by Spyros Georgilidakis | Sep 26, 2021 | News
An Israeli company is developing NavGuard, a way for drones to navigate without GPS. What does this mean? Could airliners benefit from it? Satellite navigation is something we all take for granted. Whether we realize it or not, we used it daily without thinking about...
by Spyros Georgilidakis | Aug 23, 2021 | News
An Envoy E175 hit a drone, as it climbed out of Chicago. The flight crew were able to return the aircraft for a safe landing, back in O’Hare. The incident happened on Sunday, the 22nd of August. It involved flight AA-3961, from Chicago O’Hare (KORD) in Illinois, to...
by Spyros Georgilidakis | Jun 15, 2021 | News
Last week, Boeing announced that its MQ-25 test aircraft became the first uncrewed aircraft to refuel another aircraft, a Navy fighter jet. Uncrewed aircraft are inching their way into aviation. Of course the military has been using drones for many decades already. At...
by Spyros Georgilidakis | Apr 19, 2021 | News
In a first for aviation, NASA just completed the first aerodynamic flight in another world, when the Ingenuity helicopter took off and landed on Mars! NASA likened this accomplishment to the first flight of the Wright Flyer. That Kitty Hawk flight 107 years ago...
by Spyros Georgilidakis | Mar 31, 2021 | News
After a month and a half on Mars, NASA is preparing the Ingenuity helicopter for the first ever aerodynamic flight on another planet! It is only going to be a demonstration, as they’ve said repeatedly. NASA has been managing the public’s expectations for this flight....
