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Finnair Embraer

Last post by talmacapt « Sun Apr 13, 2025 8:11 am
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by talmacapt » Fri Apr 11, 2025 6:55 pm

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Finnair have cancelled all flights on their e-jets tomorrow.

I suspect it is a tech problem but have no more information.

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It seems that some, perhaps all, Finnair e-jets are back in the air today.

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Last post by talmacapt
Sun Apr 13, 2025 8:11 am
Minimum distance of obstacles from a runway

Last post by Rwy in Sight « Sat Apr 12, 2025 6:09 am

by Rwy in Sight » Sat Apr 12, 2025 6:09 am

I am not sure we have an airport engineer here but discussing solar panels at work yesterday a question prompted about LGAV installation of solar...

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Sat Apr 12, 2025 6:09 am
Dutch startup Elysian plans for a fully electric regional aircraft, with a range of 500 miles

Last post by PHXPhlyer « Mon Jul 15, 2024 6:10 pm

by PHXPhlyer » Mon Jul 15, 2024 6:10 pm

Fully electric 90-passenger plane could fly 500 miles

Commercial aviation is struggling to reduce its climate impact and it’s currently not...

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Last post by PHXPhlyer
Mon Jul 15, 2024 6:10 pm
Boeing 777X Begins Flight Testing

Last post by PHXPhlyer « Sat Jul 13, 2024 8:43 pm

by PHXPhlyer » Sat Jul 13, 2024 8:43 pm

Boeing 777X finally gets FAA green light for certification flights

In an important milestone in the development of Boeing’s new 777X commercial...

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Last post by PHXPhlyer
Sat Jul 13, 2024 8:43 pm
Electric aeroplanes

Last post by Ex-Ascot « Fri Jun 28, 2024 8:08 am
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by Alisoncc » Thu Apr 25, 2019 5:48 am
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Just been reading some journalistic bumpf about electric aeroplanes. Nothing of any technical value, but the author seemed to intimate that we would...

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Can it stay airborne on 50% of its power units?

How long to parachute down from 30,000'? The smaller aircraft descend at 1,700 fpm. This would make...
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Last post by Ex-Ascot
Fri Jun 28, 2024 8:08 am
Massive Airports Coming to a Desert Nowhere Near You

Last post by limeygal « Thu May 16, 2024 10:11 am
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by PHXPhlyer » Tue Apr 30, 2024 9:00 pm

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Dubai reveals massive plans for the world’s busiest airport

CNN
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When it comes to airport expansion projects, the Gulf States are abuzz and...

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Talma-my first trip was in 1973 with Dan-Air. We stayed at the Ambassador. Went over to the Carlton for dinner once, ended up at a BA room party. I...

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Last post by limeygal
Thu May 16, 2024 10:11 am
Tricks of the 727

Last post by Ex-Ascot « Sun Feb 04, 2024 8:33 am
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by llondel » Thu Feb 01, 2024 10:51 pm

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I came across this today, a video talking about features of the 727. No doubt old news to some on here, but interesting me. Includes the quote Let's...

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The military looked at the VC10 for HALO, jumping out of the cargo hold. In the simulation engine numbers 3&4 intake flows overtook the gravitational...

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Last post by Ex-Ascot
Sun Feb 04, 2024 8:33 am
NASA’s X-59 “quiet” supersonic aircraft ready for testing

Last post by llondel « Tue Jan 16, 2024 2:56 am
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by PHXPhlyer » Fri Aug 25, 2023 5:31 pm

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NASA moves a step closer to supersonic passenger flights

Oh for the glory days of travel, when the seats were bigger, the food was better, and...

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Due to this configuration, the cockpit is located almost halfway down the length of the aircraft – and does not have a forward-facing window....

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Last post by llondel
Tue Jan 16, 2024 2:56 am
Flying Car

Last post by PHXPhlyer « Mon Nov 27, 2023 11:43 pm
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by PHXPhlyer » Wed Jun 30, 2021 11:04 pm

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Flying car completes 35-minute test flight between cities

London (CNN Business)A prototype flying car has completed a test flight between two...

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$170,000 flying car created in Oregon takes off on first successful flight
Samson Sky's CEO said his Prineville company has been working on...

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Last post by PHXPhlyer
Mon Nov 27, 2023 11:43 pm
30 Years to nuclear fusion breakthrough!

Last post by OneHungLow « Sat Sep 23, 2023 7:59 am
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by TheGreenAnger » Tue Dec 13, 2022 8:22 am

It is a shibboleth of those associated with the nuclear fusion industry that we are always have about 30 years before the technology becomes viable...

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Last post by OneHungLow
Sat Sep 23, 2023 7:59 am
World's Fastest Single Engine Turboprop!

Last post by Archer « Wed Sep 20, 2023 9:51 am
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by OneHungLow » Mon Sep 11, 2023 12:31 pm

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Overpowered?

Trouble with hotrods is that they tend to want to kill you, and often do so.

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That depends... I'm guessing this is registered as an experimental and as such, the NTSB does not need to get involved. Unless I'm mistaken of...

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Last post by Archer
Wed Sep 20, 2023 9:51 am
New Blended-wing Body Design For USAF

Last post by PHXPhlyer « Mon Aug 21, 2023 9:21 pm
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by PHXPhlyer » Thu Aug 17, 2023 2:50 pm

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Start-up gets $235 million from the Air Force for new plane prototype
JetZero officials argue that traditional planes are running out of ways to...

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More on JetZero BWB

JetZero: Is this new plane design the future of aviation?

The basic design of commercial airplanes hasn’t changed much in...

