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A project insider for a planned European hypersonic airliner is confident his program could in 2013 demonstrate that technological barriers can be overcome, but current economic conditions may stall the project. The European Space Agency’s Lapcat program is working on the A2 aircraft, which aims to carry passengers beyond Mach 5 in long-range flight. Johan Steelant, the program’s coordinator told the BBC that while different systems and subsystems still need to be proven, “critical technology is not longer a blocking point.” The blocking point now, it appears, may be the current atmosphere of economic austerity prevalent across Europe. But a large amount of funding has already been allocated.

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A project insider for a planned European hypersonic airliner is confident his program could in 2013 demonstrate that technological barriers can be overcome, but current economic conditions may stall the project. The European Space Agency’s Lapcat program is working on the A2 aircraft, which aims to carry passengers beyond Mach 5 in long-range flight. Johan Steelant, the program’s coordinator told the BBC that while different systems and subsystems still need to be proven, “critical technology is not longer a blocking point.” The blocking point now, it appears, may be the current atmosphere of economic austerity prevalent across Europe. But a large amount of funding has already been allocated.

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Public backlash this week followed an FAA action on iPads and the widely reported ejection of a passenger for refusing to turn off his a personal electronic device (PED), but regulatory solutions remain elusive. The FAA recently OK’d the use of iPads for American Airlines pilots and actor Alec Baldwin was ejected from a flight for refusing to turn off his cell phone. That seeming contradiction this week fueled multiple articles claiming that specific gadgets are safe and the FAA’s ban is excessive. The recent arguments, some of which call electronic bans “complete B.S.” may overlook the difficulty of regulating in the environment of rapid evolution that is modern electronics (today’s Kindle is not tomorrow’s). And the potential for device failures. In June, AVweb discussed the issue with Dave Carson (click for podcast), who co-chaired a federal advisory committee on portable electronic devices in aviation and little has changed since then.

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