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A Hyundai Nexo hydrogen car has driven from Melbourne to Broken Hill – emitting only water vapour from its tailpipe – to set an unofficial long distance record. The total distance travelled was 887.5 ...

Australian Hyundai NEXO breaks world distance record May 13 2021 A Hyundai NEXO driven by a team from Hyundai Australia has broken the world record for the longest distance travelled by a hydrogen-powered vehicle on a single tank The 887.5km world record zero-emissions trip from Melbourne to Broken Hill and beyond showcases the immense potential of hydrogen as a clean fuel source and underlines Hyundai’s technical leadership in the field NEXO has an official range of 666km (WLTP protocol) w...

Hyundai NEXO breaks long-distance record – in Oz Hyundai NEXO breaks long-distance record – in Oz May 13, 2021 Aussie team pushes new fuel-cell electric vehicle to its limits, exceeding the official range by 221km Hyundai Australia has broken the world record for the longest distance travelled by a hydrogen-powered vehicle on a single tank, achieving the accolade in a cross-country journey from Melbourne to past Broken Hill. Driving the new 2021 Hyundai NEXO, the Australian Hyundai team set...

Operational Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) jets arrived in France for the first time on 10 May, the US Air Force (USAF) announced. Four UASF F-35As arriving at Mont-de-Marsan Air Base, France. During their first...

Everything you need to know about transiting through European airports during the pandemic Emily McNutt © Provided by The Points Guy MSN has partnered with The Points Guy for our coverage of credit card products. MSN and The Points Guy may receive a commission from card issuers. Editor’s note: This story has been updated with new information. Since 2020, travel has changed. That shouldn’t be news to the frequent traveler. Journeys that, at one point, didn’t require docu...

BARBARA LEEDOM: The Merry Month of May Wicked Local Tis the Merry Month of May. Goodbye to Poetry Month and welcome to the Merry Month. It comes from, yes, a poem. Lo and behold that the poet lived at about the same time as last week’s subject, Shakespeare. Thomas Dekker wrote the long poem that is filled with merriment and romance and now-outdated English. This is too bad, imho (in my humble opinion, translated from shorthand smartphone text). Why? Because so much of 21st century writing i...

Dassault showcases Falcon 10X jet design Primary tabs 10th May 2021 Dassault Aviation has revealed the design of its Falcon 10X business jet which, given the military lineage of older platforms in the company’s portfolio, could offer a prospective defence solution in the coming years. Unveiling the design during a May 6 online presentation from Le Bourget, Paris, Dassault officials outlined some of the capabilities the design will have, including a top speech of Mach 0.925 and range of 7,500...

U.S. State Dept approves potential sale of AEGIS Combat System to Canada -Pentagon Reuters 6 days ago By Mike Stone © Reuters/Benoit Tessier FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: The logo of Lockheed Martin is seen at Euronaval, the world naval defence exhibition in Le Bourget near Paris By Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale to Canada of 4 AEGIS Combat Systems made by Lockheed Martin in a deal valued at up to $1.7 billion, the Pe...

  The life of an aviator seemed to me ideal. It involved skill. It brought adventure. It made use of the latest developments of science. Mechanical engineers were fettered to factories and drafting boards while pilots have the freedom of wind with the expanse of sky. There were times in an aeroplane when it seemed I had escaped mortality to look down on earth like a God. – Charles A. Lindbergh, 1927 From his official library 7:52 A.M., May 20, 1927 At 7:52 A.M., May 20, 1927 Charles Lindberg...

Rolls-Royce unveils 3rd Pearl engine; 5% higher efficiency, capable of operating on 100% SAF Rolls-Royce has officially unveiled the Pearl 10X, the third and most powerful member of its market-leading Pearl engine family for the business aviation market. The engine has been optimized to power exclusively Dassault’s new flagship aircraft, the Falcon 10X, which was revealed during a digital ceremony at Le Bourget airport in Paris. Rolls-Royce is the world’s leading engine supplier in this mar...