 Mar 2009 | 29

Pro-Heathrow demo challenges Carbon Cult killjoys

Cheap flights for all

Science19 Feb 2009 | 60

Navy glovepuppets minister in carrier battle against RAF

'Flat-tops will only be safe when they decommission'

Legal17 Feb 2009 | 31

NASA working on boomless supersonic jets

And contrived acronyms

Science26 Jan 2009 | 19

Algae-fuelled* airliner test successful

Update Scum rises in Texas

Science09 Jan 2009 | 21

'First algae-fuelled airliner flight' takes off tomorrow

Scum-burning 737 to debut in Texas

Science06 Jan 2009 | 40

Germans offer MoD hope of Eurofighter postponement

Blighty tries to shift surplus '80s superjets

Legal15 Dec 2008 | 20

NASA developing brain-monitor hats for airline pilots

'YOU ARE OVERSTRESSED! YOU ARE OVERSTRESSED!'

Science27 Nov 2008 | 13

Dassault to build aerospace-factory Sims

Gaming engines to model complex aviation projects

Software21 Nov 2008 | 3

DHS robotic airport missile-patrol plan to be shelved

Droid dazzler overwatch ploy too pricey

Legal12 Nov 2008 | 5

Top aero boffin: Green planes will be noisy planes

'Nuke-plane' prof sees crusty/nimby conflict

Science01 Nov 2008 | 94

BAE's bandwidth blimp-bot takes off (indoors)

Branson balloon crony floats droid dirigible

Science22 Oct 2008 | 14

US Navy robot kill-choppers to drop auto-snort podules

Suspect sailors' crack sniffed out by droids

Legal21 Oct 2008 | 15

Supersonic bizjets could have windowless flight decks

'Glass cockpit' next step - no actual glass

Science14 Oct 2008 | 49

Robots to engage in mid-air couplings

Bot probe sniffs out glowing ring

Science18 Sep 2008 | 17

Northrop offer supersonic robot stealth raygun cyber-bomber

Bells and whistles cupboard emptied in one

Science12 Sep 2008 | 43

Prototype orbital seaplane in Texan blimp-base blast

Nautical X Prize also-ran suffers further setback

Science08 Sep 2008 | 22

Aussie Customs in presentational-aid crackdown

Prang peril pointers fingered

Legal02 Sep 2008 | 26

Brit firm to demo serious flying robo-saucer in 2009

Peterborough Attacks

Science27 Aug 2008 | 37

Royal Navy plans world's first running-jump jet

Carrier flyboys to descend on a wing and a prayer nozzle

Legal21 Aug 2008 | 69

Why flying cars are better than electric ones

Comment Schizoid techno-piety condemns us all to misery

Science04 Aug 2008 | 61

Transition roadable-plane/flyable-car prototype on show

Not a true flying car, but it'll do for now

Science29 Jul 2008 | 23

Be the first millionaire on your block to go Tiltrotor

Farnborough Civilian Osprey for sale - as ordered by Greg Norman

Science15 Jul 2008 | 23

DARPA pilot-ware unflappable in wing-fling damage test

Don't shoot the robots, you'll just make them mad

Legal13 Jun 2008 | 35

DARPA's Heliplane retrocopter project in trouble

Fails to slip surly bonds of credit market

Science02 Jun 2008 | 10