In-flight entertainment has evolved significantly over the years, from a one-off experiment to the on-demand streaming services many of us are now used to.
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When you’re an astronaut landing on the Moon, you can’t rely on the same gravitational cues we have on Earth. But regimented training with sensory devices could one day prevent spatial disorientation.
An aerospace engineer explains why it’s so hard to tell just how fast an airplane is really moving.
A sleep scientist explains how to maximise your chances of getting decent rest while trapped on a plane.
People aren’t the only ones harmed by heat waves. The hotter it gets, the harder it is for machines to keep their cool.
Over the past 60 years, the duration of flights has remained roughly the same, while passengers have been subjected to more indignities, longer waits and more cancellations.
Lingering on the tarmac once you get off a plane through the rear door is unadvisable for many reasons – here’s why the staff want your phone in your pocket.
The Saudi government is using digital technology to help the hajj run smoothly and safely – the latest updates in a 200-year history of technology and the hajj.
Rockets used to launch satellites fall back to Earth, and as their number grows, the risk faced by people living on the ground — or flying in airplanes — increases.
A tragic plane crash has claimed at least 68 lives in Nepal – the latest in a string of aviation disasters in a country grappling with improving the safety of its flight industry.
When something disrupts the smooth, laminar flow of high-altitude winds, your flight might get a little bumpy.
Air Canada and United Airlines both have orders for hybrid electric 30-seaters. An aerospace engineer explains where electrification, hydrogen and sustainable aviation fuels are headed.
All up, your risk of catching COVID on a flight is very low. But there are things you can do to lower that risk even further.
For years it has lagged Airbus, but that might be coming to an end.
Airplanes use radio waves to determine how far off the ground they are. New 5G cellphone services come close to the same frequencies the airplanes use. Here’s how that can be a problem.
When planes fly from east to west, they are flying against a river of air called a jet stream. These air currents can make your flight longer or shorter, depending on which way you are going.
Hard evidence on how much coronavirus transmission occurs on transport is hard to come by. But there are ways to reduce your risk.
The aviation industry was already expecting a severe pilot shortage over the coming years. The pandemic could make it even worse.
The COVID-19 pandemic hasn’t just disrupted our lives. It has also challenged the way we forecast the weather.
Eight decades after missing aviator Amelia Earhart was declared dead, technologies still don’t quite track every airplane all over the globe.
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Professor/Head of Aviation, CQUniversity Australia
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