Tag: flying

Fossils of ‘sea phantom’ flying reptile unearthed in Australia

By Will Dunham (Reuters) – Long ago in the skies above the shallow Eromanga Sea, which once covered what is now arid inland Australia, soared a formidable pterosaur – flying reptile – boasting a bony crest at the tip of its upper and lower jaws and a mouthful of spike-shaped teeth ideal for snaring fish […]

New species of flying dinosaur found in Australia

Australia is famously well-served for most varieties of terrifying fauna, but at least one variety of prehistoric predator is under-represented in its fossil record: the flying carnivorous dinosaurs known as pterosaurs. However, a new paper published June 12 in Scientific Reports describes a fossilized skeleton found in the Australian state of Queensland that belongs to […]

Beavercreek defense firm MTSI to bring flying taxi to Dayton Air Show

Jun. 11—As the Air Force Research Laboratory and local defense contractor Modern Technology Solutions Inc. (MTSI) gear up to test a new flying taxi, CenterPoint Energy Dayton Air Show visitors should soon see them. MTSI and AFWERX, the Air Force’s innovation arm, recently selected a flying craft made by Pivotal, a producer of single-seat electric […]

the south-east London engineers keeping Spitfires flying

On a bright Wednesday morning in Biggin Hill, south-east London, Joe Hurst clambers into the cockpit of Spitfire TA805, a Mk IX, on which “Spirit of Kent” is emblazoned in white lettering. He checks his instruments and starts the engine. A puff of bluish smoke erupts from the exhaust as the Rolls-Royce Merlin growls into […]