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Volocopter: Sixteen propellers and one seat belt (photos)
Winner of the AERO 2012 Lindbergh Prize for Innovation, E-volo is trying to change personal transportation with its multi-propeller aircraft designs.
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With the USS Langley, aircraft carriers took off (photos)
Aircraft carriers weren't always the high-tech marvels they are today. In fact, the U.S. Navy's very first one wasn't even a carrier at first.
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The top 11 flying machines of 2011 (images)
It was a monumental year for aircraft and spacecraft, as Boeing's Dreamliner carried passengers for the first time and the space shuttle landed for the final time. Plus: drones, drones, drones.
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Business Travelers: Check your damn bags please
I'm mad as hell about self-centered business travelers on commuter jets and I'm not going to take it anymore.
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Second X-47B robo-drone takes to the air (photos)
The U.S. Navy gets another step closer to having an unmanned aircraft that can fly autonomously to and from the unforgiving environment of an aircraft carrier.
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USS Enterprise: Nuclear power meets aircraft carrier (photos)
Fifty years ago today, the U.S. Navy commissioned the world's first nuclear-powered carrier. It's now the oldest ship in the U.S. fleet, but retirement looms.
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SOA is everywhere: even driving drone aircraft
A framework 'analogous to the hardware and operating system used by a tablet computer' will give the government more flexibility with the software running its pilotless drones.
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NASA's aircraft of the future (images)
NASA is attempting to fill the skies with quieter, faster, more fuel efficient, and carbonless aircraft.
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NASA Aeronautics working towards carbonless silent aircraft
Noise and carbon-free airplanes are not simply pipe dreams any more as NASA and partners are working towards the next generation of airplanes.
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World's first 'printed' airplane takes to the skies
Engineers at the University of Southampton have developed an unmanned air vehicle (UAV) whose entire structure has been printed, potentially changing the economics of aircraft design.
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Inside the world's largest airplane factory
Boeing's aircraft factory in Everett, Wash., is one of the world's largest. CNET ventures inside, where the company builds 747, 767, 777, and 787 aircraft.
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Vintage WWII aircraft live to tell their tales (photos)
The National Wings of Freedom Tour stops in Northern California, where the world's last remaining B-24 takes a victory lap with veterans of WWII and other historic warplanes.
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Video: Supersonic F/A-18C Hornet bursts into flame on aircraft carrier flight deck
Here's a shoutout to everyone on the crew, and especially the intrepid pilot who came home safely and brought his injured bird in for an incredible landing.
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NASA scientists turn towards Earth to measure polar ice and climate change conditions
This is actually some of the real science that's been fueling the global warming and client change debates.
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The FAA lost 119,000 planes and all we got was this lousy form
For years the FAA's database more closely approximated a brown supermarket bag filled with receipts than an actual, you know, database.
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Inside Boeing's newest aircraft (photos)
CNET visits Boeing's Customer Experience Center in Renton, Wash., to view mock-ups of the company's latest aircraft.
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Sights from the Farnborough air show (photos)
The 47th Farnborough International Airshow combined business and pleasure, a mixture of aircraft industry commerce and aerial spectacles for the public. Here are photos of the show.
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Building the world's most advanced aircraft carrier (photos)
At Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding in Newport News, Va., the Gerald R. Ford is well under way. It is a sea change for carriers.
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Gallery: Solar airplane takes off
Solar Impulse successfully completed a big step towards its goal of making the first solar-powered aircraft to circle the globe.
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Special Report: F-35 Fighter Lightning II to be delayed to 2015/16 - Lightning does strike twice.
The total cost of the program is now pegged at $300 billion.
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