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Aeronautics

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  Former bosses of HSBC and Rolls-Royce knighted in new year honours

  Noel Quinn and Warren East, as well as Chanel chief Leena Nair among business figures to be honoured

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  Flying-Vs and longer wings: how the familiar shape of passenger planes is about to change

  Urgent search for better fuel efficiency to cut emissions is driving radical innovation in aircraft design

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  Ron Ayers obituary
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  William Anders obituary

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  Shock of the old

  Shock of the old: 11 transport fantasies that never got off the ground – from jetpacks to swan-powered paragliders

  From Leonardo da Vinci to the engineers of Bell Aerosystems, some of our finest minds have devoted themselves to finding a better form of travel. Still, anyone can have an off day …

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  The Audio Long Read

  Will flying ever be green? – podcast

  The race is on to develop a battery-powered aircraft. But not everyone’s convinced it will bring us closer to net-zero flight

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  Ministry of Defence awards £650m to firms working on Tempest fighter jet
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  The long read

  Will flying ever be green?

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  Wrath and awe: a short history of balloons and their power to fire up mob fury

  Jeff Sparrow

  Perhaps a long symbolic resonance explains the otherwise baffling battle raging in 21st century skies

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  UK flight schools hire instructors for electric aircraft as fuel prices bite

  Pilot schools are recruiting instructors to meet demand for more sustainable and cheaper training

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  Rolls-Royce share value down £1.5bn after CEO says he will quit

  Board to hunt for successor to Warren East as departure overshadows annual results

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  ‘It’s a glorified backpack of tubes and turbines’: Dave Eggers on jetpacks and the enigma of solo flight

  When inventor ​David Mayman took to the skies, it seemed he’d answered an age-old longing for flight. So why did no one seem to care?
  

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  Airbus and Boeing express concerns over 5G interference in US

  Plane manufacturers say they are evaluating whether 5G signals could affect flight safety equipment

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  Yvonne Pope Sintes obituary
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  Other lives

  Gabriel Lancaster obituary

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  From the Observer archive

  From the archive: surviving the Andes plane crash, 1974
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  Other lives

  John Whittle obituary

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  The Great British Art Tour

  The Great British Art Tour: Mrs Sage takes to the skies with ham and hot air

  With public art collections closed we are bringing the art to you, exploring highlights from across the country in partnership with Art UK. Today’s pick: the Science Museum’s Mrs Sage
  

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  US billionaires vie to make space the next business frontier

  Tech advances mean taking humans to play among the stars is just one of the aims of Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and a host of eager investors

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  Boeing 737 Max could fly in Europe this summer after EU approval

  European safety agency follows US and Brazil in saying it will allow aircraft to return