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Loose screw blamed for smoking iPhone

Loose screw blamed for smoking iPhone

...Apple iPhone that started spewing black smoke on a Regional Express (REX) flight last year has revealed the reason for the incident, and led to... Read more

4 May, 2012 by Luke Hopewell
Nasa's test planes in pictures

Nasa's test planes in pictures

...Flight testing of the X-38 prototypes in the late 1990s through to... Read more

20 May, 2011 by Jonathan E Skillings
Top business travel apps

Top business travel apps

...10 essential apps for use on the move, from currency converters and flight trackers to the latest in language tools and Wi-Fi finders. TripItTripIt... Read more

5 March, 2011 by Staff

Garmin's Pilot app lands aviation tools on iOS, Android

...app that provides pilots with navigation, trip planning, filing, weather and electronic flight bag tools. The Garmin Pilot app for iOS and Android provides aviation... Read more

28 March, 2012 by Larry Dignan
Nasa's Orion looks ahead to 2014 test <endeca_term>flight</endeca_term>

Nasa's Orion looks ahead to 2014 test flight

...move forward with its deep-space exploration plans by conducting an unmanned flight test of its Orion spacecraft in 2014.The US space agency said... Read more

27 November, 2011 by Daniel Terdiman

Google's flight search gets off the ground

...feature to its search site on Tuesday, designed to make looking for flights as easy as googling yourself. Google is rolling out a flight search... Read more

14 September, 2011 by Elinor Mills
SpaceX targets first <endeca_term>flight</endeca_term> to space station

SpaceX targets first flight to space station

...has been given the go-ahead by NASA to make a test flight to the International Space Station in early 2012. Image credit: SpaceX SpaceX... Read more

13 December, 2011 by William Harwood

Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo passes flight test

...heart-stopping 15,500 foot-per-minute dive during its 'maiden feathered flight', an event that takes the company another step closer toward realising its... Read more

20 May, 2011 by Staff

Bing teams up with Kayak to offer flight search

...has entered into a partnership with travel search tool Kayak to bring flight search results to Bing users in the US. Bing has partnered with... Read more

7 March, 2011 by Josh Lowensohn

Air traffic control system is 'not safe', say UK controllers

...not fit for purpose", according to air traffic controllers. The EFD (Electronic Flight Data) system rolled out at the Scottish and Oceanic Air Traffic Control... Read more

2 March, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Singapore Airlines to introduce in-flight Wi-Fi

...Singapore Airlines has announced plans to offer in-flight web and mobile connection services from the first half of 2011. Its... Read more

6 October, 2010 by Tyler Thia
Photos: Space shuttle Discovery's final <endeca_term>flight</endeca_term>

Photos: Space shuttle Discovery's final flight

...9 March, 2011. Its sister ships, Endeavour and Atlantis, completed their final flights a few months later, returning to Earth on 1 June and 21... Read more

18 April, 2012 by William Harwood
Space X craft preps for ISS mission

Space X craft preps for ISS mission

...the International Space Station. Image credit: Space X The long-awaited test flight is intended to clear the way for routine resupply missions starting later... Read more

17 April, 2012 by William Harwood
Space probes scan the heavens: In pictures

Space probes scan the heavens: In pictures

...phenomena — and relaying them to astrophysicists back at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. Photo credit: Nasa See more space photos on ZDNet UK Read more

5 March, 2012 by Charles Cooper

Unmanned planes edge closer to midair refuelling

...In a flight test earlier this year, Northrop Grumman took a big step closer to... Read more

11 March, 2011 by Jonathan E Skillings

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