New Composite Airbus A350-XWB Completes First Flight

The Airbus A350-XWB flew for the first time today taking off from Toulouse, France at 10:00 a.m. local time (4:00 a.m. EDT).

"The airplane is behaving extremely well…all on schedule," test pilot Peter Chandler reported during the flight according to Airbus.

The flight marks the third time a …

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2013/06/airbus-a350-xwb-first-flight/

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Robots Infiltrate Boeing’s Assembly Line


The first large pieces of a 777 are "super panels" like these belly sections that arrive from Japan by boat. They are transferred from the harbor to the factory at Paine Field by rail.

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2013/06/boeing-robots-777/

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Artículo: Human-Powered Helicopter Team May Have Won Sikorsky Prize

The Canadian AeroVelo team is suspiciously quiet after tweeting that it may have accomplished what some thought impossible.

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2013/06/human-powered-helicopter-won/

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