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The fragile little flying machine has been exposed to the harsh Martian atmosphere for more than two and a half years, including bruising radiation, dust storms, and wide swings in temperature from very, very cold to sort of warm.
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Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 25 Jan. 2024
With smartphone control, an autopilot mode, and a gyro stabilizer, this kit turns a simple piece of paper into an advanced flying machine.
—Mia Meltzer, Rolling Stone, 6 Feb. 2024
Pushing the technology further NASA already has big plans for flying machines on other worlds.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 29 Jan. 2024
Even great and ingenious things, like the first flying machine on Mars.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 22 Jan. 2024
For instance, Leonardo da Vinci famously built a model plane out of parchment while dreaming up flying machines and used paper models to test his design for an ornithopter.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 4 Jan. 2023
Yet federal law bars most law enforcement agencies from effectively defending against such flying machines within U.S. borders, leaving Americans shockingly vulnerable to attack.
—Richard Whittle, WSJ, 7 Dec. 2023
More than three decades later, Northrop Grumman rolled out that aircraft’s successor, a sixth-generation flying machine intended to eventually replace the B-2, which the Air Force only owns a relatively small number of.
—Popular Science, 29 Nov. 2023
The arrival of this electric aircraft at an Air Force base parallels a similar development that occurred in September, when Joby Aviation delivered their electric flying machine to Edwards Air Force Base in California.
—Rob Verger, Popular Science, 26 Oct. 2023
Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 25 Jan. 2024
With smartphone control, an autopilot mode, and a gyro stabilizer, this kit turns a simple piece of paper into an advanced flying machine.
—Mia Meltzer, Rolling Stone, 6 Feb. 2024
Pushing the technology further NASA already has big plans for flying machines on other worlds.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 29 Jan. 2024
Even great and ingenious things, like the first flying machine on Mars.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 22 Jan. 2024
For instance, Leonardo da Vinci famously built a model plane out of parchment while dreaming up flying machines and used paper models to test his design for an ornithopter.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 4 Jan. 2023
Yet federal law bars most law enforcement agencies from effectively defending against such flying machines within U.S. borders, leaving Americans shockingly vulnerable to attack.
—Richard Whittle, WSJ, 7 Dec. 2023
More than three decades later, Northrop Grumman rolled out that aircraft’s successor, a sixth-generation flying machine intended to eventually replace the B-2, which the Air Force only owns a relatively small number of.
—Popular Science, 29 Nov. 2023
The arrival of this electric aircraft at an Air Force base parallels a similar development that occurred in September, when Joby Aviation delivered their electric flying machine to Edwards Air Force Base in California.
—Rob Verger, Popular Science, 26 Oct. 2023
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First Known Use
1736, in the meaning defined above
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flying machine
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