Inside the US military lab making tube food for spy plane pilots
Pilots in U-2 spy planes rely on food in tubes for their in-flight meals. Here’s how this cuisine is made, and what it tastes like.
Tag: air travel
Hydrogen-powered flight is closer to takeoff than ever
Despite only recently taking to the skies, hydrogen-powered planes are already assuaging some skeptics about their role within a more sustainable airline industry. And while current prototypes won’t be making transoceanic flights anytime soon, their proofs-of-concept could guide better, more efficient, and larger craft in the years to come. As Canary Media highlighted on August […]
These tiny electric fans are powerful enough to propel drones and jets
The company has created quiet and small electric ducted fans that can power drones, jets, and even gear like leaf blowers.
Joby’s latest electric air taxi will head to an Air Force base for tests in 2024
This new electric aircraft will eventually go to an Air Force base for testing. Joby Aviation aims to carry paying customers in 2025.
Improved 5G coverage could ground some flights starting July 1
Airline companies who haven’t upgraded their fleets’ radio altimeters to withstand increased 5G C-Band data could face new flight delays.
NASA kills its electric plane’s flight plan, citing safety concerns
The agency announced that it has decided not to fly its experimental electric plane, the X-57, because of safety concerns.
AAROK is France’s bigger, newer take on the US’s Reaper drone
The AAROK is just a prototype, but with its large wingspan of 72 feet and ability to carry weapons, it is similar to the US’s Reaper drone.
Why your poop gets weird on vacation—and what to do about it
Vacation constipation, dehydration, and diarrhea from bacteria might mess up your poop schedule when you travel. Here’s how to think ahead.
NASA’s ‘airliner of the future’ is now officially an X-plane
NASA announced that an aircraft known as the Sustainable Flight Demonstrator is now officially called the X-66A. It could first fly in 2028.
The metallic guts of GE’s massive jet engines, in photos
We traveled to GE Aerospace’s Peebles test facility in Ohio to photograph the massive jet engines that propel planes into the sky.