flying
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Why Did This Company Let Me Fly A $2.7 Million Aircraft?
Somewhere over the Hamptons, the pilot told me to take the controls. To my left, there was a joystick, roughly the same size and dimension as my favourite ’90s arcade game, After Burner. I clutched it, pulled back, and felt the jet climb.
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Flight Safety Warning Issued After Headphone Batteries Catch Fire
Battery-operated headphones worn by a passenger on a recent Bejing to Melbourne flight “likely caught on fire” according to the Australian Transport Safety Bureau, prompting a warning to be issued regarding the safety of batteries on board aircraft.
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Dizzying Video Proves Drone Racing Pilots Have Super-Human Abilities
Video: Do you remember the first time you tried flying a drone? And how you almost immediately crashed it into a wall? Experiences like that make it hard to believe that professional drone racers are able to pilot their tiny crafts at such impossible speeds without having some kind of super-human, X-Men like powers.
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Jetpack Daredevils Join A Fighter Jet Formation For The First Time Ever
Video: One of the coolest things about Iron Man is his ability to fly, but since we don’t have access to Tony Stark’s technologies just yet, these jetpack-wearing daredevils, flying alongside an Air Force aerobatics display for the first time, are the next best thing.