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Stories about: aicraft

New Controls Allow Airplanes to Land like Birds A group of investigators at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) announces the development of a new control system for airplanes that allow the aircraft to land as birds do. The experts even demonstrated their concept using a foam glider, which was equipped with a single motor. The group made the instrumen... 26 July 2010 06:07 GMT Building Airplanes That 'See' To military applications, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) are becoming increasingly indispensable and useful. These aircraft, which are currently flown by remote controls, are able to reach dangerous areas that are deemed too hazardous for human pilots. Their small sizes also make them difficult to detect with convent... 16 November 2009 03:11 GMT