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NASA’s WB-57 high-altitude aircraft will have one of the best views of Wednesday’s total solar eclipse.A partial eclipse will be visible from most major European cities, with the path of totality passing through parts of Greenland, Iceland, Spain, and Portugal.Parts of North America’s East Coast will be able to view a…
The Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia, features over 200 aircraft and spacecraft on display, but Enola Gay remains one of the most prominent — and controversial — objects in its collection.The Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber, which dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima during World War II, is…
“Actually, I would like to add an extra flight to my trip,” said no one, ever.Well, until Starlink came along, apparently.During SpaceX’s Tuesday earnings call, the company’s president, Gwynne Shotwell, highlighted the expansion of Starlink, the company’s satellite-powered internet service, across commercial airlines.”In fact, we heard from one of our…
Since his first term in the White House, President Donald Trump has displayed a model of a new Air Force One plane on his desk.On Wednesday, his long-held vision became a reality when the aircraft he accepted as a gift from Qatar, designated the VC-25B Bridge, flew as Air Force…
Top aviation bodies have a plea for passengers: please, please remember the key safety rules when you get on a flight.On Monday, a cellphone caught fire on a British Airways flight from London to Las Vegas.In an audio recording published by The ATC App, the pilot tells air traffic control…
