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Commercial flights could one day be propelled by sustainable fuels, renewable energy or hydrogen propulsion – but big challenges remain.
As the notion of flight shame is taking off around the world, emissions from aviation are making a small but growing contribution to global warming.
Drones don’t pose much of a risk to traditional aviation. Our research shows that collisions with manned aircraft are far more likely to involve a bird.
Internet connections could one day come from solar-powered planes that fly for months or even longer at a time.
The renowned aviator’s name became synonymous with Concorde and the era of supersonic flight.
Demand for the A380 appears to have stalled, but it’s still the best Very Large Aircraft out there.
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Professor of Aviation, Griffith University
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Professor in Applied Fluid Mechanics and Director, Institute for Aerospace Technology, Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham
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Research Associate (Centre for Energy Economics Research and Policy), Heriot-Watt University
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Assistant Professor of Economics, Heriot-Watt University
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Associate Professor in Aviation, CQUniversity Australia
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Program Manager - Climate Ready Initiative, Griffith University
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Adjunct Associate Professor, Griffith University
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Aviation PhD candidate, Griffith University
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Director of Education and Senior Lecturer in Renewable Energy, University of Exeter
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Research Assistant, Griffith Aviation, Griffith University
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Director of Technology Policy Program and Research Fellow at Mercatus Center, George Mason University