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Last post by PHXPhlyer
Mon Aug 21, 2023 9:21 pm
VTOL - Verbiage and Videos

Last post by PHXPhlyer « Mon Jul 24, 2023 7:35 pm
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by TheGreenGoblin » Sun Mar 13, 2022 7:39 am
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The Yakovlev Yak-141

Cooperation with Lockheed
Following the announcement by the CIS on September 1991 that it could no longer fund...

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Read the article earlier this morning and found that my local library has an e-copy of the book. :-bd
Now on my too extensive reading list.

PP
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Last post by PHXPhlyer
Mon Jul 24, 2023 7:35 pm
Airlines warn of 5G flight disruption

Last post by llondel « Mon May 15, 2023 2:23 am
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by Alisoncc » Tue Jan 18, 2022 10:56 am
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The 10 biggest US airlines have warned that the impending switch-on of 5G mobile phone services will cause major disruption to flights.

They said...

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Bring back the classic red call boxes They are awfully heavy to carry around, aren't they, and sometimes the wires are too short.

I saw one in NYC...
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Last post by llondel
Mon May 15, 2023 2:23 am
Rocket and Jet Powered Cars.

Last post by OneHungLow « Tue May 09, 2023 4:39 am
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by OneHungLow » Mon May 08, 2023 6:47 pm

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I was recently apt to wonder who were the first people to attach rocket engines or jet engines to their cars, prompted after rereading the Arizona...

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On the US dragster scene, the heyday of the rocket powered cars came to an end in the 70's due to the difficulty for the administrators of drag meets...

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Last post by OneHungLow
Tue May 09, 2023 4:39 am
New Era of LTA

Last post by PHXPhlyer « Fri Mar 03, 2023 2:39 am

by PHXPhlyer » Fri Mar 03, 2023 2:39 am

A new generation of airships is taking to the skies

See link for pics

CNN
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The smooth, white underbelly of the airborne whale sails across...

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Last post by PHXPhlyer
Fri Mar 03, 2023 2:39 am
Oil pipes etc

Last post by Fox3WheresMyBanana « Thu Jan 19, 2023 3:15 pm
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by Smeagol » Tue Dec 20, 2022 7:38 pm

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A fellow named Peter Zeihan does some nice presentations on the weaknesses of various energy sources. One item he points out is that if crude oil...

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With reference to the Ukraine war, I have held the view for a long time that the Ukrainian SF could simply pop a short distance over the border into...

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Last post by Fox3WheresMyBanana
Thu Jan 19, 2023 3:15 pm
SpinLaunch...

Last post by OFSO « Sun Nov 20, 2022 9:21 pm
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by TheGreenAnger » Sat Nov 19, 2022 10:30 am

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I have watched the evolution of this technology and this company for some time now, and while I am intrigued, I doubt that the apparatus can be...

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I have this picture in my mind of some alien creature on some alien planet millions of years in the future being hit on the head by a weight trailing...

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Last post by OFSO
Sun Nov 20, 2022 9:21 pm
The Traitorous 8

Last post by TheGreenAnger « Sat Nov 19, 2022 9:20 am
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by TheGreenGoblin » Tue Sep 14, 2021 12:58 pm
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The story of the microchip, the CPU and the rise and plateauing of Intel.

The Rise

The 8.JPG

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I see that Elizabeth Holmes was sentenced to 11 years and 3 months in prison!
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Last post by TheGreenAnger
Sat Nov 19, 2022 9:20 am
Backwards and forwards through time.

Last post by llondel « Sun Nov 13, 2022 5:27 am
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by TheGreenAnger » Sat Nov 12, 2022 9:23 am

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Light goes backwards in time

Physicists today claim that they reached 300 times the speed of light. But don't write off Einstein, and don't hold...

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Technically it is possible to travel faster than light, the problem is that mass becomes infinite at the speed of light and so it is impossible to...

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Last post by llondel
Sun Nov 13, 2022 5:27 am
Spintronics and the 3D Quantum accelerometer.

Last post by TheGreenAnger « Thu Nov 03, 2022 2:03 pm
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by TheGreenAnger » Wed Nov 02, 2022 7:00 am

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Score another technical advance thanks to those whose intellects underwrote (and continue to underwrite) quantum theory and the worlds of quantum...

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Maybe this should have gone on the computer thread but as it focusses more on navigational computers probably it belongs here. Whatever the case It...

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Last post by TheGreenAnger
Thu Nov 03, 2022 2:03 pm
Electrikery...

Last post by VP959 « Sat Sep 24, 2022 8:17 am
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by TheGreenGoblin » Sat Dec 11, 2021 4:04 pm

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Last post by VP959
Sat Sep 24, 2022 8:17 am
Hover bike

Last post by G-CPTN « Sat Sep 24, 2022 8:00 am
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by TheGreenAnger » Fri Sep 23, 2022 1:47 pm

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Interesting machine.

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Looks interesting (in-ground-effect) - shades of Caspian Sea Monster.

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Last post by G-CPTN
Sat Sep 24, 2022 8:00 am
Sustainable Aircraft Fuel & eFuels

Last post by TheGreenGoblin « Sat Jun 04, 2022 4:25 am

by TheGreenGoblin » Sat Jun 04, 2022 4:25 am

While aviation draws the ire of environmentalists due to the industry's big carbon footprint (although still dwarfed by the shipping industry), there...

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Sat Jun 04, 2022 4:25 am
Sapphire Wire

Last post by TheGreenGoblin « Tue Apr 26, 2022 4:11 pm

by TheGreenGoblin » Tue Apr 26, 2022 4:11 pm

From fusion reactors to your internet connection, fiber-optic cables have a wide range of applications due to how efficiently they send data when...

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Tue Apr 26, 2022 4:11 pm

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