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Wednesday, 20 October 2021

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Vaccination rate will assure international arrivals & boost tourism; AI divestment a big step: PM Modi

The Times of India 20 Oct 2021

The PM said defence authorities have released significant tracts of airspace under their control for use by civilian flights, cutting distance and flying time for commercial flights with shorter direct routes being available on many sectors now ... Presently, a majority of budding pilots go abroad for training to fly commercial aircraft.

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Walgreens Begins Testing Drone Delivery In 2 North Texas Cities

CBS Sports 20 Oct 2021

It will be Wing’s first commercial expansion in the U.S ... cars and Uber’s flying taxis ... Federal officials started rolling out new rules in mid-April to allow operators to fly small drones over people and at night, potentially giving a boost to commercial use of the machines.

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Australia Wants Airline Pilots To Learn Stall Recovery

Simple Flying 20 Oct 2021

First reported in Australian Aviation, CASA’s ruling kicks in on December 2 and will initially target pilots flying aircraft carrying 30 or more passengers or flying aircraft with a maximum take-off weight greater than 8,618 kilograms ... most commercial pilots in Australia.

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Walgreens begins testing drone delivery in Texas

Herald-Standard 20 Oct 2021

Walgreens will begin flying packages by drone to residents in a pair of Texas cities in partnership with Google’s drone-making affiliate, Wing ... Federal officials started rolling out new rules in mid-April to allow operators to fly small drones over people and at night, potentially giving a boost to commercial use of the machines.

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Xpeng-Backed Flying Car Startup Gets Bumper Series A Investment

Caixin Online 20 Oct 2021

The firm said the drone-like two-seat X2 can fly at up to 130 ... Also, U.S.-based eVTOL developer Joby Aviation Inc., which is widely recognized as being closest to commercializing flying cars, has announced plans to establish an airline company to operate its own flying vehicles.

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A step closer to flying cars? Israeli startup is developing a two-seater vehicle that can ...

The Daily Mail 20 Oct 2021

A startup from Israel has unveiled its first 'easy-to-operate' two seater flying car, that it hopes will be used to shuttle passengers through city skies as early as 2024 ... It will be sold to consumers who will be able to use its 'fly by intent' software, that will allow them to operate it in the air without being trained, or licensed pilots.

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Boeing was supposed to start flying astronauts for NASA 2 years ago. Now its glitching ...

Business Insider 20 Oct 2021

Boeing Boeing may not fly astronauts for NASA until 2023 - more than three years behind schedule ... Starliner must fly to the International Space Station without a crew before it can launch humans. Boeing may not fly astronauts for NASA until 2023 - more than three years after it was originally scheduled to do so.

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Alphabet’s Wing project unveils new drone delivery model in Texas

Metro USA 20 Oct 2021

In April, final Federal Aviation Administration rules took effect allowing for small drones to fly over people and at night, a significant step toward their eventual use for widespread commercial deliveries.

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Boeing 707: Air India Was The 1st Asian Airline To Enter The Jet Age

Simple Flying 20 Oct 2021

The Boeing 707 entered commercial service in 1958 with Pan Am, flying from New York to Paris with a refueling stopover in Gander, Canada ... Although initially intended for medium-range flying, the 707 soon became the aircraft of choice for cross-Atlantic and continental flights.

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NASA-Boeing Starliner delayed till mid-2022, probe into faulty valves continues

Suryaa 20 Oct 2021

... commercial crew operations, was quoted as saying by The New York Times ... Boeing built Starliner under a NASA contract worth $4.5 billion and had signed a contract with NASA's Commercial Crew Programme to fly operational missions to and from the space station with Starliner in 2014.

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F1 in the sky: Dubai in line to host thrilling flying car racing series

The National 20 Oct 2021

“Airspeeder is the world’s first flying car race series,” said Jack Withinshaw, chief commercial officer for Airspeeder. “This is electric motorsports in the sky ....

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Boeing Starliner problems persist, won’t launch until 2022

Orlando Sentinel 20 Oct 2021

“We’ll fly when we’re ready,” said NASA Commercial Crew Program manager ...

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Emiliano Sala flight organiser 'hired unqualified pilot'

BBC News 19 Oct 2021

Instead, he asked Mr Ibbotson, who he knew, to pilot the flights, despite him not having a commercial licence, Mr Goudie said ... He added Mr Ibbotson never held a commercial pilot's licence in the UK and his rating to fly the type of aircraft expired on 20 November 2018.

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Sala flight organiser hired unqualified pilot, court hears

RTE 19 Oct 2021

Instead, he hired Mr Ibbotson, who did not hold a commercial pilot's licence, was not allowed to fly at night, and whose rating to fly the single-engine Piper Malibu had expired ... "Mr Ibbotson did not have a commercial pilot's licence, his rating for the type of ...

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Xpeng-backed flying car startup raises $500 million

Metro USA 19 Oct 2021

It aims to deliver a flying car ... Companies from start-ups to global carmakers are racing to develop commercial flying “robo-taxis”, hoping to cash in on a market Morgan Stanley says could be worth $1.5 trillion by 2040.