A startup wants to beat Airbus and Boeing with an ultra-wide 'flying wing' jet with massive cargo space

The CEO said Horizon's redesign with two decks across an ultra-wide cabin captures lucrative cargo space that is unavailable ...
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The giant tilt-wing cargo plane that tried to fly like a helicopter

In the 1960s, the US military pursued an ambitious idea that seemed closer to science fiction than aviation: a large cargo ...
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Startup Developing Blended Wing Aircraft For Cargo Use Raises $28 Million

Natilus, a startup focused on developing blended-wing aircraft for cargo and passenger applications, on Feb. 10 said it has raised $28 million in an early funding round that will allow […] ...
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USAF’s Most Flexible Cargo Plane Gets New Boeing Flight Deck to Fly for 50 More Years

American aircraft maker Boeing was tasked by the USAF to design and implement a new flight deck for the C-17 Globemaster III.

UPS retires fleet of MD-11 aircraft involved in deadly Kentucky crash

UPS says it has retired its fleet of McDonnell Douglas MD-11 cargo planes just months after one crashed in Louisville, ...
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Part that broke in UPS cargo plane crash had failed 4 other times, NTSB says

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Boeing warned plane owners in 2011 about a broken part that contributed to last year's UPS cargo plane crash that killed 15 people ...
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Doomed UPS cargo plane had broken part that previously failed 4 times on other aircraft

Boeing warned plane owners in 2011 about a broken part that contributed to a UPS plane crash that killed 15 last year but at that point the planemaker didn’t believe it threatened safety, the National ...