Tuesday, March 26, 2013 - 2:52pm
A new report offers hope for frequent fliers who are constantly denied the use of their tablets during takeoff and landings.
Flying stories
Tuesday, February 26, 2013 - 10:47am
Another day, another ambitious dude tries to build a jetpack.
Tuesday, September 4, 2012 - 2:49pm
Residents of Linz, Austria recently saw lights in the sky. 50 of them, actually, as that's the number of quadrotors that took to the air to perform a synchronized light show as part of the country's Ars Electronica tech expo.
Thursday, June 14, 2012 - 1:05pm
When we posted about the FlyNano last year, there was (apparently) some skepticism about whether it was anything more than a fanciful idea. Footage released this week shows the airplane undergoing flight testing on Monday, equipped with a new battery-powered engine.
Monday, January 30, 2012 - 8:59am
When you look at this 1947 photo of an in-flight "life pod" it's hard to believe anyone would willingly travel in it. So why then was Sir Winston Churchill — one of the saviors of the free world at the time — traveling in this formidable looking pod?
Thursday, December 8, 2011 - 7:33am
It's estimated 10 million travelers the world over were thrown into chaos in 2010 when Iceland's Eyjafjallajõkull volcano erupted unleashing a giant ash clouds that circled the globe. Planes were grounded amidst fears the ash could be sucked into the turbines causing engine failure.
Friday, November 25, 2011 - 8:31am
We all want jetpacks, but the only way they'll ever be affordable is if they're good for something besides being a plot device for James Bond movies. Martin Aircraft, the guys who have one of the few commercially available jetpacks in existence, have some thoughts about why these things might actually make sense.
Tuesday, June 21, 2011 - 3:35pm
It may look sort of like a lawnmower, but this aircraft from an Austrian research company uses rapidly spinning cylinders with airfoils inside to hover and maneuver just like a helicopter.
Monday, May 30, 2011 - 12:46pm
It's looking more and more like the Martin jetpack (or rather, ducted fanpack) is going to be the first personal jetpack that you can actually go out and buy. Last week, the it got even closer to showrooms with a successful test of its rocket-launched parachute emergency safety system.
Monday, November 8, 2010 - 10:55am
Last Friday, the 51-year-old daredevil Yves "Jetman" Rossy became the first man to ever do an aerial loop in a jet-powered wingsuit. Holy moly.
