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2 days ago | 
robbreport.com | Michael Verdon
The trend these days among some carriers is to raise business class to the levels of first class, especially among competitors. Start-up airline Riyadh Air plans to follow that game plan with its initial fleet of Boeing 787-9 airliners, scheduled to start operations by the end of 2025.
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2 days ago | 
yahoo.com | Michael Verdon
The trend these days among a number of air carriers is to raise business class to a level that competitors call first class. Start-up airline Riyadh Air plans to follow that game plan with its initial fleet of Boeing 787-9 airliners, scheduled to start operations by the end of 2025.
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6 days ago | 
robbreport.com | Nicole Hoey |Michael Verdon
Archer Aviation plans to introduce New York City to the eVTOL world with its first air-taxi hub. The Silicon Valley firm made the announcement at a press conference in Manhattan, noting that its five-person Midnight air taxi would be able to travel from Manhattan to New York’s largest airports in five to 10 minutes. The network will be part of a partnership with United Airlines.
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1 week ago | 
flipboard.com | Michael Verdon
4 hours agoWe keep hearing about all the goods that will become more expensive for Americans thanks to Donald Trump’s tariff policy, such as it is: clothing, shoes, cars, food, especially anything imported from China. But the latest skirmish between Trump and China has painted a target on this nation’s most …
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1 week ago | 
robbreport.com | Michael Verdon
An all-female crew accomplished a brief spaceflight on Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket and capsule, the 31st such flight since its maiden flight in July 2021. The crew was a mixture of celebrities, including Katy Perry, Gayle King, and Lauren Sanchez, and scientists, such as Aisha Bowe, a former NASA rocket scientist, Amanda Nguyen, a bioastronautics research scientist, and Kerianne Flynn, a film producer.
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1 week ago | 
yahoo.com | Michael Verdon
An all-female crew accomplished a brief spaceflight on Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket and capsule, the 31st such flight since its maiden flight in July 2021. The crew was a mixture of celebrities, including Katy Perry, Gayle King, and Lauren Sanchez, and scientists, such as Aisha Bowe, a former NASA rocket scientist, Amanda Nguyen, a bioastronautics research scientist, and Kerianne Flynn, a film producer.
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2 weeks ago | 
flipboard.com | Michael Verdon
Behind the Curtain: Tariffs rupture Trump's grand alliance with tech titansPresident Trump has a much different vision of the future than the tech titans who raced to shape and support his economic agenda. Why it matters: The …
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2 weeks ago | 
robbreport.com | Michael Verdon
The world’s fastest civilian jet since the Concorde is on track for its first delivery this year. Bombardier announced today that the first production model of the Global 8000 is now in final assembly at its Toronto Aircraft Assembly Center. “This impressive aircraft will be the fastest and longest-range purpose-built business aircraft ever built,” Stephen McCullough, Bombardier’s senior vice president of engineering and product development, said in a statement.
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3 weeks ago | 
robbreport.com | Michael Verdon
Renderings of delta-wing aircraft and other futuristic jets usually give the impression that cool-looking, zero-emission skies are just ahead. But Airbus‘s latest vision of aviation’s future looks more like a 1950s PanAm regional airliner than a sleek, UFO-style jet. Behind its staid appearance, the ZeroE aircraft could be one of the biggest game-changers in aviation history.
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3 weeks ago | 
robbreport.com.my | Jinn Chong |J. George Gorant |Michael Verdon
The promise of travelling from New York to London in less than 60 minutes, or Los Angeles to Tokyo in three hours, has been around since 1949, when an unmanned two-stage Bumper rocket blasted through the sky at 5,150 mph. About 12 years later, the U.S. Air Force’s X-15 became the first piloted aircraft to achieve hypersonic flight, generally defined as reaching a minimum of Mach 5 (five times faster than the speed of sound) or 3,800 mph.
