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LEGO Unveils Amazing Sopwith Camel Model: Is the Red Baron Far Behind?
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When I was a kid I used to love planes and I built countless models of them. One of the neater ones was the Sopwith Camel. Check this out. It’s the newly revealed LEGO set number 10226, the Sopwith Camel, and it looks amazing.… |
May 9th, 2012
Discovery Channel Crashes 727 for TV Show
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None of us ever want to experience an airplane crash first-hand, but you’ll soon have the opportunity to learn what happens inside and outside a commercial airliner when it does crash, thanks to the Discovery Channel.… |
April 30th, 2012
FAA Promises a “Fresh Look” at Gadget Use on Flights
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The FAA cleared the iPad and other devices for use in cockpits of commercial aircraft by pilots late last year. The approval was made to reduce the load on pilot by allowing them to have digital copies of charts and flight manuals rather than roughly 30 pounds of books with… |
March 19th, 2012
Transition Flying Car to Be on Hand at New York Auto Show
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I don’t know if you remember the toys or the cartoon from back in the 1980s called MASK.… That was one my favorite shows and had a bunch of the toys that were cars, trucks, and motorcycles that turned into other things. My favorite was a motorcycle that turned into |
March 2nd, 2012
Behold, a LEGO Raptor Flying in a LEGO Raptor
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Yo dawg, I herd you like Raptors, so I put a LEGO Raptor in yo LEGO Raptor, so you can fly prehistoric-style while you fly.… That’s what Jack Marquez, who goes by “Ewok in Disguise” on Flickr thought a lot about that when he was constructing his little F-22 Raptor |
March 1st, 2012
Record for Longest Paper Airplane Thrown, Now Held by a Quarterback
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How far can you throw a paper airplane? Not very far I’m guessing. At least not compared to this guy. You have to throw it just right. Too hard and it takes a nosedive, too light and it doesn’t go anywhere. And it’s not just about the design of the… |
February 29th, 2012
Tiny Airplane Lands Inside a Lightbulb
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I’ve always been impressed by those model makers who can cram a tiny ship inside of a bottle, but this model has completely blown my mind. What you’re looking at here is a tiny model of a KLM Airbus A330 inside of an incandescent light bulb.… |
February 28th, 2012
FAA Clears iPad for Use in Flight by Pilots
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The FAA has announced that it has cleared the Apple iPad for use in commercial flights in all stages of the flight by pilots. American Airlines has conducted tests of both iPad and iPad 2 for all phases of flight for the last 6 months, it has been deemed it… |
December 14th, 2011
Boeing Fights Fire by Dropping Giant Water Balloon Bombs
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So scientists are shooting lasers into the sky to make it rain in areas that are in dire need of some precipitation, and now Boeing, the world’s largest aerospace company, wants to fight fires by dropping giant water balloon bombs over the flames.… |
September 29th, 2011
First 3D Printed Plane: Future of Drones and UAVs?
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3D printing has been used in a variety of different ways, but this is the first time that I’ve seen it being used to print out a whole airplane. UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) are pretty important in the military these days, and even on science missions. Now, a team from… |
August 3rd, 2011
