GoKawiil - Tech News

1.

Indie App Spotlight: ‘Overflight’ lets you glance at what planes are flying above you (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-01 | by Michael Burkhardt | tags: overflight, apple tv, 9to5mac

2.

Hybrid-Electric Aicraft Engine Targeting 30% Fuel Efficiency (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-23 | tags: hybrid-electric, aircraft engine, fuel efficiency

3.

Pan Am Plane Crash That Inspired Modern Safety Briefings Found After 74 Years (slashdot.org)

2026-07-23 | tags: pan am, clipper endeavor, sonar drone

4.

Archer stock rips 20% higher as company unveils military craft with Anduril (cnbc.com)

2026-07-20 | by Samantha Subin | tags: archer aviation, anduril, thunder

5.

Archer stock rips 18% higher as company unveils military craft with Anduril (cnbc.com)

2026-07-20 | by Samantha Subin | tags: archer aviation, anduril, thunder

6.

Archer Aviation teams up with Palmer Luckey’s military tech startup to create an ‘autonomous attack rotorcraft’ (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-20 | tags: archer aviation, palmer luckey, autonomous attack rotorcraft

7.

Electric air taxis go to war (theverge.com)

2026-07-20 | by Andrew J. Hawkins | tags: electric air taxis, archer aviation, anduril defense

8.

Wally Funk, last of Mercury 13 and oldest woman in space, dies at 87 (arstechnica.com)

2026-07-10 | tags: astronauts, aviation, flight

9.

Aviation pioneer and space-travel record breaker Wally Funk dies at 87 (engadget.com)

2026-07-09 | by Kris Holt | tags: aviation, funk, glenn

10.

Why Abu Dhabi wants to become the next hub for air taxis and autonomous aviation (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-08 | tags: air taxi, archer, archer aviation

11.

Starlink just doubled its prices for private jets, and hardware now costs $200,000 (techspot.com)

2026-07-08 | tags: aviation, aviation plans, better

12.

Concorde-style supersonic flights could return to the US, as long as they're quiet enough (techspot.com)

2026-07-03 | tags: concorde, supersonic flights, federal aviation

13.

Concorde-style supersonic flights over US land could return, as long as they're quiet enough (techspot.com)

2026-07-03 | tags: concorde, supersonic flights, us land

14.

We’ve lived through a skills apocalypse before. The solution might look like a flight simulator (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-02 | tags: autopilot, aviation, socrates

15.

Airplane Crashes Into Skyscraper in China (futurism.com)

2026-06-26 | by Frank Landymore | tags: citic tower, shuangyue general aviation, china

16.

Electric air taxis are stuck in the courtroom (theverge.com)

2026-06-21 | by Andrew Hawkins | get Electric Air Taxi Model → | tags: joby aviation, archer aviation, vertical aerospace

17.

Abandoned and Little-Known Airfields (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-14 | get Airfield Model Kit → | tags: abandoned airfields, paul freeman, lightbox

18.

Did a medieval flying monk spot Halley's comet, twice? It's complicated (arstechnica.com)

2026-06-14 | tags: halley's comet, medieval aviation, william of malmesbury

19.

Several Injured in Boeing 787 Nose-Gear Collapse in Frankfurt (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-04 | get Boeing 787 Model Replica → | tags: boeing 787, frankfurt, nose-gear

20.

This Iowa bioenergy startup is turning almond shells, old wood floors, and grass clippings into aviation fuel (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-06-04 | get Aviation Fuel Making Kit → | tags: rise energy, bioenergy, aviation fuel

21.

Infighting, court battles could put long-hyped air taxi breakthrough in jeopardy (cnbc.com)

2026-05-29 | by Samantha Subin | get Air Taxis Model Kit → | tags: joby aviation, archer, vertical aerospace

22.

Cyber Espionage Group Targets Aviation Firms to Steal Map Data (darkreading.com)

2026-05-11 | get Cybersecurity USB Data Block → | tags: cyber espionage, aviation firms, gis files

23.

Spirit Airlines employees, adrift with no severance or healthcare, turn to GoFundMe after company’s collapse (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-07 | get Spirit Airlines Employee Support Kit → | tags: spirit airlines, gofundme, spirit aviation holdings

24.

Spirit Airlines employees, adrift with no severance or healthcare, turn to GoFundMe after company collapse (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-07 | get Spirit Airlines Employee Support Kit → | tags: spirit airlines, gofundme, spirit aviation holdings

25.

UK businesses brace for jet fuel rationing (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-06 | by Jamie Young | get JetFuel Rationing Guidebook → | tags: jet fuel, strait of hormuz, goldman sachs

26.

Apple TV reveals John Travolta’s directorial debut in new trailer (9to5mac.com)

2026-05-06 | by Ryan Christoffel | get Apple TV Subscription → | tags: apple tv, john travolta, propeller one-way night coach

27.

Air Travel Is About to Get Even More Expensive (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-05 | get Smart Luggage Tracker → | tags: air travel, airfare, airline industry

28.

Grimly Cyberpunk Video Shows Ukrainian Soldiers Leaning Out of Propeller Plane to Obliterate Drones With Rifles (futurism.com)

2026-05-04 | by Victor Tangermann | tags: ukrainian drones, yak-52 aircraft, 11th army aviation brigade

29.

World's biggest RC A380 [video] (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-02 | get RC Airbus A380 Model → | tags: rc aircraft, a380, aerospace

30.

Joby kicks off NYC electric air taxi demos with historic JFK flight (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-30 | by Jack Is A Staff Writer Covering Advanced Air Mobility | get Joby Electric Air Taxi Model → | tags: joby aviation, jfk airport, evtol aircraft