Hacker News with Generative AI: Aviation

Lockheed Certifies F-35 to Use Sustainable Fuels (airandspaceforces.com)
Lockheed Martin has approved Synthetic Aviation Turbine Fuels (SATFs) as safe to fly in the F-35 fighter, a potential boon for the Air Force’s energy and climate goals.

Military, Aviation, Sustainability, Climate Change

4 points by mikece 8 hours ago | 0 comments

What China's Next Generation Stealth Jet Reveal Means (twz.com)
Dec. 26, 2024, was a huge day for the global airpower, military technology, and strategy communities. The emergence of not one, but two Chinese advanced tailless tactical combat aircraft sent shockwaves around the globe and garnered very high interest from the public.

Military Technology, China, Aviation, Stealth Aircraft

4 points by howard941 1 day ago | 0 comments

Qantas South Africa flights delayed by falling debris from SpaceX rockets (theguardian.com)
Qantas says it has been forced to delay several of its flights to South Africa at the last minute due to warnings of falling debris from Elon Musk’s SpaceX rockets re-entering Earth.

SpaceX, Aviation, South Africa, Delays

177 points by adrian_mrd 2 days ago | 135 comments

DJI No Longer Blocks Flights over Airports and Military Bases (hntrbrk.com)
DJI, the world’s leading drone manufacturer, announced today that it will remove “Restricted Zones” from its Fly and Pilot flight apps in the U.S.

DJI, Drones, Regulations, Aviation, Security

45 points by wumeow 4 days ago | 31 comments

Boeing production in 2024 expected to be less than half of rival Airbus (theguardian.com)
Boeing is expected to confirm it made less than half of the aircraft of its rival Airbus in 2024, with analysts questioning whether the troubled US planemaker will be able to increase its rate of production as planned.

Aviation, Boeing, Airbus, Manufacturing, Competition

10 points by throwup238 5 days ago | 9 comments

Black boxes from Jeju Air 2216 stopped recording four minutes before crash (cnn.com)

Aviation, Accidents, South Korea

93 points by BostonFern 7 days ago | 93 comments

Collision with drone knocks Canadian firefighting plane out of L.A. battle (todayinbc.com)
Authorities in Los Angeles say a Quebec water bomber is out of service after colliding with a drone while fighting wildfires Thursday.

Wildfires, Drones, Canada, Aviation, Los Angeles

4 points by cf100clunk 7 days ago | 7 comments

One of CL-415 Super Scooper Planes Taken Out of Palisades Fire Fight by Drone (twz.com)
A drone’s collision with a water-dropping aircraft fighting the Palisades fire in Los Angeles caused temporary grounding of all aircraft working that fire and took out one of just two amphibious planes capable of repeatedly scooping 1,600 gallons of water from the ocean and delivering it onto nearby flames, Cal Fire told The War Zone.

Wildfires, Drones, Aviation, California

10 points by nradov 8 days ago | 16 comments

Drone collides with firefighting aircraft over Palisades fire (latimes.com)
A drone collided with a firefighting aircraft flying over the Palisades fire on Thursday, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement.

Drones, Wildfires, Aviation, Accidents

13 points by tjohns 8 days ago | 2 comments

Endless Runway (wikipedia.org)
An endless runway is an aircraft runway which loops around to form a shape such as a circle.

Aviation, Engineering, Design

5 points by xanderlewis 12 days ago | 0 comments

How to decode METAR and TAF reports (met.nps.edu)
A METAR is a codified observation message indicating an airfield weather conditions observed at a given time.

Weather, Aviation, Meteorology

14 points by walrus01 13 days ago | 1 comments

WWII pilot got a kill credit for downing an American plane (threadreaderapp.com)
With friendly fire incidents being so topical lately, I figured I would make a post about my favorite friendly fire incident of all time.

Aviation, Military History, History

4 points by LorenDB 16 days ago | 0 comments

Thinking in Actors – Part 3 – Using the Actor Model to Track Aircraft (jeremycarterau.substack.com)
Previously we outlined the three pillars of the virtual actor: Ownership, Lifecycle and Transaction. I also briefly introduced a few techniques we can use to help us model our actors. Now, we will put it all together and model a system that allows us to track aircraft in real-time.

Software Development, Object-Oriented Programming, Real-Time Systems, Aviation

8 points by thunderbong 16 days ago | 1 comments

China's next-gen tailless combat aircraft analysed (aerosociety.com)
On Boxing Day 26 December 2024, pictures and video emerged of a new Chinese stealth aircraft, featuring a unique configuration of three engines, diamond planform and no tail. Veteran aviation journalist and stealth expert BILL SWEETMAN assesses what we know so far.

