Aviation

Gambling for Airfare

Ideas

AllegiantAir wants it’s customers to be able to gamble on fuel prices. They’ve written a letter to the Department of Transportation asking for permission to allow their customers to be able to choose between a traditional fixed-price ticket and a discounted, variable-price one. If the price of jet fuel falls by the departure date, customers […]

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‘Black Box’ Inventor Dies

Inventions

David Warren’s father died in a 1934 Bass Strait air crash. Warren graduated from the University of Sydney with a Bachelor of Science. He became the principal research scientist at the Defence Science and Technology Organisation’s Aeronautical Research Laboratories in Melbourne from 1952 to 1983. In 1953, Warren was involved in the investigation of the

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