airplane
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NASA’s X-57 Maxwell Could Bring Aviation Into the Electric Future
NASA’s X-57 Maxwell team is a winner of the 2023 Gizmodo Science Fair for designing a fully electric propulsion aircraft and new aeronautic technologies in the process.
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A Plane Losing an Engine Is Scary but Actually No Big Deal
Last month, a Qantas plane had engine trouble and was forced to shut down one of its engines. Passengers reportedly heard a bang, and then the air conditioning shut off, which was probably a scary situation for everyone involved. But the plane still made it to its destination safely because, while engine problems after takeoff…
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The Grognard Was the Strangest Jet Bomber of the Early Cold War Era
The Sud-Est Grognard looked more like a drawing of a spaceship than a fighter jet. The experimental French jet fighter, of which only two were built, belongs to my favourite era of aircraft: early Cold War experiments. While jet engines saw their combat debut in the flak-ridden skies of the waning days of World War…
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China Might Have Built a Mach 9 Kerosene-Powered Hypersonic Engine
Researchers in China claim to have developed a hypersonic engine capable of propelling a plane up to speeds of Mach 9, nine times the speed of sound. Interesting Engineering reported that Liu Yunfeng, a senior Chinese Academy of Sciences engineer, led the team that created the unique detonation wave engine. The engine generates thrust via…