Four airplanes that you could buy for less than $30,000 Some single-engine piston aircrafts, aged 20 to 40 years, can be still acceptably reliable, although, in my humble opinion, a bit risky. They can provide the emotion of flying without draining your banking account. Nevertheless, if you really need a plane to travel average distances, be it for business or for leasure, … [Read more...]
An eco-friendly, cost-effective Kerosene DLR researchers and scientists from Switzerland have developed a novel solar system that produces kerosene from concentrated solar energy, CO2 and water after a chemical conversion process. The process is already designed for industrial application. The novel solar system is located in the Spanish Móstoles and pools the sunlight … [Read more...]
Flights are more punctual than ever, but they take considerably longer than a few years ago. Scheduled flights arrive more and more on time, but there is a trick, used by airlines to avoid having to admit - and discount - delays. When you get on a plane, do you feel like you have to wait too long before you see it take off? Or waiting a long time before getting off after … [Read more...]
Jets engines provide an amazing operational longevity A jet engine last an average of 8 years of uninterrupted flight, as if it flew 24 hours a day 7 days a week during 8 years. In such a time, reckoning and average speed of 800 km/h, a jet engine thrust an airplane for 800km x24h x365 days x8 years = more than 56 million km, roughly 35 million miles. A car engine can … [Read more...]
The Volocopter takes off over Stuttgart Land with a private jet charter, jump on a flying car waiting for you right on the tarmac, just fly over the traffic jam - this is still a vision of the future. However, there was already a first test flight in a European city center: in Stuttgart a Volocopter took off for the first time. The Volocopter is first launched in a … [Read more...]
