Flying gamble

Computers have played second fiddle to analogue techniques in safety-critical systems and though airlines are switching to fly-by-wire technology,…

Avant-garde antiques

The world is soon to herald the revived version of a flying machine called the airship which had been relegated to the annals of history. These …

Launch by a bomber

Blast blanket

Winged wonder

US researchers have developed an aircraft that could possibly explain the mystery of UFOs

Tending on its own

Flying with a laptop

A new sofware will now provide aspiring pilots the chance to do their groundwork before flying

Hanging wonder

Airships can provide transport on an eco-friendly and cost-effective basis

Safety kit for copters

Floating devices would save helicopters from capsizing

Flying machine

Miniature spy

Flying high on hydrogen

Hydrogen makes a comeback as a fuel to propel a new type of airplane

Flying safely

A hi-tech system may help avoid aircraft collisions

Free from bird-hits

New technology promises to keep birds away from airplanes

Flight to fame

A joint consortium by 3 Asian nations to build a passenger aircraft may shake the Western stranglehold

Grounding fliers

Environmental activists are fighting against the dramatic expansion of air traffic in the Netherlands

Tough time, safe landing

Results of simulated landings using the global positioning system show that planes can now land safely even in zero visibility

Noise enfolded

Muffling the sound made by a supersonic jet during take-off could bring calm to areas where air traffic is high

Sniffing out the killers

They are tiny and remote-controlled. And these sniffer planes will soon fly into biowarfare danger zones

Off with flying colours

A new software increases flight safety by helping pilots calculate their take-off speeds more accurately

Wings clipped by age

Downward flight

Smart wings

Class struggle in mid-air

Lack of leg-room in economy-class seating can be harmful to middle-aged people

Gliding back home

'Gliding lifeboats' can bring astronauts back to earth in case the space station fails