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Watch the top 10 coolest airplane dogfight scenes in movie history
I’m not sure that CineFix included all the most visually awesome aerial dogfight scenes in their top 10 video for best dogfights of all time, but I do know that it’s always fun as hell to see two...
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Bold profile photo of the F-35 makes it look like a future space fighter
The F-35 Lightning II is a comically expensive fighter jet with a host of problems but one thing you can’t deny: it can sure look badass. Like badass in the being able to see a glimpse of the future...
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Airplane Cabins Could Be 100X Quieter With These Rubber Mufflers
The dull throbbing hum that accompanies you on your jet-setting adventures might be quieted in the near future. Scientists from MIT and North Carolina State University collaborated on a thin rubber...
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Thank God the FAA Is Switching to Satellites for Air Traffic Control
As unnerving as it is to hear, air traffic control has always been pretty piecemeal. Relying on a combination of instrumentation—namely, radar, radios, and GPS—as well as good old fashioned eyeballs,...
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Boeing's Dreamliner Has a Bug That Can Make It Lose Power Mid-Air
Here’s yet another snag for the embattled Boeing 787 Dreamliner : The Federal Aviation Administration today warned of an alarming software glitch, in which the AC power can cut out and cause the pilot...
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NASA's Ten Engine Electric Drone Goes From Chopper to Airplane and Back
Space missions get all the hype, but NASA Aeronautics is doing some pretty rad stuff, too. Their ten engine, unmanned electric plane, for instance, has just successfully transitioned from hover mode to...
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Every Major Airline's Wifi Service, Explained and Ranked
You know that Louis C.K. joke about wifi on airplanes? He says, “It’s fast, and I’m watching YouTube clips. It’s amazing—I’m on an airplane! And then it breaks down.… And the guy next to me goes, ‘This...
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Amazon Prime Instant Video Is Coming to Your JetBlue Flight For Free
The skies are boring. JetBlue’s about to make your cross-country flight a little more tolerable with free access to Amazon Prime Instant Video—for Prime subscribers only.Read more...
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Planes Get Struck By Lightning Once a Year on Average
There’s a moment in the Truman Show, when Jim Carrey tries to travel to Fiji (and escape his creep-o TV show island) and this poster pops up at a travel agency. It’s funny because lightning strikes are...
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Why Does Weather Cause Air Traffic Delays?
The effect that weather has on air traffic delays is probably one of the most misunderstood aspects of aviation.Read more...
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Incredible video of an air tanker refueling a tanker against a full moon
Without a doubt, this is one of the coolest airplane videos I have ever seen. Thanks to the magic of telephoto lenses, the moon in this infrared clip looks impossibly gigantic. The fact that a KC-10...
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Lufthansa Redefines Unnecessary Luxury With Fireplaces For Private Jets
If you were lucky enough to have your own private plane, you’d think flying wherever and whenever you wanted without being crammed in coach would be enough. But apparently luxury demands more luxury,...
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These Fuel Cell Trolleys Can Power an Old Plane's In-Flight Electronics
Believe it or not, that modern-looking tin can in the sky you’re flying—with its touchscreen TVs at every seat—most likely took flight for the first time decades ago. All of those fancy electronics are...
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Tiny Electric Backup Engine For Planes Kicks In When All Else Fails
A commercial airliner with multiple engines can limp to a runway if one of them fails. But a small plane, driven by just a single propeller, is in more serious trouble when its engine stops. So...
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Watch a Boeing 787 Dreamliner takeoff almost perpendicular to the ground
Wow. Watch the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner pull off an amazing aerial display in preparation for the 2015 Air Show. You can see the big bodied jet pretend it’s like a stunt plane and basically do tricks in...
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Climate Change Could Make It Harder for Airplanes to Get Liftoff
Every once in a while, unlucky passengers get bumped because an overbooked airplane is too heavy. It's maddening, and it makes you question the airline's ability to do arithmetic. But there is a method...
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The SR-71 Blackbird Took Its First Flight 50 Years Ago Today
No other plane in history has captured the hearts and minds of the American public quite like the SR-71 Blackbird, providing the West with an unprecedented look behind the Iron Curtain during its 33...
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AirAsia Debris Identified Off the Coast of Borneo
The ongoing search attempt to discover AirAsia Flight 8501 is edging closer to a discovery. Indonesian officials have announced that they've discovered airplane debris in waters near the island of...
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The Trillion Dollar F-35 Won't Even Be Able to Shoot Its Gun Until 2019
At this point, it's not even funny how much the Pentagon has screwed up the development of its new stealth fighter jet , the F-35. But the latest report that the jet's 25mm cannon won't be operational...
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Meteorologists: Engine Ice Likely the "Triggering Factor" of AirAsia Crash
According to a report from Indonesian meteorological experts, the most likely cause of the tragic crash of AirAsia flight QZ8501 was not turbulence (as was previously believed), but actual chunks of...
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