Twenty-three terrifying airport runways.
Twenty-three terrifying airport runways.
And the list doesn’t even include LaGuardia Airport in New York, with its runway in the middle of New York harbor.
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A jetpack that takes off like a plane.
A jetpack that takes off like a plane.
With a name right out of Thunderbirds, Skyflash is, if nothing else, ambitious. The wing, which is worn like a backpack, is designed to take off from the ground and, if successful, will be the smallest twin engined plane ever built.
A Japanese airline has grounded all of its 787 Dreamliners due following an emergency landing.
Bad news for Boeing: A Japanese airline has grounded all of its 787 Dreamliners due following an emergency landing.
Update: All Dreamliners worldwide have now been grounded pending an investigation.
In another attempt to win the $250,000 AHS Sikorsky Prize, the Gamera II human-powered helicopter successfully flew for more than sixty seconds
In another attempt to win the $250,000 AHS Sikorsky Prize, the Gamera II human-powered helicopter has successfully flown for more than sixty seconds Video below the fold.
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Speed Flying down from Mont Blanc
An evening pause: The music is by Elijah Bossenbroek.
The first open source plane you build at home.
What every home needs: A home-built fire-breathing flying dragon.
What every home needs: A home-built fire-breathing flying dragon.
The Sonic Boom
An evening pause:
Solar Impulse has successfully completed the first intercontinental roundtrip powered only by solar power.
A solar powered experimental airplane has successfully completed the first intercontinental roundtrip between Europe and Africa.
Amelia Earhart found?
Amelia Earhart found?
The virtual aircraft museum
The cracks that have been found on the wings of the new Airbus A380 jumbo jet have now been traced to a company in the United Kingdom.
The cracks that have been found on the wings of the new Airbus A380 jumbo jet have now been traced to work done by a company in the United Kingdom.
A senior industry expert told The Times: ‘The issue is around the type of aluminum being used and the fitting which, as a result of the assembly, creates the crack’, with a source close to the problem adding, ‘It is a design and process engineering failure’.