Tag: Aviation
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Buy Your Own Boeing F-4 Phantom Ejection Seat
What on earth are you going to do with a non-functional McDonnell F-4 Phantom II two-seat twinjet fighter ejection seat? Who cares?! It’s an honest-to-goodness ejection seat that was once in an actual airplane. It’s been ripped out and refurbished for your owning pleasure. This genuine Mk.7 rocket-assisted ejection seat from an F-4 Phantom II…
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Video: That Belly Landing In Newark? Yeah, There’s A Grainy Video
You guys might have heard about the US Airways Express Flight 4560 that landed on its belly last week. It was carrying 31 passengers plus crew, and through the skillful piloting of Captain Edward Powers, was able to land safely despite not having been able to deploy its landing gear. Well, there’s a video of…
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Mad Catz Launches Cessna Brand Flight Sim Controls
By Andrew Liszewski While I don’t necessarily ‘get’ the appeal of video game simulators, I understand that it can give enthusiasts an experience they would otherwise not be able to afford in real life. Case in point, flying. The Cessna Skyhawk is arguably one of the cheapest and simplest airplanes you can buy. And even…
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SportairUSA iCub Light Sport Aircraft Simplifies The Cockpit With An iPad
By Andrew Liszewski I haven’t quite found my killer app for the iPad just yet, but it looks a few pilots might just have. The new iCub light sport aircraft from SportairUSA features an iPad smack dab in the middle of the cockpit’s instrument panel that not only simplifies the layout of dials and displays,…
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F-35 Lightning II Can Land In Your Driveway
Air power is critical to military operations nowadays, but it’s hampered by the fact that you need a bunch of infrastructure. With a few exceptions, you need things like runways or aircraft carriers relatively nearby to allow aircraft to, you know, land. Unless you’ve got one that can hover and land vertically, that is. The…
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Rocket Powered Helicopter Is Crazier Than It Sounds
By Evan Ackerman Rather than being powered by a conventional engine, someone decided that it would be a good idea to install itty bitty rocket engines on the tips of the blades of this helicopter to power it. And the really scary part is that it works. Very well, in fact. The hydrogen peroxide rockets…
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Personal Jetpack Going Into Production, May Actually Be Affordable
By Evan Ackerman When we posted our last update on the Martin Jetpack Ductedfanpack about a year ago, they were looking at producing around 10 units at $100,000 each. In that quantity and price, it didn’t seem like something that was particularly realistic. At the end of last month the Telegraph reported that Martin Aircraft…
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kululua Airline’s Rebranding Is Like Aviation 101
By Andrew Liszewski If you’re ever flying on South Africa’s kulula airline you’ll never have to worry about hearing an intercom announcement asking if there’s a pilot on board, because their recent rebranding will leave every passenger with a basic knowledge of aviation and aircraft. It’s rather clever and educational (I had no idea where…
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For Sale: Lovingly Restored Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker – The Best $4.5 Million You’ll Ever Spend
By Andrew Liszewski A Cessna might be the affordable choice when it comes to personal aircraft, but if fun ranks high on your feature list you’re probably not going to do much better than this pair of Sukhoi Su-27 Flankers which can be yours for just $4.5 million a piece. They were brought to the…
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Inside An Emirates A380
By Evan Ackerman When the gigantihugenormous Airbus A380 was still in the prototype and demonstration phase, there were all kinds of wild ideas about what manifestations opulence would get stuffed inside its belly. The interior of the production A380 has been toned down a bit, of course, but that hasn’t stopped Emirates Airlines from including…