Why screw around with one propellor when your personal multicopter can have 16. I cannot wait to hover around my neighbourhood making everyone jealous and finding frisbees stuck on roofs. More »
To celebrate Australia Day this week, we’re looking at some of the best inventions to ever come out of our sunburnt country. Today, we pay homage to David Warren, who completely changed aviation safety by creating the Black Box flight recorder. More »
While a pilot took a mid-flight bathroom break, his co-pilot decided to adjust his seat. In the process of that, he managed to hit the control column and send the plane into a terrifying plunge. Things almost didn’t end well. More »
5000 aeroplanes are in the United States skies every hour. Sixty three of those planes were filmed for this time-elapse video showing the intricate and beautiful choreography of take-offs and landings. Watch it. It’s worth two-and-a-half minutes. More »
Kites? Kites aren’t that cool. You know what’s cool? Kites with freaking LED lights and fireworks attached to them—that’s cool! And that’s what’s in this video: a bunch of cool kites with cool lights and fireworks galore. Enjoy. More »
newVideoPlayer( {"type":"video","player":"http://www.youtube.com/v/pg6LuwyNIxk&hl=en&fs=1&hd=1","customParams":[] ,"width":500,"height":332.5,"ratio":0.615,"flashData":"","embedName":null,"objectId":null,"noEmbed":false,"source":"youtube","wrap":true,"agegate":false} ); First came the rough sketch of DARPA’s DiscRotor, a helicopter whose blades retract into a disc once the craft hits a certain speed. Now we’ve got the concept video. Which hopefully means we’re that much closer to the real thing. More »
