EV Aviation: Eviation’s electric plane startup appears to be shutting down
Due to internal disagreements, their major financier and funding source has pulled the plug on the electric aircraft startup.
Drones: The Great Drone Hoax of 2024
How people notice something ordinary that has been going on for ages and turn it into mass delusion. We have been here before.
Drones: Businesses want to shoot down “drones”
Still not one confirmed sighting of an illegally operated or nefarious drone yet. But let's start shooting down legally operated aircraft.
The Great Drone Hoax of 2024
We are a nation of idiots.
Drones: The Great Drone Hoax of 2024
Good chance there are no nefarious drones, just as in the mid-west 2020 drone hysteria, or the Gatwick Airport fiasco.
Climate: Climate conferences hypocritically among biggest carbon emitters
Private aircraft flown to climate conferences are among the largest carbon emitters on earth.
Aviation: Skyryse uses smart control system to make flying easier
Worth watching – impressive and about time:
Climate: # of passenger jets to double over next 20 years
Does this mean we are not banning air travel? Airline fleets to double in new blow to flight-shamers
Security: Doing math on board aircraft is dangerous
This really happened - an economist working on differential equations was temporarily removed from an airline flight because passenger thought he must be a terrorist.
Climate: Lufthansa to add up to 72 Euro charge per fight, on average
European aviation giant Lufthansa Group is to introduce a new “environmental cost surcharge” of up to €72 per flight to cover part of the cost of complying with new green…