Garmin’s new nav system can emergency land small planes

Flying in a small plane is thrilling (and at least slightly terrifying) when things go as planned. It's another story when the pilot of the small plane is, for whatever reason, suddenly unable to fly or land it. Most passengers would have no idea wha...

Volocopter proves its air taxi can work with air traffic control

In order for air taxis and delivery drones to succeed, they'll have to play nicely with air traffic control systems. Yesterday, a Volocopter air taxi proved it's ready to do just that. The Volocopter 2X performed a series of tests at the Helsinki int...

Alphabet’s Wing introduces an air traffic control app for drones

This spring Alphabet subsidiary Wing LLC became the first drone delivery company to receive FAA certification, and the company has successfully launched drone delivery service in Australia and Helsinki. Now, with more drones in the sky, it needs a wa...

Brazil No-Fly Zones are an Irritant for Football Fans


Brazil’s air force is declaring the regions in the sky above its various stadia as no-fly zones. This is to prevent any chances of a terrorist attack from occurring on the occasion of the World Cup....