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2:00PM Chris Jacob | The Chinese military has apparently been copying American UAV designs for a while now. After they got bored simply rebuilding Uncle Sam’s models, they decided to design a few of their own. And they blow ours out of the water. More »
Chinese Knockoff UAV Better Than The Real Thing
2:00PM Chris Jacob | The Chinese military has apparently been copying American UAV designs for a while now. After they got bored simply rebuilding Uncle Sam’s models, they decided to design a few of their own. And they blow ours out of the water. More » 
Weapons
8:00AM Adam Frucci | Here’s something you don’t see every day: a Mi-24 helicopter firing off dozens of rockets at once. This one is Macedonian, and is from a “training exercise”. All bow before the might of the Macedonian army! [Big Picture]
What A Helicopter Firing High-Speed Rockets Looks Like
8:00AM Adam Frucci | Here’s something you don’t see every day: a Mi-24 helicopter firing off dozens of rockets at once. This one is Macedonian, and is from a “training exercise”. All bow before the might of the Macedonian army! [Big Picture]
Robots
Need To Fly A Military Drone? Yep, There’s An IPhone App For That
2:40PM Danny Allen | MIT Professor Missy Cummings (a former F-18 Hornet Navy Pilot), and her team of 30 students and undergrads, have successfully demonstrated how an iPhone could be used to control an unmanned area vehicle, or UAV. More »
Toys
World’s Largest RC Chopper Is Big Enough For A Very Short Pilot
9:40AM Dan Nosowitz | This RC helicopter is a scale model of a Russian Mi-24 chopper, a monstrous beast that’s 16.75m long. The scale version looks about 1/8th the size, and still scares the crap out of us. Check out the video below. More »
Random Stuff
Man Builds 747 Flight Simulator in His Warehouse, Earns Guinness Record
5:40AM Sean Fallon | Flight enthusiast Matthew Sheil has built a 747-400 flight simulator in his Sydney warehouse that can stand up to any $40 million training version—and he did it for under $200,000. More »
Vehicles
Photos of Plane Being Lifted From the Hudson Are Staggering
3:09AM Adam Frucci | We’ve seen plenty of photos of the plane that landed in the Hudson, but none quite like these, which were taken by the crane operator who lifted the downed craft from the chilly waters. More »
Vehicles
Obama Boards Air Force One for the First Time
6:00AM Jesus Diaz | Here you have President Obama boarding the Air Force One for the first time ever, with some really awesome insider footage. I love when the Commander-In-Chief meets the 747’s Commander for the first time: More »
Design
Aeolus Airship Concept Can Stay Aloft for Two Weeks
12:45AM Gizmodo US Edition | This oddball vertical airship is designed to stay in the air for a whopping two weeks without landing. It’s powered by a crew of 2-4 people pedaling, presumably in an ironic nod to The Flintstones. More »
Press
US Airways Waterlanding: Close Up Image of Inflatable Rafts
7:26AM Jesus Diaz | Have you ever wondered if the inflatable rafts actually work? They do. This image of the US Airways’ Airbus 320 that just water-landed on the Hudson river is just amazing. More »
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