Endeavour over Los Angeles [video]
Endeavour looks incredible flying over Los Angeles en route to LAX. It was the last flight for this space shuttle, as it completed its tour of California skies and landed, atop NASA‘s Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA), a modified 747 jetliner, for the last time. Image credit: Stephen Confer. http://astroimages.photoshelter.com/
F-15 air refueling
An F-15E Strike Eagle receives fuel from a 100th Air Refueling Wing (ARW) KC-135 Stratotanker during an aerial mission over the Atlantic Ocean, on Sept. 10, 2012.
Image credit: U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ethan Morgan High-resolution via Boeing
Endeavour atop NASA’s Shuttle Carrier Aircraft [updated]
Space shuttle Endeavour is seen atop NASA’s Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA), a modified 747 Jumbo jetliner, at the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Monday, Sept. 17, 2012 in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Image Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
[WPDATE: new videos after the jump]
Smarter Skies for the Future by Airbus
According to Airbus experts, intelligent planes that flock in formation and fly ‘express skyways’ could cut time, delays, stress and emissions. Watch the video
Formation of glowing objects in the night sky
Strange 50 glowing objects in the night sky of Linz, Austria, in perfect formation…
Actually it’s one of the most impressive demonstrations of quadrocopters! Watch the video…
Supersonic Bi-Directional Flying Wing
The “Supersonic bi-directional flying wing” (SBiDir-FW) in order to transition from subsonic flight to supersonic, instead of sweeping its wings back, rotates the entire aircraft by 90 degrees!
Human Powered Helicopter altitude record 8 ft
Team Gamera is back with the Human Powered Helicopter and is flight testing their modified version of Gamera II at the PG Sports and Learning Complex in Landover, MD. Scroll down for video…
Russian Knights in a perfect formation
The Russian Knights in their Su-27s, in a perfectly coordinated formation, from the Russian Air Force 100th anniversary celebration. Here is the high resolution image: Flight Global
U-2 Dragon Lady- pilots
14 pilots with their full pressure suits posing in front of the very high-altitude Lockheed U-2 (Dragon Lady) reconnaissance aircraft, operated by the United States Air Force (USAF).
Aerofex Hover Vehicle
A California-based company called Aerofex is taking flight in an innovative direction. The pilot by applying throttle, he can increase altitude and speed, and cruises in the direction he wishes to go, with little training.
