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airplaneHybrid Blimp Plane Has Reliable Speed, Greater Safety and Lower Operating Cost

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December 3, 2018 | Brian Wang |
 
A hybrid airship combines a blimp with plane for reliable speed and performance and greater safety. It can carry up to 8 passengers or 2000 lbs in its spacious cabin, which can easily be reconfigured to enable any number of …
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airplane100 Special Planes and $2.5 Billion per year for Sulphate Geoengineering

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November 23, 2018 | Brian Wang |
 
Researchers reviewed all lofting technologies that seem plausible as methods to put 100,000 tons per year of sulphur to an altitude of up to ~20 km in 2033. The program then scales to 5 million tons per year. Their main …
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airplaneDemonstration supersonic plane will fly at mach 2.2 by the end of 2019

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November 16, 2018 | Brian Wang |
 
XB-1 is the first independently developed supersonic jet. It is a one-third scale version of 55 passenger jet. If all goes well $6 billion will be raised to build commercial supersonic passenger jets. Boom Aerospace wants the 55 passenger versions …
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air pollutionPlans for Regional Hydrogen-Electric Passenger Aircraft

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October 5, 2018 | Brian Wang |
 
HES Energy Systems revealed its plans for Element One, the world’s first regional hydrogen-electric passenger aircraft. They have been developing hydrogen propulsion systems for drones for the last 12 years. Element One merges HES’ ultra-light hydrogen fuel cell technologies with …
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airplaneNine-passenger all electric regional passenger aircraft by 2021

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September 7, 2018 | Brian Wang |
 
Israeli startup Eviation is making a nine-passenger all-electric regional passenger aircraft by 2021. It will take 9 passengers up to 650 miles at a cruise speed of 240 knots. Alice uses distributed propulsion with one main pusher propeller at the …
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airplaneElon has four year old idea for supersonic electric plane and Hypermach continues in stealth mode

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September 7, 2018 | Brian Wang |
 
On 2014, Nextbigfuture covered Elon Musk describing his belief that an electric supersonic vertical take-off passenger jet could be built. Elon Musk talked about the supersonic electric passenger VTOL plane in an interview with Joe Rogan. Other have patented VTOL …
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airplaneCommercial wing in ground effect plane

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September 6, 2018 | Brian Wang |
 
The Wiget Works AirFish 8 (AF8) is an 8-10 seater WIG (Wing in Ground effect) seaplane with a 17 meter x 15 meter footprint. It is designed to be operated by 2 crew and carrying capacity for 6-8 passengers in …
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air forceChina receiving the remainder of an order of twenty-four SU-35 Russian jets in 2018

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August 20, 2018 | Brian Wang |
 
China paid US$2.5 billion for twenty-four SU-35 fighter jets which have thrust-vectoring engines for super-maneuverability. The Su-35 is powered by two AL-117S turbofan engines and fitted with thrust-vectoring nozzles enabling it to perform post-stall maneuvers at low speeds. The Su-35 …
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airplaneCommercial 1000 horsepower Gravity human flying suit will add 3d printed wings and AR displays

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July 22, 2018 | Brian Wang |
 
The first Gravity human flying suit was sold for 300,000 euros. Current versions of the suit sell for $440,000. They will add 3D printed wings for more efficient and faster flight. They will add AR displays. They will create an …
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air forceRussia cancels stealth Su-57 but will make improved Su-35

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July 16, 2018 | Brian Wang |
 
Russia is cancelling the Su-57 (aka T-50) stealth fighter. They built 11 planes in early production but India has dropped out as a partner. Russia will apply the stealth technology and other advancements for an improved version of the SU-35. …
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