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Electric flying vehicle gets clearance for flight tests in the US

Joby Aviation's electric flying vehicle has received regulatory permission to begin test flights in the US, ahead of delivering the vehicle to the US Air Force next year

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Joe Biden outlines plans to catalogue unidentified aerial objects

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Airlander 10 in flight over Bedford's Cardington hangers

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Could this airship be the future of sustainable aviation?

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Net-zero aviation needs up to $1 trillion in carbon offsets by 2050

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Net-zero aviation needs up to $1 trillion in carbon offsets by 2050

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ZeroAvia's test plane

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Largest plane yet tested with hydrogen-powered engine

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A plane landing

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Will we ever see commercial plane flights without human pilots?

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A composite image showing what NASA's X-59 plane will look like

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NASA's X-59 plane will try to quietly break the speed of sound in 2023

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The Zephyr solar plane made by Airbus

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Why the US military could replace spy satellites with solar planes

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Flying at some 65,000ft, the ultra-lightweight Zephyr S is uniquely capable of providing persistent surveillance or communications over the same area of land or sea for weeks at a time without landing.

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Zephyr solar-powered drone smashes record with 2-month-long flight

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US Navy is developing a solar-powered plane that can fly for 90 days

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US Navy is developing a solar-powered plane that can fly for 90 days

Aerospace company Skydweller is working with the US Navy to develop a solar-powered aircraft that can stay aloft for 90 days and be used as a communications relay or to escort ships in the ocean

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US Air Force plane navigates by tiny changes in Earth's magnetic field

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Wasps in Australia are endangering planes by building nests on them

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Indian military tests eye-tracking tech to help pilots control planes

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Flying cars remain science fiction as 24 teams fail to claim $1m prize

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