The Promise of Fuel Cells
Fuel cells offer new hope for aviation, but as Guy Richards finds, there are still a number of areas holding it back.
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JF 17 – Pakistan’s Pride
A new aircraft programme for Pakistan has brought benefits not only to the air force but to its aerospace industry. Air Commodore Azfar A Khan (retd) describes how and why...
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Virgin Talks Aerospace History
As president of Virgin Galactic, Will Whitehorn knows a lot about taking aerospace into the future. Adam Burns caught up with him to find out what makes Virgin Galactic's vision...
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Up in the Air: Reduced Aerospace Spending
Boeing and EADS are bidding and counter-bidding to replace the USAF's Eisenhower-era tankers. Despite this, the aging planes remain incongruously aloft, refuelling fighter jets half a century their junior. Retired...
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Piloting the Joint Strike Fighter
Testing of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II (joint strike fighter) is well underway. Ian McInnes catches up with Graham "GT" Tomlinson, BAE Systems' lead test pilot for the STOVL...
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Gaining Altitude: Business Jets on Display
Executive aviation is on the rise, despite the recession. In a recent survey 55% of respondents said they planned to take more trips in 2010 than in 2009. We take...
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South Korea’s Push for the UAV
The Republic of Korea (ROK) Government has been pushing itself into the UAV arena for some time. Gordon Feller documents Korea's projects and the companies that are helping make them...
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Satellites: Honing in on Defence
Gordon Feller asks if the satellite industry has the skills to continue its growth in defence. Earlier this year we looked at the technologies behind the growth of the commercial...
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Why Aircraft and Ash Don’t Mix: The Fallout from Volcanic Eruption
Iceland's erupting volcano is creating transport chaos across the UK and northern Europe. We explain why so many flights are being grounded.
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Nasa’s High-Tech Climate Monitoring
Almost since its inception, Nasa has played a large part in climate monitoring. Gareth Evans looks at the technologies that have made space agency more than just a player in...
