by Victoria Tozer-Pennington | Life Stories, Technology
The story of the Spitfire is etched into the collective British memory, although there were more squadrons of Hurricanes in the Battle of Britain it is R J Mitchel’s airplane that is most closely associated with “The Few”. The Spitfire’s smoother lines and better...
by Victoria Tozer-Pennington | Adventure Travel, Celebrity Interviews, Technology, Travel
Richard Noble didn’t require official approval to find out if ThrustSSC had become the first car to breach the sound barrier. All he would have needed to do was ask nearby residents if the team’s ambitious attempt to drive past Mach 1 in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert had...
by Victoria Tozer-Pennington | Flight, Technology
The aviation revolution will not be live, instead it will electrified – at least that’s what that’s what Marc Ausman of aircraft pioneers Airflow.aero thinks. According to the aerospace expert we are now standing at the third stage of the aviation revolution. The...
by Victoria Tozer-Pennington | Space, Technology
Giant size ambitions need equally large size planes to make them happen and on May 18 the supersized AN-124-100 ‘Ruslan’ Antanov cargo airplane brought a crucial component to Cape Canaveral for NASA’s next Mars missions – an Atlas 5 rocket booster that will play a...
by Victoria Tozer-Pennington | New York, Technology
UPS has received the US government’s permission for its subsidiary Flight Forward to operate a drone airline. The company will initially expand its drone delivery service further to support hospital campuses around the country and to provide solutions for customers...
by Victoria Tozer-Pennington | New York, Technology
As the race for market share within the Urban Air Mobility (UAM) market heats up a collaboration has been announced between one of the world’s biggest carmakers Porsche and leading plane maker Boeing. The Memorandum of Understanding between the two companies will see...
