History
Dornier Do X
Designed by Dr. Claudius Dornier, the Dornier Do-X was the largest and heaviest flying boat in the world upon its completion in 1929, with a wingspan of 157 feet and a maximum take-off weight of [Read More]
Story
Travel
Hong Kong extends partner relief to year end
Together with the three other rounds of relief measures introduced this year (namely the first and second rounds of Anti-epidemic Fund of HK$30 billion and HK$120 billion respectively, and the HK$120 billion relief package under [Read More]
Feature
An AI Just Beat a Human F-16 Pilot In a Dogfight
An artificial intelligence (AI) system has beaten a US military pilot in a five-round challenge to demonstrate whether autonomous computer systems could be capable of flying fighter jets. America’s Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) [Read More]
Technology
The Reaction Engines Limited LAPCAT Configuration A2
The Reaction Engines Limited LAPCAT Configuration A2 is a design study for a hypersonic speed jet airliner intended to provide environmentally friendly, long range, high capacity commercial transportation. The requirement of LAPCAT is to reduce [Read More]
Gyrocopters
Skyworks Global eGyro
The strangest came in 1967’s You Only Live Twice, when 007 climbed into an aircraft that his friend Tiger Tanaka—and likely the audience—dismissed as “a toy helicopter.” Among the many configurations being developed for future [Read More]