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Overhauled Boeing 787 Dreamliner Officially Cleared For Take Off

Nearly four months after grounding the Dreamliner after its battery exploded into flames on the tarmac in Boston, the FAA has cleared the maligned Boeing 787 for commercial flights. The plane will be permitted to fly up to 180 minutes from its point of departure — the same clearance it had before.

13 April 2013

Software

FAA: No, You Can’t Take Down A Plane With An Android App

Remember how the internet got itself all riled up a few days ago when it found out that it would only take one rogue Android user to hack and take over an entire plane? Yeah, about that — it’s not true.

6 April 2013

News

Boeing 787 Dreamliner Blazes Through The Testing Of Its New Battery System

Boeing conducted a successful test flight of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner with its new upgraded battery system. With this test, it’s completed the required schedule of tests required for FAA certification.

6 February 2013

News

FAA May Let Boeing Run Dreamliner Test Flights This Week

Since Boeing’s operational 787 Dreamliners were grounded, engineers have been trying hard to solve the problem. Now, the Seattle Times is reporting that Dreamliner test flights could start as early as this week.

4 February 2013

Gadgets

It Could Be Years Before Dreamliners Are Back In The Air

The Boeing 787 Dreamliner just can’t catch a break. After all of the planes were grounded following some seriously troubling melting batteries, the FAA has been taking a look into what exactly went wrong. They’ll take their time though; it could be years before the birds are back in the sky.

26 January 2013

News

MPAA Lobbies For Army Of Hollywood Drones

You might not imagine the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) as a particularly drone-happy group, but new documents reveal that the actively lobbying the US government for UAV drone use in domestic space. No, they aren’t building an army to track down pirates; they just want filmmakers to be able to shoot with them.

23 January 2013

Science

Monster Machines: How GE Tests Jet Engines

To ensure the safety of the 730 million people travelling by air through the US each year, all new jet engines must undergo arduous FAA safety testing. But how does one reproduce the identical test conditions needed for accurate performance measurements? You use a 10m wide wind baffle, of course.

17 January 2013

Gadgets

FAA Orders All 787 Dreamliners To Be Grounded

Remember when we were hailing Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner as the future of flight? Yeah…maybe we did that a little too hastily. The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued an order to airlines forcing them to ground all 787 Dreamliners due to a risk of fire.

16 January 2013

Gadgets

FAA Wants Pilots To Stop Playing With Gadgets In The Cockpit

The Federal Aviation Administration in the US wants to put a rule on the books that would prohibit pilots from playing with personal electronics in the cockpit. Wait, that wasn’t a rule already? Apparently not.

31 December 2012

Mobile

Counterpoint: Why Using Phones On Planes Is Still Stupid

A few weeks ago, we ran this post asking if we could actually use our phones on planes safely now. It seemed like common sense at the time, but let’s hear a counterpoint from a real-life pilot who explains why it’s still a stupid idea.

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