airplanes
Networks
Google Footing The Bill For Virgin America Wi-Fi During The Holidays
2:45AM Adam Frucci | How’s this for a nice gift from Google? They’re paying for Virgin America to make the Wi-Fi on all its flights free from November 10th to January 15th. More »
Vehicles
The Boeing Dreamliner 787 Could Be The Next Spruce Goose
12:15PM Jack Loftus | The headline takes certain exaggerated liberties, sure, I admit that, but nevertheless today marks the second time in two months that the Boeing 787 Dreamliner has been delayed due to structural failures during the testing process. More »
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What Is This?
9:00AM Jack Loftus | Is it an alien desert crop circle made from cars and campers? Some kind of ancient civilization uncovered by freak dust storm? Truth be told it’s neither, actually: More »
Vehicles
Seriously, Is The Boeing Dreamliner EVER Going To Fly?
11:00AM Rosa Golijan | We’ve been following the progress of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner for a long, loooooooooong time, so we’re excited that it’s finally ready to—oh, wait is that wing coming apart? More »
Vehicles
4:00AM Jesus Diaz | We all know how Virgin Galactic’s WhiteKnightTwo looks from the outside, but this is the first time ever you are going to see the cockpit of SpaceShipTwo’s mothership. It looks like the old-style spaceship cockpits from Alex Raymond’s Flash Gordon. More »
First Pictures Of Virgin Galactic WhiteKnightTwo Interior
4:00AM Jesus Diaz | We all know how Virgin Galactic’s WhiteKnightTwo looks from the outside, but this is the first time ever you are going to see the cockpit of SpaceShipTwo’s mothership. It looks like the old-style spaceship cockpits from Alex Raymond’s Flash Gordon. More »
Entertainment
The Sukhoi Su-35 Eject Stunt Was Filmed For Kerosene Cowboys
8:30AM Jesus Diaz | I don’t know yet if the crazy Sukhoi Su-35 pilot jumped at Mach 2.0 or not, but the story about the fighter flying without a canopy—and one of the pilots jumping—was filmed for a movie called Kerosene Cowboys: More »
Entertainment
Russian Sukhoi Su-35 Pilot Ejects For A Hollywood Movie At Mach 2
4:00AM Jesus Diaz | Holy frak. Holy frak. HOLYROLLERBLADDINGFRAK! Movie producers paid two Sukhoi Su-35 pilots to fly without a canopy at Mach 2.0, and have one of them eject in what probably is one of the most dangerous stunts ever filmed: More »
Weapons
You Don’t See An Aeroplane Lifting A 3-Tonne Cannon Every Day
7:00AM Jesus Diaz | At least, you don’t see it unless you are in the U.S. Marine Corps Combat Logistics Battalion 46, where they use MV-22 Ospreys—dual-rotor aircrafts that can switch between aeroplane and helicopter mode on the fly—to lift artillery pieces. More »
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