airplane
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It’s Now Harder to Track Taylor Swift’s Private Jet
Swift voiced her concern over people tracking her jet earlier this year.
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You Don’t Need to Use Airplane Mode on Airplanes
Putting your phone in airplane mode when boarding a flight feels like common sense. You wouldn’t be crazy for thinking your phone signal could interfere with an airplane’s navigation systems, potentially causing a disaster. However, the necessity of airplane mode is largely a myth, and there’s another reason airlines are asking you to turn your…
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We’ll Finally Get to See NASA’s Sonic Boom-Less Supersonic Plane Next Week
NASA’s supersonic experimental plane—the linchpin of the agency’s Quesst mission—is set to roll out of its warehouse in the California desert next week. We’re gassed for the big reveal: the X-59 has been in development for six years, and, if successful, it will demonstrate supersonic flight without sonic booms. The 99-foot-long (30-meter) plane is just…
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NASA’s New Design Would Finally Bring Jets Out Of The Jet Age
NASA unveiled its latest X-plane Monday; a strange new design known as a transonic truss-winged aircraft that might just be coming to an airport near you in the next decade.