Boeing’s Supersonic aircraft model
A scale model of a future concept supersonic aircraft built by The Boeing Company, in the sidewall of the 8 by 6-foot supersonic wind tunnel at NASA’s Glenn Research Center. Image © NASA/Quentin Schwinn
NASA’s X-48 Completes Flight Research
NASA’s remotely piloted X-48C hybrid-wing-body subscale aircraft, completed an eight-month flight research campaign on April 9, 2013. In this image, the aircraft flies over the intersection of several runways next to the compass rose on Rogers Dry Lake at Edwards Air Force Base. Image © NASA / Carla Thomas
Suntoucher Solar-Powered Aircraft
Suntoucher is the two seats solar-powered aircraft developed by Samuel Nicz, able to fly without liters of fuel for several hundred miles. It’s designed to economically and environmentally flying for long distances.
AirCraft the Jet as Art by Jeffrey Milstein
AirCraft the Jet as Art by American photographer, architect and graphic designer Jeffrey Milstein, capturing the airplanes when they are preparing for landing. Southwest Airlines Maryland One.
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
Mysterious Area 51 graveyards
What the US military is doing when wants to retire a cutting edge, top-secret aircrafts? Burn them? Melt them down? The best solution is to bury them. Image © Paul Crickmore; US Air Force, public domain
The Gigantic Aeroscraft is ready
The Gigantic Aeroscraft prototype, called Pelican, completed a ground-handling demonstration. The 230-ft long aircraft will demonstrate next week the vertical take-off and landing.
Solar Impulse gets funding to fly round the world
Solar Impulse HB-SIA, the solar-powered aircraft project, gets funding boost for the non stop fly round the world in 2015. Image credit: Solar Impulse
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/
