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Engineers develop batlike wings that boost hovering efficiency and flight performance
French entomologist Antoine Magnan wrote that bumblebees "should not be able to fly," as their small wings should theoretically not be able to produce enough lift. It took modern high-speed camera ...
Plane Passenger Fuming After Travelers Ignore Key Announcement From Flight Attendants
Beyond personal frustrations, passenger behavior is a frequent issue in air travel. A Newsweek report cited a YouGov survey showing that most travelers agree on basic airplane etiquette, yet many ...
Children’s fiction: Five books to delight the younger reader with tales of magical cats, geese and squirrels - and a busy girl called Wanda
Ecological themes are deftly woven into The Last Wild Cat, which intersects with Maori myth and the ethics of animal rights. In its respectable villain, Professor Smoult, it challenges ideas of ...
Independently funded jet’s sound barrier mark revives talk of commercial supersonic travel
An aircraft developed by Boom Supersonic has become the first independently funded jet to break the sound barrier.
First independently developed jet breaks the sound barrier over the California desert
A sleek white aircraft has become the first independently developed jet to break the sound barrier. The XB-1 aircraft ...