The contemporary airliners are so safe, efficient and reliable, and we tend to overlook that. Unnoticed, they bridge continents, transporting millions of passengers each day in highly accurate fashion. However, when I trace the history of aviation, I have come across something much more interesting concepts of airplanes that were bold and imaginative and even […]
France’s Unconventional Skies: 10 Unique Aircraft Designs
France has always been fascinated with engineering, trying to maintain both respect to traditions and to push boundaries in terms of innovation. This combination can be clearly seen in the country’s aviation history. French designers managed to create both beautiful and elegant airplanes, and those which looked like nothing that had ever been built before. […]
10 Jet Engines and Technologies Redefining Aviation
Aviation industry experiences major transformations related to innovations in the area of propulsion technologies. As global air traffic continuously grows every year, the manufacturers of aviation engines have no choice but to respond to demands from airliners for fuel-efficient engines. Thus, there is a need to introduce innovations that will facilitate better environmental performance and […]
The 10 Fastest Aircraft Ever Made: A History of Speed
Aviation is inseparably linked to the chase of speed. Since the first days of the powered flight, engineers and pilots have strived to create machines that will be capable of moving through the sky faster, higher, and cover more distance. What started with ruddy wooden planes, which were propelled by small engines, slowly transformed into […]
The An-124 Ruslan: A Deep Dive Into the Surviving Giant
The Antonov An-225 “Mriya” is the airplane that attracted the attention of the population in aviation. The largest airplane in the world, its crash in February 2022 in Hostomel Airport was a monumental loss not only to the aviation fans but also to engineers. But as the world grieved over the Mriya, its slightly smaller […]
France’s Unlikely Aviation Flops: 10 Weird and Wonderful Failures
When individuals mention French aviation they will envision glamorous airplanes and technological advancements in engineering. France has been reputed to make innovative and successful designs that contributed to the creation of modern aviation. Due to such a good legacy, it is not as easy to locate really bad aircraft that belonged to France as it […]
Alef’s $300,000 Flying Car: A Deep Dive into the Future of Commuting
For a time people thought about flying cars as something that could only happen in movies or books. We saw pictures of cities where people drove through the air of sitting in traffic on the road. This idea was really exciting. It seemed like something that would happen a long time from now not something […]
How Washington Uses Phone Data to Predict and Prevent Speeding
Traffic enforcement has become a cat and mouse game as drivers over the years have tried all tricks in the book to beat speed traps using radar detector or laser jammer. Currently, there is a new game-changer which is rewriting the rules and it is surprisingly its own data which is produced by our smartphones […]
A Journey Through Italy’s Most Stylish Aircraft Designs
The image that crosses the mind of most people when Italian design is brought up is that of smooth sports vehicles, haute fashion, and the chic Italian architecture. But this worship of beauty goes way further than just the land and the sea and even the heavens. The Italian aircrafts have always been well known […]
EV Charging’s Future: Averted Crisis Nationally, Major Mandates in California
Even in quiet streets, electric vehicles are increasingly becoming visible on the streets, but the greatest obstacles are sometimes found in the most obvious places, in the stuffy conference rooms, in the dusty code books, and in the lengthy technical discussions. The majority of amendments made to electrical requirements are passed unnoticed by people outside […]