The FAA NOTAM Outage Lays Bare an Essential System Everyone Hates
[ad_1] The United States Federal Aviation Administration today halted flights taking off across the country beginning early this morning and continuing until 9 am ET. The pause—the first of its…
Elon Musk and the Dangers of Censoring Real-Time Flight Trackers
[ad_1] I woke up Friday morning to the message I’d been expecting: “Your account, @Justin_Ling has been locked for violating the Twitter Rules.” Below was the offending tweet: a link to…
The Holiday Travel Rush Is Now the Holiday Travel Blob
[ad_1] There was something curious about the US Transportation Security Administration’s data on passenger traffic at airports last month. The Sunday after Thanksgiving was, as usual, very busy, with 2.6…
Inside Amazon Air’s Quest to Seize the Skies
[ad_1] Two former air employees recall items flying from Seattle to the Cincinnati hub, then back west to Portland—a two-and-a-half hour drive from its northern neighbor. While Amazon says it…
A New Tool for Eruption Forecasting: Carbon-Catching Drones
[ad_1] She and her team flew these drones while they were standing inside the crater to compare faraway atmospheric measurements with those closer to the source. They also used traditional…
Carbon Offsets Alone Won’t Make Flying Climate-Friendly
[ad_1] Jet A-1, a straw-colored, kerosene-based fuel used in most big airplanes, is a difficult substance to replace. It’s packed with energy; per unit of weight, at least 60 times…