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Man builds a full size Boeing 737 simulator in his garage
Air traffic controller and private pilot James Price built a flight simulator out of the nose of a 1969 Boeing 737 in his Pleasanton garage. He has been working on it as a hobby since 2000. That’s really quite impressive.
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posted 20 April, 2012
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The future of supersonic flight might be… biplanes?
In the early years of aviation, biplanes were all the rage for some, because of their superior stability over earlier single-span planes. Over time, as airplane technology evolved, biplanes became slow and outdated. But for nearly sonic boom free supersonic flight, oddly enough, the biplane might be the thing.
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posted 19 March, 2012
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This is what it’s like to eject from a jet going 800 mph
In a training exercise gone wrong back in 1989, Capt. Brian Udell had to eject at from his F-15 travelling at supersonic speeds. The force of the air on his body was so strong that it nearly killed him. Here is Udell explaining what happened.
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posted 16 March, 2012
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Tom Cruise will be in Top Gun 2, will be flying F-35s
With a sequel to Top Gun in development, we now know that the film will have Tom Cruise in the starring role, but since it’s the 21st century, Maverick won’t be flying the F-14 Tomcat. Instead, Cruise will be playing a test pilot flying the F-35 Lightning.
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posted 06 March, 2012
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Unmanned drones will have access to all US airspace by 2015
Right now, unmanned drone aircraft can only fly over parts of military bases and along the US borders. However by 2015, the FAA will open up all US airspace to unmanned aircraft for military, law enforcement and civilian use. This is obviously good news to local law enforcement, bad news if you’re already paranoid about being spied on by The Man.
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posted 09 February, 2012
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This is what first class on a new Qantas A380 looks like
First class that finally looks like first class. Whenever I get on a plane and I walk by first class, I have to wonder if a few inches more of seat room and free drinks is worth 10x the price. But this? Oh yes.
The lower deck first class cabin was designed by Marc Newson, and each of the 14 lucky passengers gets their own private cabin with a completely flat bed for the long flight. You also get a clothes closet, a touch screen TV with over 1000 movies available, and just about every other type of pampering you could imagine. Best of all there’s a central socializing area, where you and your friends could do recreations of classic Star Trek scenes. All you need is the $16,578 one way fare and you’ll be all set.
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posted 10 January, 2012
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Microsoft Flight Simulator returning this spring as Microsoft Flight, will be free for PC
After a bit of a hiatus, Microsoft’s popular flight simulator is being reborn this spring as simply Microsoft Flight. And the other good news? It will be free to play, at least to start off with, with the option of purchasing additional content to expand your reach and options.
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posted 06 January, 2012
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ESA working to develop hypersonic airliner for 2040
It was sort of a bummer when the Concorde stopped flying, but airlines wanted to go cheaper and more economical, not faster. But that’s going to change in the coming decades, as technology advances and the demand of super high speed air travel increases. But the new generation of fast planes won’t be as fast as the Concorde. They’ll be much, much faster. This concept from the ESA would take 300 passengers blazing above the Earth at Mach 5.
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posted 04 January, 2012
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Yes, this airplane engine has a cannon mounted on it
In the early days of military airplanes, attacks were limited to dropping bricks or shooting pistols out of the cockpit, since you couldn’t exactly risk tearing up your propellors by mounting guns in their way. But as a solution, this 11.8-liter WWI-era Hispano-Suiza engine has a 37mm cannon mounted directly between its cylinder banks.
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posted 16 December, 2011
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Wolfram Alpha can now tell you what planes are flying above you right now
There are plenty of apps that tell you when commercial flights arrive and take off from airports, but now Wolfram Alpha is the only one that can tell you what planes are high above your head at any given moment.
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posted 19 November, 2011
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Just a dude watching some jets, because jets are cool.
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posted 04 November, 2011
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Watch an Iran Air plane land safely with no nose landing gear
The landing gear in the nose may be stuck, but the pilot still put her down as gently as a baby.
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posted 02 November, 2011
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FAA not happy about parachuting porn stars jumping out of a plane while having sex
People do all sorts of things while jumping out of planes— knitting, ironing, playing chess, riding motorcycles, etc. But the FAA isn’t too happy for some reason about a porn company that decided to do the first mid-air fuck, with two porn stars jumping out of a plane while fucking.
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posted 31 October, 2011
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Nuclear-powered flying airports would never have to land
Air travel is awesome, but one of the things that slows it down is that the damn plane has to land eventually and that can add hours and hours to the overall trip and it’s not the most fuel-efficient way to do it. In the future, you could take a passenger plane so far, land on a perpetually aloft airport in the sky, swap planes in mid-air and keep going.
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posted 26 October, 2011
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Northrop concept aircraft looks like it’s straight out of a video game
While the US military isn’t looking to replace any of its fighters or bombers any time soon, it’s the job of defense and weapons tech companies to be constantly thinking about what’s going to be next. This above long-range bomber from Northrop isn’t going into production any time soon, but by the time the US is ready for a new bomber, this design that looks like it could be straight out of something like R-Type could be it.
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posted 21 September, 2011
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