The Higgs Boson still hasn’t made an appearance, but in an even more stunning discovery, apparently the Large Hadron Collider has been responsible for creating the new 2012 Range Rover Sport. That’s $US9 billion well spent right there. More »
Flight Global’s Jon Ostrower posted videos of three different kinds of aeroplane approaches and landings. The first one is the most spectacular, as a Airbus A320 approaches Bhutan’s airport zooming, close to 3000m mountains. Fast forward to 5:39. More »
It’s certainly a safety improvement, but Mercedes’ new active seat belt buckle should also eliminate the utterly annoying game of trying to find the connectors that have inevitably gotten stuck in-between the back seat cushions of a car. More »
The Chinese continue to upgrade their military to new levels. This is their new attack helicopter, the Z-19, a two-seater painted in badass black that looks a lot like the Eurocopter Dauphin. More »
Captain Schettino or not, I hate cruises. Being trapped in a giant floating building with 3000 people and a buffet is my idea of bloody hell. But I would love to go across the Amazon river on the ship above. More »
A Cessna 172B pilot in Mexico had to save his plane after his aeroplane propeller detached in flight. Yes, detached. Plonk. You can see the action from the cockpit in this video, including the exhilaration and relief of the passengers at the end. More »
I’ve lost count on the many times the F-35 has been grounded already. It feels like a $US1 trillion joke that is not funny at all. Now, 15 brand new F-35s are dead because of a stupid mistake. More »
Man gets out of the cockpit. Man walks the wing. Man hangs onto the wing’s edge. Aircraft rolls. Man jumps off the plane. I really don’t have anything to add to this video filmed over Iceland. I’ll just keep replaying it for a bit. More »
If you’re anything like me, you like to keep your fleet of private jets up to date. But selling an old Airbus on Craigslist can be a pain, so artist Paul Coudamy hacks them apart and turns them into hanging lamps. More »
Everyone who drives a car eventually comes into close encounter with a light pole. Backing up, trying to parallel park, hey, it happens to all of us. And that’s totally OK. What’s NOT OK is if you’re a pilot and you crash your freaking plane into a light pole. How does that even happen? More »
