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The hoverboard: From fiction to fact

By Stephen Dowling

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The tankers of the sky

By Mark Piesing

How to build a buggy for Mars

By Peter Ray Allison

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A plane 10 times faster than Concorde?

By Jack Stewart

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Will airliners fly on nuclear power?

By Stephen Dowling

Is hypersonic travel possible without the 'boom'? (Credit: Nasa)

Why is Nasa making a supersonic plane?

By Zaria Gorvett

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Will we ever pilot giant robots?

By Peter Ray Allison

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Why don’t we have helicopter airliners?

By Stephen Dowling

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Britain's secret underground fuel pipes

By Stephen Dowling

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Is this a totally new kind of aircraft?

By Jack Stewart

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A flying saucer that fights fires

By Jack Stewart

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Will this car become a London icon?

By Jack Stewart

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How pilots train for disaster

By Jack Stewart

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The car you rent to strangers

By Jack Stewart

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The teens in an epic solar race

By Jack Stewart

The new system could deal with as many as 7,200 bags an hour (Credit: Heathrow Airport)

The hidden world of airport luggage

By Jack Stewart