Adventures In Aviation
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Flying clean: Electric planes could be ready for take off by the 2030s
These new aircraft could help cut carbon emissions, experts say.
Gökçin Çınar, The Conversation
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Supersonic jets are set to fly again – but must overcome the problems that grounded the Concord
Boom Overture supersonic jets hope to be ready for commercial use by 2029.
Peter Thomas, The Conversation
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World’s largest plane takes first flight, aims to act as flying launch pad for satellites
The six-engine jet’s wingspan is the length of an American football field.
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Trending
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Mauritian Bhojpuri is being dressed in Hindu nationalist robes – and I’m in mourning
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Young professionals are fleeing crisis-hit Pakistan in hope of a better future
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Toddler says she didn’t like ‘Pathaan’, Shah Rukh Khan posts video with a promise to work harder
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Watch: ‘3 Idiots’ stars Aamir Khan, Sharman Joshi, R Madhavan comically reunite to promote new film
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‘Class’ review: An immersive and revealing show about privilege
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Amelia Earhart’s non-stop flight from the Red Sea to India was marked by British obstructionism
Civil aviation was in its infancy and Britain was developing an air route along the Arab side of the Persian Gulf from Baghdad.
John Hayhurst
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Watch: This skydiver gloriously jumped from a drone. Others like him could soon be saving lives
The next frontier in adventure sports in the sky?
Scroll Staff
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Annoyed with flight delay, Jet Airways passenger tweets ‘hijack’ alert to Narendra Modi
Nitin Verma’s message on Twitter sent security forces into action, and he was deboarded at the Jaipur airport for questioning.
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Video
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Toddler says she didn’t like ‘Pathaan’, Shah Rukh Khan posts video with a promise to work harder
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Watch: TV host Ellen DeGeneres surprised with marriage vow renewal ceremony by wife Portia de Rossi
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Watch: This dog was taking a ride on the roof of a car in Bengaluru
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Eco India: Why are sparrows continuing to disappear from Indian cities?
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Watch: Adele moved to tears as fan shows up with picture of his late wife to her Las Vegas show
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Watch: The world’s largest aircraft ‘Airlander 10’ makes a crash landing (very slowly)
The bottom-shaped plane’s second test run ended in a crash landing.
Scroll Staff
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How to build a plane that never needs to land
Internet connections could one day come from solar-powered planes that fly for months at a time or even longer.
Richard Cochrane, The Conversation
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Watch videos of Air India's first foreign flight – and early air hostesses
Eighty years after JRD Tata piloted the first mail plane to India, the Tatas return to the skies today with their AirAsia joint venture.
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The Reel
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Start the week with a film: Horses and a quietly thumping heart in ‘The Rider’
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‘Class’ review: An immersive and revealing show about privilege
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‘Jehanabad – Of Love & War’ review: A heavily spiced account of an audacious jailbreak
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‘Almost Pyaar with DJ Mohabbat’ review: A throbbing musical about forbidden passion
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‘Faraaz’ review: A shallow exploration of 2016 Dhaka terror attack