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1/8 Scale A380 Offered As SportPlane

"A380 Mini" is a Single Seat, Shrunken Airliner for the Sport Pilot Airbus is making waves with their latest addition to the company portfolio, introducing a homebuilt aircraft kit, a one-eighth-scale rendition of their giant A380 airliner. The A380 Mini...

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Apple Makes Offer on Bendix-King

Will There Soon be an Apple...Plane? A surprise investment by Apple appears to have set up the computer manufacturer to gobble up legendary avionics manufacturer Bendix-King. The deal could come about following an April 1st stock swap, with Bendix rolling...

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FAA NPRM Bans Petroleum-Based Aircraft in 2025

Admin says "Climate Emergency Forced Our Hand" in Going All Electric, Hydrogen 04.01.23 Parody Edition: The FAA stunned industry stakeholders with a recent NPRM effectively banning all non-electric, non-hybrid engines from new production aircraft starting in 2025. The change was...

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NBAA Gains Surprising New Sponsors

2024 NBAA-BACE Sponsored by DraftKings The NBAA will sport some surprising branding on all company uniforms and insignia for the next year following an unfortunate SNAFU which confused the group for the National Basketball Association. Through 2024, the National Business...

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Crew Dragon OS Originated from Mission:Space Disneyland Ride

SpaceX Reveals Origins of Flight Guidance Code in Surprising Reveal SpaceX founder Elon Musk revealed the surprising origins of the Crew Dragon's guidance systems during a livestreamed Twitter space, letting slip the fact that the core OS of the spacecraft...

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Virgin Orbit Sees Renewed Success as Hypersonic Weapons Platform

"Cosmic Girl" to Serve as Missile Launcher in Skies Over Ukraine Virgin Orbit's mission has changed slightly from its original, pacifistic mission to seed the skies with affordably delivered civilian satellites after a surprising contract was announced. The 747 used...

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