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This photo released by the National Transportation Safety Board shows a gaping hole where the paneled-over door had been at the fuselage plug area of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282, Jan. 7, 2024Photo: National Transportation Safety Board (AP)Some travelers have become nervous about flying on Boeing planes after a string of highly publicized technical issues, including the door plug that simply fell off an Alaska Airlines flight at 16,000 feet back in January. But is there any way to easily check the type of plane you’ll be…

Last Updated: March 20, 2024, 10:38 ISTSuzuki And SkyDrive Partners To Begin Production Of Flying Cars In Japan. (Photo: The Japan Times)The collaboration between Suzuki and SkyDrive signals a promising future for the development and commercialization of flying cars, potentially transforming urban transportation.Suzuki Motor Corporation and SkyDrive Inc. have joined hands to kick off the production of flying cars at a Suzuki-owned plant in Iwata City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.These flying cars, also known as eVTOLs, are…

The innovative Swedish electric boat maker Candela has just announced its biggest funding round ever, reeling in €24.5M (US $26.6M). Fresh off the announcement of the first commercial user of the company’s new P-12 electric ferry, Candela is now flying closer to its goal of replacing combustion engine watercraft with efficient electric boats in both the recreational and commercial boating industries. The company is well on its way to achieving that goal, using an innovative design with…

New Zealand’s Lake Manapōuri is often described as the cleanest lake in the world due to its crystal clear water fed by melting glaciers that carved the lake, as well as yearly snow melt. Now the lake’s hydro-electric power station is getting even cleaner with the adoption of the world’s first flying electric hydrofoil ferry. New Zealand renewable energy company, Meridian Energy, signed an agreement with Swedish electric hydrofoil boat maker Candela that will see the new Candela P-12 electric ferry…

Boeing 747. Credit: Wikipedia The American aerospace giant Boeing has been synonymous with safe air travel for decades. Since the 1990s, Boeing and its European competitor Airbus have dominated the market for large passenger jets.…

EMS system of HEPS under three-dimensional transportation network. Credit: Zhexi Lu, Science and Technology on Vehicle Transmission Laboratory, School of Mechanical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology A paper aiming to provide guidance for research on the energy management strategies (EMSs) for flying cars driven by hybrid electric propulsion systems (HEPSs) by comprehensively summarizing the EMSs of HEPSs for…

Cheaters continue to find ways to ruin Call of Duty matches, but Activision has detailed a recent update to its Ricochet anti-cheat system, which went live with the Season 2 Reloaded update for Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone.Call of Duty's official updates account has posted a list of several upgrades implemented to Ricochet. These new anti-cheat highlights include enhanced protections and increased response times for the kernel-level driver on PC, speed optimizations for detections in Ranked Play modes,…

Driving ceremony photo.Suzuki Motor Corporation and SkyDrive Inc. have started manufacturing ‘flying cars’ in Iwata City, Shizuoka Prefecture.Suzuki and SkyDrive concluded a Manufacturing Cooperation Contract for the manufacturing of “SKYDRIVE (SD-05 type)” at a plant owned by the Suzuki Group in Iwata City, Shizuoka Prefecture through SkyDrive’s subsidiary Sky Works Inc in October 2023, and have since been cooperating toward start of manufacturing.On 6 March, a rivet…

Nothing is excessively futuristic considering the pace of technological advancement worldwide. With this in mind, Professor Satya Chakravarthy, the founder of ePlane Company and a distinguished professor of Aerospace Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-Madras), highlighted the ground-breaking progress achieved in developing India’s first flying taxi — e200.In an exclusive interview with News18, Prof Chakravarthy addressed various aspects of the e200’s design, safety, regulatory considerations,…

The unabashed wartime weepie is a lost art these days. So despite its occasional lack of subtlety, Dominic and Ian Higgins’s RAF biopic is a welcome throwback to matinee-style viewing, right down to sundered lovers canoodling in front of starlit canopies. It has an easy swing and self-assurance, thanks in no small part to a well-starched performance by Shane O’Regan as real-life pilot Brendan Finucane, AKA “Spitfire Paddy”.One of the ranks of Irishmen, and Britons of Irish descent, who despite their homeland’s neutrality…