China tests hypersonic missile vehicle
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16 Jan 2014: Pentagon confirms test of aircraft, dubbed the WU-14 and intended to hit targets at speeds of Mach 10 - 15 Jan 2014:
The incident raises new concerns a year after regulators grounded the global 787 fleet when two batteries overheated
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5 Oct 2013: Nasa facing backlash from US researchers due to rejection of Chinese nationals from conference
- 27 Sep 2013: Three years in, the service has more than 4,000 'ultra high net worth' users and is working on a new £5m funding round. By Alex Hern
- 23 Aug 2013: Review hears that design flaw in firing handle or in parachute may have been responsible for death of Sean Cunningham
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14 Aug 2013: Originally published in the Manchester Guardian on 14 August 1908 Following demonstration at Le Mans, French aviators concede that aircraft made by Americans is superior to their designs
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Other lives: Distinguished engineer who inspired three generations of students and helped the understanding of high-speed flight
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Video (1min 04sec), 30 Jul 2013: A swiss adventurer flies alongside a B-17 bomber plane in a custom-made jetsuit
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Audio (32min 32sec), 22 Jul 2013: Astronomy journalist Stuart Clarkexplains why a £60m investment in the Sabre rocket engine could open up access to space
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Stuart Clark: A £60m pledge from the UK government puts Reaction Engines' Sabre rocket on course to change space exploration for ever
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Human-powered helicopter hovers for more than a minute, defying sceptics' claims it was scientifically impossible
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7 Jul 2013: NTSB head says ground-based navigation system at San Francisco International Airport had not been in use since June
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Journey that began in California in May ends at JFK, but without a planned celebratory flight past the Statue of Liberty
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The government and UK aerospace industry are investing £6m to find the next generation of aerospace engineers
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17 Jun 2013: Business and energy minister plans to announce initiative for raising further funds for sector at Paris air show on Monday
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16 Jun 2013: Voyage by Solar Impulse – the first to fly by night as well as day – is designed to showcase clean energy technology 86 comments
Video (10min 47sec), 14 Jun 2013: Students from the Middle School of Electrotechnics in Slovenia take on the challenge of beating the national endurance record for a solar-powered model plane
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31 May 2013: US aviator Earhart and her navigator vanished halfway through an attempt to fly around the world along the equator in 1937 
Video (1min 09sec), 8 May 2013: The world's first carbon-fibre helicopter crashes into the sea off Auckland, New Zealand
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Video (1min 23sec), 4 May 2013: Solar Impulse, a prototype solar-powered plane, lands after the first leg of an expedition across America
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22 Apr 2013: A study of the romantic pioneers of hot-air ballooning provides plenty of uplifting moments for the jaded modern air passenger, writes Peter Conrad 1 comment - 25 Feb 2013:
Sam Wollaston: De Havilland Comets were the pride of the British aviation industry in the 1950s, but then they started blowing up and falling out of the sky
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8 Feb 2013: Jessica Bland:Unmanned aerial vehicles are no longer the preserve of the military. Civilian applications are booming
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Video (51 sec), 29 Jan 2013: Iran releases footage on Tuesday of what it says is a monkey it sent to space returning safely to earth
- 28 Jan 2013: Tehran claims monkey is safe and well after 250km trip into space but animal rights activists hit out at 'cruel' treatment
28 Jan 2013: Regulators say they still have no clear idea of what went wrong but Japanese officials rule out fault with battery manufacturer
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Athene Donald: With aircraft failures once more in the news, we should recall how far we have come in aircraft design since the Comet disasters of the 1950s
52 comments - 11 Oct 2012: You can learn a lot from watching The Plane Crash. Like always get a seat at the back , writesSam Wollaston 195 comments
1 Oct 2012: Defence and aerospace firms appeal for approval from British, French and German governmentsNeil Armstrong obituary
