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Top-secret spy <endeca_term>planes</endeca_term> patrol the skies

Top-secret spy planes patrol the skies

...look at some of the US Air Force's most potent spy planes. The Predator (above) earned a reputation as a spy plane when it... Read more

26 February, 2011 by Staff
Loose screw blamed for smoking iPhone

Loose screw blamed for smoking iPhone

...and led to renewed warnings about the carriage of lithium batteries onto planes. The iPhone that caught fire. Image credit: REX/ATSB Flight crew on... Read more

4 May, 2012 by Luke Hopewell
Nasa's test <endeca_term>planes</endeca_term> in pictures

Nasa's test planes in pictures

...retiring space shuttle is simply one craft in a long line of planes tested and flown by the space agency. Some of these craft never... Read more

20 May, 2011 by Jonathan E Skillings
Boeing's Phantom Ray drone takes first flight

Boeing's Phantom Ray drone takes first flight

The Phantom Ray unmanned aircraft made its first test flight on 27 April, and is designed for a range of missions from attack to reconnaissance Read more

15 May, 2011 by Jonathan E Skillings
Airbus eyes the skies with self-healing <endeca_term>plane</endeca_term>

Airbus eyes the skies with self-healing plane

...polymorphic material. Photo credit: Airbus Also on ZDNet UK: Nasa's test planes in pictures Read more

18 June, 2011 by Rupert Goodwins
Boeing to deliver much-delayed Dreamliner

Boeing to deliver much-delayed Dreamliner

...before thousands of employees, press and fans on 8 July, 2007, the plane was supposed to begin carrying paying passengers by 2008. But after years... Read more

26 September, 2011 by Daniel Terdiman

US Air Force launches robotic space plane

...A second mysterious, robotic space plane was launched into orbit by the US Air Force on Saturday, after... Read more

7 March, 2011 by Edward Moyer
Unmanned AUVs find Air France wreckage

Unmanned AUVs find Air France wreckage

...examine the wreckage in detail and to continue to search for the plane's flight recorders. Photo credit: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Get the latest... Read more

5 April, 2011 by Ben Woods

Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo passes flight test

...flight on Tuesday. The craft was carried into the air by a plane and then dropped from around 51,000 feet. But the near-vertical... Read more

20 May, 2011 by Staff

Unmanned planes edge closer to midair refuelling

Northrop Grumman has carried out a flight test to see if it is possible to refuel two unmanned aircraft in midair Read more

11 March, 2011 by Jonathan E Skillings

US musters Global Hawk drone for Japan relief

The US is sending a robotic aerial vehicle to Japan to help disaster relief agencies, providing pictures of the damage suffered by towns and facilities affected by the earthquake Read more

17 March, 2011 by Jack Clark

Plane completes 17-hour flight without fuel

A solar-powered plane has completed the first leg of a journey towards Morocco, landing in... Read more

28 May, 2012
X-<endeca_term>Plane</endeca_term> 10.04rc2

X-Plane 10.04rc2

X-Plane is the ultimate general-aviation flight sim. With hardware-accelerated texture-mapped... Read more

9 May, 2012
X-<endeca_term>Plane</endeca_term> 10.04rc2

X-Plane 10.04rc2

X-Plane is the ultimate general-aviation flight sim. With hardware-accelerated texture-mapped... Read more

16 March, 2012
X-<endeca_term>Plane</endeca_term> Helicopter 9.710

X-Plane Helicopter 9.710

...or DOWN, to INCREASE collective.And now, on with the show! X-Plane Helicopter is a new version of X-Plane that lets you realistically... Read more

24 August, 2011

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"cites" even. Ouch!

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...... and PDP11s too

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@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

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BrownieBoy

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1 day ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Jack Schofield

@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

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