On The Fly…
An inventor received a U.S. patent for an antigravity space vehicle…NASA’s model of a blended wing body aircraft is in wind-tunnel tests…Garmin now has four-color digital WX radar for G1000 and MX-20 MFD…Spirit Airlines fare sale — prices as low as $9 out of DFW…A N.J. man pleaded guilty to pointing a laser beam at an airplane…New Airbus A318 Elite will serve as entry-level jet, for up to 18 pax.
An Indiana inventor on Nov. 1 received a U.S. patent for his design of an antigravity space vehicle, which would theoretically be powered by a superconductor shield that changes the space-time continuum to defy gravity, Nature reported last week. Engineers and physicists have objected to the patent for what they say is an impossible design...
NASA is testing a 12-foot-wide scale model of its blended wing body aircraft design in the Langley wind tunnel in Hampton, Va. During tests, pilots "flew" the 12-foot wingspan, 80-pound model in the tunnel's wind stream, constrained only by a tether cable. The flying wing is the biggest model ever free-flight-tested in the Full Scale Tunnel, NASA said...
Garmin last week announced four-color digital weather radar that interfaces with Garmin's G1000 avionics suite and the Garmin MX-20 MFD...
Spirit Airlines is offering a fare sale with prices as low as $9 for trips out of Dallas, but the sale ends tonight...
A N.J. man pleaded guilty to pointing a laser beam at an airplane; sentencing will be in February...
New Airbus A318 Elite will serve as an entry-level aircraft to the Airbus ACJ family, with space for up to 18 pax.
