Studying Contrails for More Eco-Friendly Flights
Researchers at NASA have just begun a series of flights using the agency’s DC-8 to study the effects of alternate biofuel on engine performance, emissions and aircraft-generated contrails at altitude. Puffy white exhaust contrails stream from the engines of NASA’s DC-8 flying laboratory, in this image taken from an HU-25 Falcon flying about 300 feet behind. Image © NASA/Eddie Winstead
First Electric Tilt Rotor aircraft
UK-based aerospace firm AgustaWestland unveiled world’s first electric tilt rotor airplane, known as ‘Project Zero‘. Image © AgustaWestland
Sikorsky-Boeing X2 Technology Rotorcraft
Sikorsky and Boeing will prepare a joint proposal, to build X2 Technology based rotorcraft design for U.S. Army’s Joint Multi-Role (JMR) Future Vertical Lift Requirements.
Boeing’s hydrogen-powered Phantom Eye flies higher
Boeing’s liquid hydrogen-powered Phantom Eye successfully completed its second flight, that took place at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base in California.
Robotic Bat Wing
A robotic bat wing developed by researchers at Brown University, providing valuable new information about dynamics of flapping flight in real bats. Check out the video… Image © Breuer and Swartz labs/Brown University
Hundreds shining flares
An AgustaWestland Merlin helicopter from HMS Northumberland, launching hundreds of flares over the Indian Ocean, during an exercise. Image © UK’s official Defense Larger image via flightglobal
Jetman vs. Rally Car
An incredible action short video from Top Gear series 18 episode 5. Richard Hammond races rocket-powered Jetman Yves Rossy against a rally-spec Skoda.
Quadrocopter Pole Acrobatics
Quadrocopters amazing us again. This video shows two of them, capable of not only balancing an inverted pendulum, but also of launching it and catching it again!
Awesome F-18 Flight Demonstration
Tom Frosch is commanding officer and flight leader of the US Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels. He pulls off an inverted flight manoeuvre during a training session over California. Check Out the F-18 Cockpit Video… Image © Rachel McMarr/US Navy via engineering
UFO at Popocatepetl Volcano
A video recording of a cigar shaped UFO, a cylindrical object traveling at low speed, the morning of February 21th, at Popocatépetl volcano in Mexico. Watch the video…
