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6 Cool Innovations That Could Change Air Travel Forever
Choosing your seatmates through social media? Facial recognition technology to match you and your luggage? The airline industry has the ideas... but will it adopt them?
How to Become an Airline Pilot: Licensing and Certifications
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Powered flight is one of the great dreams of humanity, and thanks to modern technology, doing it for a living isn't an unreasonably ambition. It's no wonder that so many aspiring aviators want to know how to become an airline pilot.
Hypersonic Speed Explained: How Hypersonic Planes Work
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Higher, farther, faster: NASA's X-43A plane is destined to set new speed records. What sets the X-43A apart from other rocket-powered aircraft is that it is powered by a scramjet engine. Learn all about it.
The RB-47 UFO Encounter
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The RB-47 UFO incident of 1957 was classified for years after it happened. Read how an RB-47 planed encountered two UFOs over Mississippi and Texas.
Can a car run on nuclear power?
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Is it possible to make a nuclear-powered car? Learn more about the first nuclear powered car and how we can use nuclear power plant technology.
How Stinger Missiles Work
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The Stinger missile is a deadly man-portable air-defense system (MANPADS) that can be rapidly deployed by ground troops. It's lightweight, combat-proven and has a greater than 90 percent success rate. So how are Stingers used and against whom?
How an Air-cooled Engine Works
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Most modern cars use a water-cooled engine with a radiator, hoses and a water pump. Is an air-cooled engine a better idea?
How Spy Flies Will Work
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Gathering reconnaissance during battle typically puts small teams of soldiers in harm's way. Tiny robotic flyers, called micro air vehicles (MAVs), could do away with this danger. Learn all about spy flies.
How the Airbus A380 Works
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The Airbus A380 is the world's largest passenger jetliner. Learn about the Airbus A380, the technology behind the A380 and see pictures of an A380 under construction.
Mayday Meaning: Exploring the International Distress Call
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The words aren't arbitrary, so why do pilots and sailors call out 'Mayday!' rather than something else?