Parabolic flight experiment highlights flame dynamics in microgravity

Casting a swirling shadow, a glowing candle flame sways eerily before flaring up once more. As ghostly as it looks, this flame dance is not the result of any force—paranormal or otherwise—but rather ...
FOX Weather

Hurricane Melissa death toll climbs over 40 as Jamaicans plead for food, water during recovery efforts

The death toll in the wake of Hurricane Melissa continues to rise after the catastrophic and historic hurricane tore paths of ...

After Hurricane Melissa, Jamaica Faces Destruction as Far as the Eye Could See

The storm “totally destroyed” the port of Black River, the prime minister said. At least five people died in Jamaica, and the ...

Hurricane Melissa moves toward Bermuda after more than 30 die across Caribbean

Hurricane Melissa moves toward Bermuda after more than 30 die across Caribbean More than 30 deaths are being attributed to ...

North Texas cities to consider leaving DART

Several North Texas cities will hold meetings next week to debate withdrawing from DART transit services. Plano, Farmers ...
Chris Finck on MSN

World’s Most Dangerous Wingsuit Flight Path

Flying a wingsuit through a narrow mountain crack pushes the limits of precision and nerve. This jump showcases split-second ...
Aviation Week Network

Hypersonix Closes Series A Funding Round For DART, VISR

Australia-based Hypersonix raised A$46 million ($30 million) in a Series A round to help finance an upcoming flight test of ...
National Security Journal on MSN

The F-23 ‘Black Widow II’ Stealth Fighter Still Haunts the U.S. Air Force

Black Widow II lost the Advanced Tactical Fighter competition to the YF-22 (later F-22 Raptor) for complex reasons. -While potentially faster and stealthier, the YF-23 lost due to the USAF’s enduring ...
The Aviationist

China’s Mysterious Aircraft at Gaobeidian Possibly Linked to ‘High-Supersonic’ Crew Escape Paper

A Chinese research paper on an ejectable cockpit for high-supersonic flight has drawn attention after a mysterious blended-wing test object appeared at ...
IEEE

A Spatiotemporal Flight Trajectory Prediction and Online Learning Framework Based on Integrated Transformer-Bidirectional Gated Recurrent Unit

Abstract: The development of time-based flow management has significantly enhanced the safety, reliability, and predictability of air traffic control (ATC). Actual flight paths often deviate from ...
IEEE

A Non-Autoregressive Multi-Horizon Flight Trajectory Prediction Framework With Gray Code Representation

Abstract: Flight Trajectory Prediction (FTP) is an essential task in Air Traffic Control (ATC), which can assist air traffic controllers in managing airspace more safely and efficiently. Existing ...