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The Pentagon's New List of F-35 Bugs Is Predictably Awful
The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program is the most expensive military program in the world, so it should be no surprise that the F-35 aircraft is loaded with powerful weapons controlled by powerful...
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Here Are All the Awesome Vertical Landing Jets in History
We all know how badass the Harriers and F-35s of the world are but some of these other vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircrafts from history are totally wild. The Williams X-Jet was essentially...
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The Airbus Solution for Fat Flyers Might Be Bench Seating
Airplane seats can be a tight squeeze for some people. But a new patent from Airbus suggests that one solution might be to make its seats a little more like park benches, to accommodate all kinds of...
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Plane Debris Found in Africa 'Consistent With Modelling' For MH370
A piece of horizontal stabilizer found washed up on Mozambique over the weekend was already thought to be part of the downed MH370 plane. Now, Australia’s transportation chief has furthered the case,...
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DARPA's New Vertical Take-Off Aircraft Concept Looks Totally Badass
Yesterday, DARPA unveiled the latest concept design for its new vertical take-off and landing craft. And hell this electric airplane look impressive.Read more...
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UN Aviation Agency Demands Real-Time Airplane Tracking in Emergencies
The UN’s panel on aviation has announced that airplanes should now be fitted with autonomous distress tracking devices which allow them to transmit their location during emergencies.Read more...
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An iPhone Is the Latest Thing to Catch Fire on a Plane
Lithium-ion batteries and aircraft have some bad blood: Boeing’s 787 Dreamliners were grounded three years ago because of battery fires, the FAA banned all lithium batteries in hold luggage , and now...
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Watching These Airplanes Try to Land in Crazy Winds Is the Scariest Thing
Here’s some truly frightening footage of airplanes landing at Birmingham Airport in the UK. “Landing” actually might not be the best term for these though because the airplanes look more like they’re...
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What It's Like to Fly Inside the Cockpit of an Airplane
One of my earliest memories as a kid on an airplane is poking in to say hi to the pilots while flying. Obviously, that doesn’t happen anymore, so just sit in with them through this video to see what...
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Crazy Airplane Flies In and Out and Through a Wind Farm
You know those basketball or soccer dribbling drills where you snake through a line of cones, dribbling in and out one way on a cone and then slithering through the opposite side of the next cone?...
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Every Airplane Needs These Giant In-Flight Entertainment Screens
This is the future of in-flight entertainment according to the aerospace giant Thales. Called Digital Sky, the prototype system provides 21-inch touchscreens that take up a huge swathe of the seat...
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This Is What Earth's Air Traffic Looks Like From Space
Image by ESA/GomSpace Satellites get a wonderful view of the Earth and since October 2015, one in particular has been tumbling through space while keeping a watchful eye on the planet’s air traffic....
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A Prototype of DARPA's Badass Vertical Take-Off Aircraft Can Already Fly
Earlier this year, DARPA unveiled its latest concept design for a new vertical take-off and landing craft. Now, a working scale prototype has already made its first successful flight.Read more...
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The First In-Flight Movies Had a Live Orchestra
Soaring through the clouds in 1925, passengers on an Imperial Airways flight traveling over Germany were treated to a brand new novelty—one of the first in-flight movies. Even more astounding? The film...
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This Is How an Airplane Picks Up a Banner While Flying in the Air
Ever wonder how those advertising airplanes that annoy you at beaches get their flying banners attached to the airplane? Me neither. I thought the planes just had those banners attached when they took...
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Interesting Animation Explains How Airplanes Are Able to Fly
Drag. Thrust. Lift. Jet engines. Propellers. Wings. This animation breaks down just exactly how an airplane flies and it’s pretty damn interesting. Each design element of the plane basically solves a...
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Solar Impulse 2 Successfully Landed in California After 62 Hours in the Air
After taking off from Hawaii at 6:30am, pilot Bertrand Piccard reported that he felt great after a day of travel, and after a total 62 hours of flight time, he successfully landed at Moffett Airfield,...
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This Blue Angels Stunt Looks So Insanely Dangerous
The Blue Angels are no strangers to suicidal-looking formations and dives . But this one in particular really stands out as looking quite incredibly dangerous.Read more...
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The Airplane Seating Arrangement that Triggers 'Air Rage'
New research shows that the mere presence of a first class cabin on an airplane—plus the added experience of having to shuffle through this cabin while boarding—contributes to “air rage,” both among...
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Solar Impulse Safely Made It to Arizona
After restarting its bid to fly around the world last week, the team behind the all-electric solar-powered airplane Solar Impulse has now made it from California to Arizona.Read more...
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