San Diego County has such a rich history in aviation, we thought it worth noting that today — June 12, 2012 — is the 33rd anniversary of an historic flight that was made possible, in part, by testing ...

Boston, Oct 12 (PTi) MIT scientists have unveiled the key behind the marathon flight of the wandering albatross, which can fly nearly 500 miles in a single day, with just an occasional flap of its ...

Flight plans reminiscent of fractals could help hungry birds find food. Albatross sometimes hunt by following a mathematical pattern that repeats itself at smaller and smaller scales, researchers ...

One of the coolest things about the European Journal of Physics is that it publishes examples of physics that can be used as problems and/or examples for teaching classroom physics. Although I will ...

Woods Hole, Mass. (Wed. Nov 30) -- Wandering albatrosses, which are an iconic sight in the Southern Ocean, are highly adapted to long-distance soaring flight. Their wingspan of up to 11 feet is the ...

An Aspen filmmaker is taking to air, sea and land for a new documentary on a little-known piece of aviation history. Dirk Braun, best known locally for his commercial film work with his Red Mountain ...

Engineers have developed a new model to simulate dynamic soaring, and have used it to identify the optimal flight pattern that an albatross should take in order to harvest the most wind and energy.

Every manufacturer needs to test its gear throughout the product cycle, and if in-flight connectivity is what you're peddling, frequent trials and partner demos can be tremendously costly for even the ...

POIPU >> When a moli, or Laysan albatross, took its first flight from the hotel grounds of The Point at Poipu Kauai on July 9, Hob Osterlund was thrilled. “She was just over five months old,” said ...

A new large-scale demonstration project involving Airbus, Air France and DSNA, the French Air Navigation Service Provider (ANSP) called “ALBATROSS,” will demonstrate how the use of four-dimensional ...

An Aspen filmmaker is taking to air, sea and land for a new documentary on a little-known piece of aviation history. Dirk Braun, best known locally for his commercial film work with his Red Mountain ...