A Dash-8 commuter plane flew for 15 minutes with a hydrogen fuel-cell engine
Universal Hydrogen hopes to have a certificate for passenger flights by 2025.
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Boom finds a new design partner for its Symphony supersonic jet engine
Overture test flights are set to start a year later than previously planned, though.
Boom's supersonic jet is facing a lack of interest from engine suppliers
Manufacturers say supersonic travel is 'tangential' and are focusing on efficiency instead.We have two newsletters, why not sign up for both?
Delta confirms it worked with SpaceX to trial Starlink's satellite internet
SpaceX has been working to put Starlink internet on planes for quite some time.
Designers hope hydrogen-powered plane will fly halfway around the world without refueling
The zero-emission aircraft would supposedly match the speed and comfort of current midsize planes.
We won't have electric airplanes until battery tech improves
They're still too heavy and underpowered to make electrified air travel feasible.
Gogo in-flight internet has been renamed Intelsat
Consider the old name go-go-gone.
Luminar will bring its LiDAR tech to Airbus planes and helicopters
The companies hope to 'ultimately enable safe, autonomous flight.'
EU regulator says Boeing 737 Max is safe to fly
A software-based safety upgrade may not be ready for another two years, however.
A typo created a 212-story monolith in ‘Microsoft Flight Simulator’
The building soars like a Tower of Babel over a quiet Melbourne suburb.
Boeing found another software bug on the 737 Max
It still plans to return the troubled aircraft to service in mid-2020.
The Morning After: PewDiePie is taking a break from YouTube in 2020
And 'Fortnite' lightsabers are too powerful.
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All I want to do is chill and play 'Flight Simulator'
Microsoft's latest title turns the planet into a living playground.
Researchers designed a shape-shifting airplane wing
Their new "metamaterial" could make air travel more energy efficient.
Rolls-Royce may use bug-like robots to assist airplane engine repair
Tiny, cockroach-like robots could inspect engines internally in the future.
MIT's autonomous drone is equal parts albatross and sailboat
Fly like a bird, float like a boat.
Perlan glider sets altitude record for unpowered flight
And it's not just about bragging rights.
7Sony put me in a fake plane to test its noise-cancelling headphones
Don't fly in plywood planes.
US lifts laptop ban from final Middle Eastern airline (updated)
Riyadh is the last airport with the ban in place.