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26 Aug 2012: American astronaut and first man to walk on the moon who was a 'reluctant hero'
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X-51A Waverider failure is the latest setback for hypersonic flight, which the Pentagon is helping develop for military
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Video (46 sec), 15 Aug 2012: The X-51A Waverider is being developed by the US airforce to fly at 3,600mph - six times the speed of sound
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The X-51A Waverider, designed to fly at six times the speed of sound, could make it from New York to LA in 46 minutes
- 10 Jul 2012: Business secretary says he hopes cash will help UK retain status as largest aerospace industry in Europe
Video (10min 20sec), 15 Jun 2012: Richard Noble and the scientists behind Bloodhound SSC explain the aerodynamics and engineering they hope will allow their car to shatter the land speed record
- 3 Jun 2012: Aeronautical engineer responsible for the design of Concorde's twisting delta wing
- 24 May 2012: Single-seater aircraft with 207ft wingspan aims to reach Morocco via Madrid and is being seen as a trial for a round-the-world flight
Gallery (12 pictures), 10 Apr 2012: Pyongyang has readied a rocket for launch this week that will showcase its ability to fire a missile that can hit the US
- 13 Feb 2012: Other lives: Chief designer and engineer of the Vulcan Mk 2 bomber and one of the most important British aircraft designers of the postwar era
- 14 Nov 2011: Jazz pianist whose main fanbase was in continental Europe
Video (2min 03sec), 9 Nov 2011: Alexander Forrester of Southampton University demonstrates the bicycle and propeller mechanism to be used on its human-powered aircraft
- 9 Nov 2011: The first human-powered flight was made on 9 November 1961 in conjunction with Southampton University. This week the bicycle-driven Airglow will commemorate the aviation landmark
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Scientists at Southampton University are testing a shape-shifting UAV – and insist they are focused on the civilian market
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21 Sep 2011: University offers first masters in unmanned autonomous vehicles as military and civilian applications expand into £5bn industry - Video (5min 43sec), 21 Sep 2011:
Owen Bowcott joins Professor Jim Scanlan from the University of Southampton, whose academics are developing data-gathering drones for commercial customers
- 11 Aug 2011: US military loses contact after 36 minutes with rocket-launched carbon fibre spaceplane designed to fly at 13,000mph
10 Aug 2011: Unmanned Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle 2 can travel from London to Sydney in less than an hour
- 3 Jul 2011: With the space shuttle on the eve of its final mission, British companies are at the forefront of innovation to drive the next wave of space exploration, writes Robin McKie
- 22 Jun 2011: Airbus has staked a claim to be the world's number one aircraft maker after it notched up a series of deals worth $57bn
- 11 Jun 2011:
Originally published in the Manchester Guardian on 11 June 1927: When Colonel Lindbergh comes home to-morrow he will receive the most extravagant welcome ever given to any American
- 3 Jun 2011: In the cockpit of Europe's defence, Airbus and satellites conglomerate is a modest man guided by his socialist beliefs, Dan Milmo discovers
- 21 Apr 2011: Other lives: Physical therapist dedicated to working with the body's musculature to maintain suppleness
17 Apr 2011: Innovative scientist who developed British airborne missiles
- 13 Mar 2011: Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's a flying car, and it could be yours next year for a cool £120,000
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Originally published in the Manchester Guardian on 9 March 1951: British designers work on new kinds of helicopter
- 3 Mar 2011: Originally published in the Guardian on 3 March 1969: When Concorde at last reared up for take-off like some monstrous swan, the seething jealousy and public argument in which this project has lived for six years were temporarily forgotten in concern for the aircraft herself
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Commons Science and Technology Committee report criticises the government for its use of scientific advice in emergencies such as the swine flu pandemic and Iceland volcanic ash cloud
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Aerospace engineer behind the creation of the first manned craft to land on the moon
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Originally published in the Guardian on 28 September 1964: The TSR-2 lifted into her maiden flight at 3.28pm today, marking both an aeronautical achievement and this Government's last major political act
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