China, Aviation, Military, Stealth Technology, Aircraft Design

7 points by anactofgod 17 days ago | 0 comments

Why was there a wall near runway at S Korea plane crash airport? (bbc.com)
Aviation experts have raised questions about an "unusual" concrete wall near the runway and its role in the South Korea plane crash that killed 179 people.

Aviation, Accidents, South Korea, Infrastructure

135 points by vinni2 18 days ago | 334 comments

Former UAL Pilot, Talks about Korean Flight Training (2014) (reddit.com)
From a former UAL check captain.

Aviation, Training, Korea, Reddit

12 points by belter 19 days ago | 0 comments

Second Jeju Air plane experiences landing gear malfunction (joins.com)
A day after a Jeju Air passenger plane crashed at Muan International Airport in South Jeolla, another Jeju Air airplane, also a Boeing 737-800, experienced a landing gear malfunction.

Aviation, Accidents, South Korea, Jeju Air, Boeing 737

11 points by siva7 19 days ago | 1 comments

Year 2024 ends on bad note for Boeing with twin 737-800 disasters on same day (telanganatoday.com)
Hyderabad: The year 2024 is shaping up to be a nightmare for Boeing.

Aviation, Boeing, Accidents, Disasters

12 points by _IIIIIIIIIII_ 20 days ago | 7 comments

Multiple airplanes landing gear failures in a day (ycombinator.com)
Multiple airplanes landing gear failures in a day

Aviation, Safety, Accidents

21 points by whatever1 20 days ago | 14 comments

List of Airliner Shootdown Incidents (wikipedia.org)

Aviation, Accidents, History

9 points by dingosity 20 days ago | 1 comments

Scale Model of Boeing 777-300ER, Made from Manila Folders (lucaiaconistewart.com)
This project traces its beginnings to an architecture class in high school where we learned to use manila file folders to roughly model our building ideas.

Scale Models, Engineering, Aviation, DIY Projects, Papercraft

561 points by uticus 21 days ago | 100 comments

China's low-altitude aviation economy to become a trillion-yuan industry in 2025 (nature.com)
China’s low-altitude aviation economy is poised to become a trillion-yuan industry in 2025 — if safety and security challenges can be overcome.

China, Aviation, Economy, Business, Technology

6 points by rntn 22 days ago | 0 comments

China's Heavy Stealth Tactical Jet (twz.com)
This is the most advanced flying machine we have seen out of China, lacking any tails and packing stealth and long range.

China, Military Technology, Aviation, Stealth Technology

3 points by tomohawk 22 days ago | 2 comments

China's new long range stealth aircraft makes appearance (ukdefencejournal.org.uk)
China has unveiled a new, advanced stealth aircraft.

China, Military, Stealth Aircraft, Aviation

18 points by uticus 22 days ago | 1 comments

China Stuns with Heavy Stealth Tactical Jet's Sudden Appearance (twz.com)
In something of a stunning development, China appears to already be flying a stealthy, high-performance sixth-generation crewed combat aircraft, imagery of which began to emerge today.

Military Technology, China, Aviation, Stealth Technology

14 points by hunglee2 23 days ago | 4 comments

China's 6th Generation Fighter Jet Maiden Flight [video] (youtube.com)

China, Military, Aviation, Technology, Defense

6 points by tw1984 23 days ago | 1 comments

Phugoid (wikipedia.org)
In aviation, a phugoid or fugoid (/ˈfjuːɡɔɪd/ ⓘ) is an aircraft motion in which the vehicle pitches up and climbs, and then pitches down and descends, accompanied by speeding up and slowing down as it goes "downhill" and "uphill".

Aviation, Flight Dynamics, Physics, Aerodynamics

43 points by thunderbong 24 days ago | 22 comments

Azerbaijan Airlines plane crashes in Kazakhstan (bbc.com)
Dozens of people have died after a passenger plane crashed with 69 people on board in Kazakhstan, local officials say.

Aviation, Accidents, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan

12 points by ammo1662 24 days ago | 1 comments

2solitude – Honeywell TPE 331-12 refitted Antonov AN-2 camper (2solitude.com)
In a crowded world, finding a slice of paradise feels harder than ever

Aviation, Travel, Adventure, Campervans, DIY Projects

28 points by palmfacehn 27 days ago | 8 comments

DHS, FBI, FAA and DoD Joint Statement on Ongoing Response to Drone Sightings (defense.gov)
There are more than one million drones lawfully registered with the FAA in the United States and there are thousands of commercial, hobbyist and law enforcement drones lawfully in the sky on any given day.

Drones, Government, Security, Aviation

5 points by Erikun 27 days ago | 0 comments