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Starliner crewed test flight passes key review

WASHINGTON — The first crewed flight of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft is a step closer to launch after completing a major pre-launch review April...

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Flaps vs Slats: What’s the Difference?

Airplanes are often equipped with multiple hinge-like control surfaces on their wings, including flaps and slats. In their default position, flaps and slats remain...

US Air Force stages dogfights with AI-flown fighter jet

An experimental fighter jet has squared off against an F-16 in the first-ever artificial intelligence-fueled dogfights, the Air Force and the Defense Advanced Research...

795 Airline Industry Insights – Airplane Geeks Podcast

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:37:06 — 44.5MB) Marisa Garcia offers airline industry insights. In the news, orders from Korean Air and...

Going with the flow: Orchestrating airport traffic, safely and efficiently – Thales Aerospace Blog

Airports are like cities. For city dwellers to be able to enjoy a good quality of life as they navigate through the streets, pedestrian...

Can Airplanes Land Without Landing Gear?

Whether it’s a large Airbus A380 or a single-engine Cessna 172, most airplanes rely on landing gear to touch down on the runway. Landing...

Why Bigger Airplanes Experience Less Turbulence

No airplane is immune to the effects of turbulence. If you’re a seasoned flyer, however, you may have noticed that bigger airplanes typically experience...

Understanding Overfitting in ConvNets

Introduction Overfitting in ConvNets is a challenge in deep learning and neural networks, where a model learns too much from training data, leading to poor...

Beale AFB Retires Another U-2 As Dragon Lady’s Phase Out Moves Forward

Dragon Lady Tail 80-1085 completed her final flight recently as the fleet prepares for retirement. The U.S. Air Force is moving forward with its plan...

US Air Force Secretary to fly in AI-controlled F-16

The US Air Force is rapidly scaling up its plans to automate some of its fleet, and the civilian boss of the service says...

794 SouthWings Environmental Flights – Airplane Geeks Podcast

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:20:04 — 36.7MB) The SouthWings volunteer pilot organization uses aircraft for environmental monitoring and survey flights. In...

AI-operated fighter jet will fly Air Force secretary on test run

The Air Force is betting a large part of its future air warfare on a fleet more than 1,000 autonomously operated drones, and later...

What Is a Preflight Checklist?

Whether you’re a seasoned pilot or a student in training, you’ve probably heard of preflight checklists. It plays an important role in aviation safety...

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