Air Refueling at night
The 151st Air Refueling Wing (ARW) conduct ‘Tron like’ air refueling operation with a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft over southern Idaho, on May 9, 2013, over southern Idaho. Larger image via gizmodo [Flickr]
The Skywhale in First Flight
The Skywhale hot-air balloon by Patricia Piccinini, made its first fly as one of the major commissions for the Centenary of Canberra program. Will also fly at different locations around Australia during the year. Watch the video…
Faster In-Flight Wi-Fi
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) just proposed a new format for better in-flight Wi-Fi connections, using a more reliable system of contact between a plane and the ground.
Drone Jet X-47B makes historic carrier launching
The Drone Jet X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System demonstrator (UCAS-D) completed its first ever carrier-based catapult launch from USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) off the coast of Virginia. Image © NAVAL news. Watch the video…
Solar Eclipse with Airplane
Photographer Phillip Calais who toke this impressive solar eclipse photo, said: It was just eight minutes after sunrise, last week, and already there were four things in front of the Sun. The largest and most notable was Earth’s Moon, obscuring a big chunk of the Sun’s lower limb as it moved across the solar disk, as viewed from Fremantle, Australia. Image © Phillip Calais. Used with permission.
Synergy Family Flier – 2013 Invention Awards
John McGinnis, a 47-year-old composite manufacturer, he taught himself fluid dynamics and aeronautical engineering over twenty years. His conceptual aircraft Synergy could be quieter, cheaper and at more than 40 mpg, up to three times as fuel-efficient. Watch the video…
First ever accident of Flying Car
This Flying Car accident is most probably the first ever. The experimental flying car cashes near a school in British Columbia, in Canada. According to Jalopnik, the flying car that crashed is a Maverick, built by Florida based Maverick LSA, and everyone is ok. Image © pic.twitter.com/Q7KlBdPoPe via jalopnik
Terrafugia the World’s first Flying Car
Terrafugia’s TF-X Transition Street-Legal Airplane, designed to be the flying car for all of us, able to takeoff vertically and reaching a speed up to 200 mph. Watch the video…
Exceptional R/C Copter skills
Exceptional R/C Copter skills by Bert Kammerer, which seemingly defy physics and also showcases a new way for grass trimming. Check out the video…
F-16 insane Flight from the Inside
There is nothing like flying the mighty Viper. A footage from the 36th Fighter Squadron Flying Fiends in Alaska, with F-16‘s intense aerial action exercises, including low-altitude flybys. Check out the video…
