Wind Lifts 747
Winds going over 70mph rush past a scrapped Boeing 747 airplane at a boneyard in Mojave, California. It’s a basic lesson of aerodynamics. It’s a bittersweet metaphor. It’s a viral video.
Winds going over 70mph rush past a scrapped Boeing 747 airplane at a boneyard in Mojave, California. It’s a basic lesson of aerodynamics. It’s a bittersweet metaphor. It’s a viral video.
A guy drops a paper airplane from the 18th floor of a building, and as it makes its lengthy descent, something unexpected happens. We can only assume the birds of prey thought it was lunch.
Tuscon’s Pima Air & Space Museum built a paper airplane that was so big it had to be lifted and launched by helicopter. The 800lb. plane hit a top speed of 98mph before it crashed to the ground.
Former UC Berkeley QB Joe Ayoob and airplane builder John Collins recently set a world distance record with a flight that never left its hangar at McClellan Air Force Base; he tossed a paper airplane over 226 feet. (Thanks Triston!)
Watch in awe as freestyle motocross rider Petr Pilat heads straight for pilot Kirby Chambliss’ stunt flyer, repeatedly jumping over the plane as it comes just feet from the ground.
Located on the Caribbean island of St. Martin, Maho Beach is adjacent to an airport runway. Departing planes whip up blasts of water and sand, and incoming planes, well, just watch.
Using a piece of cardboard to create a smooth updraft, this MIT genius is able to fly a paper airplane nearly a 1/4 mile before it runs out of steam. Find out how here.
The Seventh Movement spent a day aboard the USS Carl Vinson, the first aircraft carrier to host an NCAA basketball game and the last place Osama bin Laden’s body was before he was buried at sea.
(NSFW: Language) We’re pretty sure that there’s some shenanigans going on here, but there’s a remote possibility that one of these paper airplanes just magically nailed the perfect approach.
You don’t have to be an airplane geek to appreciate the raw beauty of this table. Made using a Lycoming R680 9 Cylinder Radial Engine from a US Army Boeing-Stearman PT-13.
(NSFW: Language) A reporter has a close call with a Spitfire as it flies by. We don’t think we’d react differently with an airplane that close to chopping off our head either. At least this didn’t happen.
Timon Sager’s conceptual private jet would seat just two occupants and offer high-speed jet travel to “Rich 25-40 year old risk-takers, bored by life, naturally curious and driven by their emotions.”
Colin Furze, who built the world’s fastest mobility scooter, has pitted it against an airplane in this video. We recommend wearing a helmet if you’re going to fly down a runway at 70+ mph, though.
You wouldn’t believe it from the looks of this image, but what you’re looking at is an incredible, working miniature model of an airport. More images and videos of the Knuffingen Airport here.
This lightweight, single-person electric vehicle will zip along at up to 43mph on water, and takes off at up to 93mph into the air. Flies up to 1.8 miles high. Water landings only, please.
Compressing 11 hours into two minutes, Nate Bolt’s stop-motion vid of his flight from San Francisco to Paris includes sheer gorgeousness: mountains, stars wheeling overhead, and the Aurora Borealis.
A fortuitous passenger flight leaving Orlando saw Discovery’s recent final launch from the air. The (very cool) footage offers great perspectives on speed and trajectory. (Thanks everyone!)
The Balanzza Truco is a smartly designed 3 in 1 bag that becomes a full size carry-on when stacked together; it can be customized for specific travel needs using any combination of its elements.
They have JetSkis in the summer, so why not JetSleds in the winter? These maniacs tied their sleds to skitch behind a Swedish fighter jet. They left out the part where the jet takes off.
The guys at Team Black Sheep managed to fly a remote-controlled plane through the city’s iconic urban skyline, capturing some incredible aerial shots with a tiny camera mounted on the plane.
GE Aviation created this amazing video which combines the flight take-off and landing paths of multiple airplanes into a single shot. Hopefully, the FAA won’t start stacking planes this close together.
Britain’s Ministry of Defense has put the HMS Invincible, an old aircraft carrier from the Falklands war, up for sale to cut a deficit. Bidders have until January 5 to make an offer, so get cracking.
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