News tagged with commercial planes
Airliners could save fuel by taking a hint from birds flying in formation
Jun 01, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- From Leonardo da Vinci to the Greek tragedy of Icarus, birds have emboldened scientific minds to master flight. Now, Stanford researchers can be added to the list of ornithologically inspired ...
New plan to reduce planes' CO2 emissions
Mar 31, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Aviation groups in Europe announced a plan Tuesday to change the way commercial planes land in order to reduce their global-warming emissions of carbon dioxide.
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Mobile phone calls on planes make slow take off in Europe
Apr 02, 2009 |
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A year after they were authorised, the use of mobile phones aboard planes remains very limited in Europe, with only 27 planes equipped to allow them, the European Commission said Thursday.
Planes may one day fly in "V" formations
Sep 30, 2005 |
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Engineers at the University of California at Los Angeles, Boeing and NASA say that someday planes might fly in "V" formation like geese.
Animals on runways can cause serious problems at small airports
May 04, 2009 |
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It's a bird. It's a plane. It's a potentially deadly combination.
Space companies eye HI as potential new frontier
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Jul 12, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Tourists coming to Hawaii for high-end getaways could someday be launched from the sand to the stars, taking island-hopping to new heights. Hawaii could even be the first state where space travelers ...
New flat flexible speakers might even help you catch planes and trains
Apr 01, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A groundbreaking new loudspeaker, less than 0.25mm thick, has been developed by University of Warwick engineers, it's flat, flexible, could be hung on a wall like a picture, and its particular ...
Alaska braces for ashfall after volcano erupts
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 24, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Rita Jackson said she was taking a sip of coffee when she tasted something funny on her lips - ash.
PhD student solves decade-long mystery of magnetism
Oct 27, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A PhD student from the London Centre for Nanotechnology has won a prize for solving a decade-long mystery central to understanding modern magnetic systems.
All-in-one computerized scheduling will make airports greener, more efficient
Oct 19, 2009 |
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A new computerised approach to airport operations is being developed that will reduce delays, speed up baggage handling and decrease pollution.
New tremors at Alaska volcano spewing ash into sky
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Mar 24, 2009 |
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(AP) -- New tremors at Alaska's Mount Redoubt are prompting speculation that the volcano could be in a phase that will lead to more instability. The 10,200-foot volcano erupted six times Sunday and Monday, ...
Alaska volcano Mount Redoubt erupts 5 times
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Mar 23, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Alaska's Mount Redoubt volcano erupted five times overnight, sending an ash plume more than 9 miles into the air in the volcano's first emissions in nearly 20 years.
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