Artículo: The Future Of Flight: 3-D Printed Planes

http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2013-06/future-flight-planes-will-be-printed?dom=tw&src=SOC

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Artículo: A Dramatic Finish For Solar Impulse, The Solar-Powered Plane That Flew Across The U.S.

http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2013-07/solar-impulse-sun-powered-plane-finishes-its-trip-across-us?dom=tw&src=SOC

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Saab commences fabrication of first pre-production Gripen E aircraft

http://www.airforce-technology.com/news/newssaab-commences-fabrication-of-first-pre-production-gripen-e-aircraft

Ford creates sheet metal prototypes in hours instead of weeks

http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/43206515/0/gizmag~Ford-creates-sheet-metal-prototypes-in-hours-instead-of-weeks/

El piloto del Boeing 777 siniestrado en San Francisco tenía sólo 43 horas de experiencia en ese modelo.

En el momento del siniestro el aparato los mandos estaban en manos de Lee Kang Kook, de 46 años, un piloto con "mucha experiencia" con otros aviones como Boeing 747, 737 o Airbus 320 desde que comenzó a pilotar, en 1994, pero "estaba en periodo de prácticas con el B777", ha reconocido Lee Hyo Min en declaraciones al diario 'Los Ángeles Times'.

Lee Hyo Min ha matizado que el copiloto era Lee John Min, de 49 años. Lee John Min "tiene más experiencia", con más de 12.000 horas de vuelo. "Tenía mucha experiencia con el B777", ha asegurado.

http://www.aviacionaldia.com/2013/07/el-piloto-del-boeing-777-siniestrado-en.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&m=1

Europe’s civil UAV Roadmap released

http://media.aerosociety.com/aerospace-insight/2013/07/05/europes-civil-uav-roadmap-released/8366/

Agricultural UAV Flight Demonstration Conducted In Kansas

http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?do=main.textpost&id=82109fa6-2130-4194-a63d-24696cb6a7c5

British Government Funds Advanced Aircraft Engine Research

http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?do=main.textpost&id=a7ef4f14-17c9-4740-95e3-4f85b3392897

Solar-Impulse completes trans-America flight

http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/43188869/0/gizmag~Solarpowered-airplane-completes-transAmerica-flight/

Artículo: San Francisco Boeing 777 crash 'not mechanical failure'

A Boeing 777 aircraft that crash-landed at San Francisco airport killing two people did not have mechanical problems, an airline official has said.

The head of the South Korean airline Asiana, Yoon Y …

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-23216587

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Artículo: Video: SpaceX’s Grasshopper Makes Vertical Takeoff, Vertical Landing a Reality

Photo by Steve Jurvetson; used under Creative Commons license.SpaceX, the private space transport company founded and run by Elon Musk, has made yet another advance: rockets that not only don't burn up in the atmosphere on the way down, but are actually capable of landing vertically on the exact ...

http://geekdad.com/2013/07/video-spacexs-grasshopper/

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Artículo: In-Flight Google Hangout: Ride Along in a Continent-Crossing Solar Plane

Solar Impulse pilot and co-founder André Borschberg departed Washington D.C. this morning and is on his way to New York City right now in an airplane powered entirely by the sun. The flight is the final leg of Solar Impulse's Across America flight that started back on May 3 in San Francis …

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2013/07/solar-impulse-transcontinental-flight/

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Artículo: What The X-47B Reveals About The Future Of Autonomous Flight

http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2013-05/five-things-you-need-know-about-x-47b-and-coming-era-autonomous-flight?dom=tw&src=SOC

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