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NASA’s Concept Planes Of The Future: Gallery

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4:00PM Yesterday | Alex Kidman

Fuel efficiency, noise reduction and looking like they could hide Batman are obviously high on NASA’s priority list. More »


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Multicopter Could Be Your Ticket To The Heavens

2:15PM November 2, 2011 | Roberto Baldwin

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 »


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Beleaguered Flight Crews Could Soon Bunk With The Cargo

3:45PM October 26, 2011 | Andrew Liszewski

Traveling in first class provides a welcome respite from the huddled masses in coach, but now flight crews have their own private place to escape from passengers in all classes. TIMCO Aerosystems designed this Crew Rest Module for Austrian Airlines that stashes in the plane’s cargo hold, providing a quiet place to escape on a long haul flight. More »


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Japan’s Incredible Flying Sphere Hovers Its Way Into My Heart

11:00AM October 26, 2011 | Roberto Baldwin

We’ve seen Japan’s magic flying ball before, but this is the demo where the fumbly bumbly spheroid finally won my heart. The device could be used for reconnaissance, search and rescue, or as the world’s greatest piñata. Also: it’s adorable. More »


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Would You Fly A Wingsuit Through A Mountain?

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3:00PM September 26, 2011 | Alex Kidman

I mean, really, is there a stunt insane enough not to try in a wingsuit? On second thoughts, don’t answer that. Wingsuits scare the heck out of me, although there’s no denying that they can make for some awesome video. Like, say… jumping through a hole in a mountain. Not that this is totally insane in any way. More »


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Build A UFO With $3000 And Eight Motorcycle Engines

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6:00PM September 25, 2011 | Logan Booker

Yes, that’s a man sitting inside of a giant floating banner. Those fast-moving propellers? Attached to motorcycle engines. Is he flying? Technically, I would say yes. Mostly, I’m very concerned as to how high he might go if it weren’t tied down. More »


News

The Other Black Helicopters

9:53AM May 19, 2011 | Mat Honan

We all know that people are the same wherever you go. It’s especially true of China’s super-wealthy elite, who are just like you and me. Except they fly around on secret private helicopters in complete disregard of all local laws. More »


Entertainment

Man Punches Teenager For Refusing To Turn Off His IPhone Mid-Air

8:00PM December 29, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

We know flying is a tiring business, especially with all the new security precautions nowadays—but getting so worked up over a 15 year-old ignoring requests to turn off all electronic devices that you punch him? Not on, dude. More »


Entertainment

A Concorde Family Reunion

2:20PM December 28, 2010 | Sam Biddle

While it was an abject financial, engineering, and public relations nightmare, the Concorde was certainly a beautiful, beautiful machine. And up until the 1988 gathering at Heathrow Airport, pictured here, they had never been photographed together in such great numbers. More »


Cars

This Enormous Flying Boat Made Transcontinental History, 75 Years Ago Today

1:20PM November 23, 2010 | Sam Biddle

The China Clipper left San Francisco as a huge seaplane full of mail—110,000 pieces of it. But was responsible for the first transpacific flight in history, and became one of the world’s first technological celebrities. More »