airplane engine innovation trends

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Are electric planes possible?
Real Engineering
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Scientists create jet engine powered by only electricity
Futurism
A new prototype device uses microwaves to generate plasma, showing howfuture jet engines could propel planes using just air and electricity.
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Wait, could plasma thrusters really replace jet engines?
Popular Mechanics
Wait, could electric microwave plasma thrusters really replace jet engines? Scientists just demonstrated a promising prototype—with a catch.
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Chinese scientists harness fourth state of matter to create ‘air plasma’ jet engine that runs on electricity alone
RT
Scientists in Wuhan, China claim to have created a carbon-neutral prototype jet engine which could one day allow for a new era in fossil-fuel free manned flight.
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World-first "impossible" rotating detonation engine fires up
New Atlas
A Florida team working with the US Air Force says that it's built and tested an experimental model of a rotating detonation rocket engine, which uses a spinning series of chaotic explosions inside a ring channel to create super-efficient thrust.
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Amid scrutiny over 737 max, boeing to replace 900 inspectors. And union is not happy
USA Today
Boeing plans to cut about 900 inspection jobs, using technology replacements at its Seattle area factories, despite uproar over the 737 Max.
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Why flight shame is making people swap planes for trains
BBC Future
The flight shame movement is about feeling accountable for your carbon footprint - but it is also about rediscovering the joy of slow travel, writes Jocelyn Timperley.