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Watch the WWII flying boat the Philippine Mars soar over the Golden Gate Bridge. The 80-year-old plane -- which lands and takes off from water -- made an 800-mile journey to the Bay Area from British Colombia and will retire at the Pima Air and Space Museum in Tucson, Arizona. abc7ne.ws/4hUawEy

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The last operating Martin Mars has arrived in Arizona. Take good care of her Pima Air & Space Museum!

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#AviationWeek first take on #Airbus hydrogen aircraft postponement story - fuel-cell engine flight tests canceled but SAF-fueled unducted fan and ducted turbofan flight tests on A380 testbed still full speed ahead for next-generation single aisle. #aviation #avgeek aviationweek.com/aerospace/em...

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#Airbus gives cold shoulder to hydrogen. #aviation #avgeek www.reuters.com/business/aer...

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According to French Union FO Airbus could push back plans to have a hydrogen plane by 2035 and delay the project for 5 to 10 years, reports La Tribune. bit.ly/414PnBD

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Boeing outlines the High Speed Commercial Vehicle concept developed under #NASA contract. HSCV is a four-engine aircraft with a Mach 4 cruise and 5,000 nm range. This is conceptual design for technology roadmapping and not aimed at a product. #aviation #avgeek aviationweek.com/aerospace/em...

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We've been waiting a while, but Textron eAviation company Pipistrel has flown its Nuuva 300 uncrewed cargo #eVTOL. Designed to fly 600lb payload 300nm, Nuuva is hybrid-electric but first flight was all-electric (pusher cruise engine not fitted). Aircraft is loaded via raised nose. #aviation #avgeek

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Tough but fair - and gloomy - assessment of chances of success in eVTOL and hydrogen in transportation markets by Michael Barnard at CleanTechnica cleantechnica.com/2025/01/29/t...

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The Mirage 2000 ‘Cristal’ is a full-size, fully transparent model of the Mirage 2000 C version. Produced in 1986, it was used to understand the internal architecture of the aircraft, and is now kept at a base in Luxeuil. © DR

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Watching Boom Supersonic's first attempt to go supersonic this fine morning. Let me explain why XB-1 is a loud, dirty, and unsustainable diversion from our critical mission to decarbonize aviation. 🧵 @jonostrower.com @theworacle.bsky.social @oriana0214.bsky.social @airplanegeeks.bsky.social

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Ships and aircraft sneaking about the Earth’s northern latitudes are raising alarms with NATO allies, and Canada and Norway are looking to do something about it through new spacecraft aviationweek.com/space/satell...

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The oldest flyable aircraft & oldest engine, in the World! Blériot XI, Shuttleworth Trust. When Louis Blériot flew his Type XI across the Channel on 25th July, 1909 it literally changed the world's perception of the aeroplane. This Blériot, #14, still flies but only straight hops these days. 🛩️📍

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A fine illustration of the Mirage III 001 prototype of 1956. During its tenth flight, it reached a speed of Mach 1.52, the upper limit imposed by the shape of the air inlets. In July 1957, its air intake was fitted with a pair of movable half-cone shock diffusers known as "souris".

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Steamy stuff. First look inside Pratt & Whitney’s HySIITE hybrid hydrogen/steam-cycle engine. Incredibly complex, but 35% lower energy consumption than today’s turbofans, zero carbon emissions and 99%+ NOx reduction. aviationweek.com/aerospace/em...

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If you have to remove the doors to carry a nuclear depth charge, you probably shouldn't be carrying a nuclear depth charge

submitted 36 days ago • 14 comments

This headline - OOF. Iran, Japan, and ROK all launched more defense payloads than Europe US Launches 122 Defense Payloads in 2024, Europe Launches 1 payloadspace.com/us-launches-...

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#NASA funding feasibility study by University of Illinois into Hy2PASS: hybrid hydrogen propulsion system combining a fuel cell and gas turbine, both using liquid hydrogen. Fuel cell powers electric compressors. Hydrogen also combusted to power turbine driving fan. aviationweek.com/air-transpor...

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Surf's up. #Airbus plans operational validation of fuel-saving wake energy retrieval formation flying with airline-operated A350s. Changed to an opportunistic concept of operations: which aircraft to pair, when and where, will be decided after takeoff. #aviation aviationweek.com/aerospace/em...

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Lightning F.3 XR713 masquerading as XR718 of 56 Sqn at a recent shoot at the Lightning Preservation Group, Bruntingthorpe in Leicestershire #avgeek #aviationphotography #lightning #history #museum

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Customers to Embraer: 'just do it' aviationweek.com/aerospace/ai...

