Can you catch COVID-19 on a long-haul flight?
While the airline industry has touted flying as a low-risk activity during the coronavirus pandemic, two new international studies strongly suggest that COVID-19 is transmissible on long-haul airline flights. The first study, from Vietnam’s National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, appears in the November 2020 edition of the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases. “Although the international flight
NASA reveals plans for an all-electric, zero emissions aircraft
Joining in a growing trend, NASA recently revealed its plans for a zero-emissions, all-electric aircraft – the X-57. After all, it is the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Aviation and aeronautics is as much a part of its mission as space travel. This visualiszation is generated from a supercomputer simulation of the X-57 “Maxwell” electric
Spaceplane update: Sierra Nevada Dream Chaser completes wind tunnel testing
Sierra Nevada said it has successfully completed wind tunnel testing on its Dream Chaser spaceplane, a key milestone in the future of space cargo services. Sierra Nevada Corporation has announced the successful completion of wind tunnel testing on the company’s Dream Chaser spaceplane at NASA’s Ames Research Center over the course of three weeks, requiring
Using small drones to deliver packages straight to your door isn’t a new idea: businesses from Amazon to UPS are already experimenting with the technology. But now the company that owns China’s largest express delivery service is taking the concept further, SF Holdings said. The company has successfully completed a trial of the country’s first
The Australian Financial Review has today recognised Momentum Media for its speedy conceptualisation and delivery of a platform to ensure the continuity of its business awards programs during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Universal Hydrogen, a California-based start-up co-founded by former Airbus chief technology officer Paul Eremenko, has launched plans to convert regional airliners to hydrogen power. The company said its business model will encourage early adoption of the carbon-free fuel by the air transport industry before manufacturers develop new aircraft with hydrogen propulsion as standard equipment. Eremenko
