April 15, 2005The AirScooter II, a personal aircraft that can hover or fly at 55 knots, is the latest invention from Elwood "Woody" Norris.TAGS:aircraft, photograph
September 11, 2006Carbon fiber: It's in tennis rackets, planes and soon in cars, because it weighs less, and the cost is going down.TAGS:BMW, fiber, aircraft, car
August 4, 2007NASA thinks so, and it's offering prize money for teams heading to the skies in a contest starting Saturday.TAGS:aircraft, biodiesel, contest, plane, vehicle, challenge
September 4, 2007Shenzhen Airlines to install OnAir's phone service across its fleet of Airbus A320 and Boeing 737 aircraft by mid-2009.TAGS:aircraft, airline, fleet, passenger, China, agreement, e-mail
May 9, 2007Developers unveil plans for unmanned aerial vehicles that will be more intelligent and coordinate with each other while in flight.Photos: The next generation of unmanned aircrafTAGS:aircraft, operator, vehicle, Virginia, Iraq, conference, camera
April 3, 2007Agency says it doesn't have enough information about technical interference issues, drops 2-year-old inquiry into relaxing prohibition.TAGS:aircraft, cell phone, spokesman
March 23, 2005Microsoft chairman is second-biggest backer of Eclipse Aviation, which hopes to bring an energy-efficient plane to market in a year.TAGS:equity, plane, investor, aircraft, engine, Microsoft Corp.
January 19, 2007For the first time, the aircraft giant publicly unveils the interior of its forthcoming 747-8 Intercontinental.Photos: New way to flyTAGS:passenger, airplane, plane, aircraft
January 27, 2006A megawatt fuel cell? Offshore wind farms? These are some of the ideas cooking inside Ali Iz's group at General Electric.TAGS:General Electric Co., fuel cell, aircraft, R&D, California
September 6, 2006Operators of this "roadable aircraft" would drive it to the airport, unfold the wings and take off. Prototype due in 2008.
Images: Terrafugia's flying carTAGS:deposit, plane, airport, aircraft, flight simulator, engine, car