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Transportation: Air Travel

Ehang 184 drone could carry you away one day

01-07-2016 • http://www.gizmag.com, BEN COXWORTH

As might be expected, there are a lot of drones on display this week at CES.

NASA Is Making Progress Toward Hybrid-Powered Airplanes

01-07-2016 • popsci.com

It's not rocket science, but it's still tricky.

Autonomous Drone That Seats One Is a Special Kind of Crazy

01-06-2016 • Wired

Not so long ago, the surest sign that you are extremely rich and/or a supervillain was access to a helicopter.

St. Kitts PM Blames Predecessor for Buy-a-Passport Uproar

12-30-2015 • Finance Magnates

Roger Ver had reportedly run a "Passports for Bitcoin" program that would allow anyone to buy a St. Kitts passport with bitcoin.

REAL ID to Go Live in 2016, Drivers' Licenses from 11 States May Be Rejected By TSA

12-29-2015 • truthinmedia.com

A 10-year-old law requiring states to meet the federal government's REAL ID identification standard is set to take full effect in 2016, and people in 11 states with non-compliant ID cards may be required to begin using passports to board planes as so

You may need a passport to fly domestic in 2016

12-29-2015 • http://money.cnn.com

In some states, your driver's license soon might not be good enough to board a flight, even if you're traveling within the United States.

The 'No Fly List' operates in secret, and its power to exclude is vast

12-25-2015 • TheGuardian

The standard for inclusion is often based on a 'predictive judgment', a 'reasonable suspicion' that someone is a 'suspected terrorist'

Now the TSA can force you to go through the body-scanner

12-23-2015 • Slashgear

Your next flight might include a mandatory trip through the body scanner, with the US government quietly changing the opt-out rules for searches.

FAA Approves Terrafugia's Flying Car for Test Flights

12-19-2015 • rdmag.com/

Each day, humanity inches closer to the vision of the future presented by "The Jetsons." Okay, maybe not exactly that cartoon future, but something resembling it. Smartwatches, robotic assistance, and 3-D printed food are just some of the real wo

Boeing Wins $10 Billion Plane Order From China Southern Air

12-17-2015 • http://www.bloomberg.com

China Southern Airlines Co., Asia's largest carrier by number of passengers, ordered 110 planes worth about $10 billion from Boeing Co., adding more efficient aircraft to its fleet with China set to become the world's largest travel market in the

Drone owners get Christmas surprise from FAA: you will have to register to fly

12-15-2015 • The Guardian

Buyers beware! If that drone you find under the Christmas tree weighs much more than half a pound, you're going to have to register it with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) before you fly it outside.

Sky Canopy Concept Is An Airplane With A Viewing Deck

12-14-2015 • popsci.com

When flying is its own in-flight entertainment

Boeing's first 737 MAX rolls off production line

12-10-2015 • http://www.gizmag.com, STU ROBARTS

Boeing has completed the assembly of its first 737 MAX, after construction began earlier this year.

No-Fly List: Shades Of Nazi Germany

12-10-2015 Chuck Baldwin

Democrat Congressman Mike Thompson (CA) and Republican Congressman Peter King (NY) are trying to push a bill through Congress that would deny gun purchases to people who are on the federal government's "no-fly" list.

Who needs windows? New plane puts passengers in the hold

12-09-2015 • telegraph.co.uk

A new plane design makes use of the cargo hold as a windowless cabin for passengers

The surest escape route I know

Paul Rosenberg

Congress is making it a whole lot easier for the feds to take away your right to travel...Illinois Republican Rodney Davis introduced Bill H.R. 22 that would allow your passport to be confiscated if you owe money to the IRS.