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Wreckage of Bristol Beaufort found read more by clicking on the link below: www.scramble.nl/military-new... Image: Australian Defence

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Lufthansa Technik in Hamburg unveiled a restored Lockheed L-1649A "Super Star," initially delivered in 1957. After extensive restoration efforts, it will be displayed at Frankfurt Airport in 2026 as part of Lufthansa's centennial celebrations. 📸: Dirk Grothe/Airways #Lufthansa #avgeek #Aviation

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News: Amazon is halting drone delivery flights, a month after two of its latest model crashed in the rain in testing. The company says its working on a set of software upgrades, and will need the FAA to sign off before resuming flights: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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The Transportation Security Administration requires stricter security screening by public charter operators, a development that affects smaller, regional aircraft operators and general aviation airports @ Aviation Week

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#FAA designates vertiports as a class of heliport and begins work on unified, performance-based Vertical Lift Infrastructure Advisory Circular for helicopters and #eVTOL. Vertiports will have standard H marking, with addition of VTL marking. This differs from #EASA aviationweek.com/aerospace/ad...

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Clean-sheet firefighter. Aerobatic aircraft manufacturer Game Aerospace developing GB2 single-engine air tanker. All-composite, two-seat/dual-control, 1,200-gal hopper, 19,000-lb max TO weight, 12,000-lb useful load. 1,800shp P&WC PT6A-67F. First flight Q3 2025, FAA certification Q2 2027. #aviation

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This is a post about animal excrement and the English language. bull$#!% = nonsense/lies chicken$#!% = petty or cowardly horse$#!% = nonsense/lies dog$#!%= low quality ape$#!% = wild bat$#!%= crazy Ordered above from oldest to newest: bull$#!% (1914), bat$#!% (1971).

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News from me today: the 2027 launch date for the DARPA-NASA DRACO nuclear thermal propulsion program is now on indefinite hold. Nuclear rocket science is hard. W/ @thedewline.bsky.social aviationweek.com/space/launch...

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Riblet, riblet. Japan Airlines debuting a 787-9 on international flights with drag-reducing riblets over most of the fuselage. Applied using a paint-to-paint process developed by O-well which JAL says is lighter and more durable than adhesive film. Expected 0.24% reduction in cruise drag. #aviation

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Shinden (Hasegawa 1:48)

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Buccaneer S.2B XX894 performing some wing folds at a Threshold.Aero nightshoot at The Buccaneer Aviation Group event at Kemble last weekend #avgeek #aviation #aviationhistory #aviationphotography

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Our full-scale demonstrator, Heart X1, has arrived in the US! Soon, it’ll make history as the largest electric airplane ever to fly. Team Heart is hard at work to ensure a safe, groundbreaking flight. 🌍✈️ Stay tuned for updates! www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4xT... #Innovation #Electricaircraft

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"Flight Plan" - Black and White / Street Photography Series #photography #cityphotography #monochrome #bnwphoto #noiretblanc #blackandwhite #bnwphotography #bnw #blackandwhitephoto #naturallight #contemporaryphotography #fineartstreetphotography #streetphotography #blackandwhitephotography #noir

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How to fit a new-generation of more-efficient engines to an airliner? Can a gull wing be practical on a narrowbody airliner and competitive against more conventional wing designs? The answer, according to a recent NASA study is “yes.” aviationweek.com/aerospace/em...

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Finally got the scratchbuilt spoked wheels finished today after a year of trial and error (mostly error). It was a close-run thing though... they nearly finished ME! 💀 #144scale #144スケモ #modelaircraft #ww1aircraft #scalemodel #scalemodels #aviation #aviationmodels #WW1 #taube

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Boeing is poised to conduct a functional check flight on the third 777-9 test aircraft, marking a return to flight for the stalled certification program after a five-month grounding caused by the failure of engine thrust links. aviationweek.com/air-transpor...

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Having your work quoted by The Woracle (HS Kingston, Flight, AvWeek) is very cool! The CAA report mentioned is here www.caa.co.uk/our-work/pub... with another, CAP 3075, out soon.

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BAE Systems to provide battery for undisclosed #Airbus demonstration of microhybridization for commercial aircraft. Electric power to be used for pushback, taxi, takeoff assist, powering aircraft systems in the cruise and helping with power transients on descent. aviationweek.com/aerospace/em...

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Caution high winds. #FAA releases report on downwash/outwash hazard testing of three prototype #eVTOL aircraft: Joby (eVTOL #1), Archer (eVTOL #2) and Volocopter (eVTOL #3). Beta was eVTOL #4, which was otherwise occupied and did not participate. aviationweek.com/aerospace/ad...

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China sees a major milestone with the first ton-level hybrid eVTOL verification flight powered by liquid hydrogen.

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ESA has released stunning images the BepiColombo mission collected during its recent flight past Mercury aviationweek.com/space/space-...

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The Dassault Mercure, one of the rare attempts by the French aircraft manufacturer to produce an airliner, made its first flight in 1971. Similar to the Boeing 737 but faster, only 11 were produced for Air Inter, a victim of the oil crisis and its less versatile short-haul status.

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Studied in 1942, the ‘CAPRA R.80’ was a seaplane project that would have been created to transport mail on the North Atlantic network. It was a tri-engine. It could not take off from the water, as its propellers were too low, so take-off was by catapult

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Double-deck before it was cool. Air Wibault 100 was a large aircraft capable of carrying 70 passengers. It should have contained all the luxury of a hotel with a bar, restaurant, showers and sleeping facilities. The unfinished aircraft was destroyed by German bombing raid in 1940.

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