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Brazil's C-390 Millennium is giving the US' C-130 Hercules cargo plane a run for its money
Cargo planes are essential for fast-lifting the combat vehicles and ammunition troops depend on, an…
Lauren Frias,Taylor Rains,Pet…
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China says it has an uncrewed cargo plane that can carry 4,400 pounds that just made its 20-minute maiden flight
The effort is part of China's strides in advancing its "low-altitude economy," projected to be wort…
Aditi Bharade
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Boeing will delay its 777X plane and cut 10% of workforce as it deals with a strike and 737 Max issues
In a memo to employees, Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg said the company was in a difficult position and t…
Kelsey Vlamis,Taylor Rains
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An airline's first-class seats are too heavy. Its planes now need even more weight to fix it.
Swiss told BI the best way to counteract this center-of-gravity issue is to add even more weight to…
Taylor Rains
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Video shows the scary moment a Boeing cargo plane skidded and threw up sparks when its landing gear failed to deploy properly
Smoke and sparks are seen coming from the Boeing jet as the nose scrapes along the tarmac at Istanb…
Pete Syme
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Suspected smugglers were caught trying to hide $10 million of gold by painting it silver and disguising it as machinery on a cargo plane
It is the largest gold-smuggling case on record in Hong Kong, according to officials.
Polly Thompson
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A startup wants to build the world's largest cargo plane big enough to carry wind turbines the size of a football field — take a look
Radia, a Colorado-based startup, wants to build a cargo plane the length of a football field to del…
Lloyd Lee,Taylor Rains
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A horse broke loose in a cargo plane, forcing the pilots to dump fuel and return to JFK
Pilots on the Air Atlanta Icelandic flight had to dump 20 tons of fuel before making a U-turn over …
Polly Thompson
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Take a look at the workhorse C-130 cargo plane that the US Air Force is reinventing to fight like a bomber
More than seven decades later, one of the plane's latest models, the MC-130J, is being fitted with …
Elias Chavez
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US Air Force special ops forces are turning big cargo planes into bombers with a new weapon
Recent photos show airmen with Special Operations Task Group Central and Air Forces Central on- and…
Lauren Frias
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Airbus wants to bring its massive cargo planes to the US. Meet the Beluga 'Super Transporter,' which can carry engines, tanks, and even other aircraft.
The startup has since received its own independent air operating certificate from French authoritie…
Taylor Rains
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Startup CEO shares his plan for a radical 'blended wing' jet to rival Boeing and Airbus
Natilus' design for a "blended-wing" concept combines the wing and fuselage to increase efficiency.…
Taylor Rains
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Hear how JFK air traffic controllers guided a Chinese cargo plane back to safety after an engine failed due to a bird strike
A Chinese cargo plane suffered a right engine failure after a bird strike shortly after takeoff. De…
Pete Syme
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Boeing's labor strike is so bad that the US Labor Secretary just flew to Seattle to help
Su encouraged negotiations during the stoppage earlier this month involving 45,000 dockworkers on t…
Shubhangi Goel
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I'm a flight instructor who converted an old cargo plane into an Airbnb and home for my students. See how I did it.
Jon Kotwicki, a flight instructor in Alaska, bought a 117-foot-wide cargo plane and converted it in…
Alyshia Hull
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America's X-37B vs. China's Shenlong: Top space planes and their shadowy role in orbital war
The US X-37B and China's Shenlong are competing unmanned space planes whose covert missions are get…
Benjamin Brimelow
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US military equipment pours into Israel, 45 cargo planes loaded with armaments sent to IDF
The latest shipment delivered "around 1,000 tons of armaments" — including military supplies,…
Rebecca Rommen
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A bear traveling on an Iraqi Airways flight escaped from its crate and roamed the cargo hold as the plane waited to take off in Dubai, report says
Iraq's prime minister has launched an investigation after a bear escaped from its crate in the carg…