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Jetman Yves Rossy Flies in Formation: Danger Has No Meaning to This Guy

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Yves Rossy, the flying Swiss maniac, has appropriately called himself Jetman, and I have to say that his moniker is well deserved, because that thing strapped to his back just looks plain dangerous. His latest stunt? Flying in formation with a pair of L-39C fighter jets.…

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November 30th, 2011 by: Range

Jet-Powered Harley Sold on eBay: Hell Yeah!

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This is the ultimate motorcycle if you ask me. I have wanted a jet bike since I was a kid when that Battlestar Galactica… TV Movie had Starbuck and Apollo flying around on jet bikes. This jet bike doesn’t fly, but it is something special – a 1929 style Harley

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November 11th, 2011 by: Shane McGlaun

Turbine LED Watch Won’t Fly Off Your Wrist

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I’ve always been a fan of stuff that uses the persistence-of-vision illusion to create images which aren’t actually there, but appear thanks to the trick that our eyes and brains play on us when trying to recreate images from pieces. This new watch concept tells time using such an illusion.…

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November 1st, 2011 by: Technabob

Turbine-Powered Batmobile Hits the Streets

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I will admit that while I have seen all of the Batman flicks they have all been crazy cheesy until Christian Bale took over in the recent Christopher Nolan-helmed films. Bale and Nolan took Batman and made it much more real and gritty. I loved The Dark Knight, and the…

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July 14th, 2011 by: Shane McGlaun

Hypermach SonicStar: Fly from New York to London in 2 Hours (Someday)

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Like many people, I was saddened to see the Concorde retired, but it looks like there will be an even faster alternative available for those with deep pockets: it’s called the Hypermach SonicStar, and it’s supposed to get you from Toronto to London in 2 hours.…

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July 6th, 2011 by: Range

F-35 Ejector Seat Gets 600mph Tested on Video

All I know about ejector seats and jet aircraft I learned from watching Goose hit the canopy in Top Gun.… I can only imagine that pulling the ejector handle at 600 mph during a firefight or mid air crisis would be a very harrowing experience. What I never really thought

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April 9th, 2011 by: Shane McGlaun

7-Year-Old Buys Harrier Jet on eBay, Dad Refuses to Pay

When I was a kid, I always wanted a Harrier jet. They aren’t the best looking or fastest, but they can take off and land like a helicopter, which made up for other shortcomings in my book. A 7-year-old from London found that out when he bought himself a shiny…

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February 10th, 2011 by: Shane McGlaun

Home Theater Flies in Style on a Gulfstream III Jet

An unnamed Hollywood producer is showing off his sweet Gulfstream III private jet that has a home theater for the sky in it that is about as large a screen as you can pack in a relatively small jet. The Gulfstream III has a 42-inch HD LCD screen, installed by…

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November 1st, 2010 by: Shane McGlaun

Martin Aircraft Presents Their Real Jetpack!

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A company from New Zealand is going to start selling flying jetpacks commercially. Strangely enough, these real jetpacks cost $75,000, which is less than the earth-bound JetLev Flyer which we posted about yesterday.

The Martin Aircraft Company jetpacks have about 200 HP coming out of their dual propellers. They can…

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March 5th, 2010 by: Range

747 Jet Bed: Just Try and Sleep With All That Engine Noise

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How’d you like to curl up for a nice nap inside the engine cowl of a 747? Well ask, and ye shall receive…

The madmen over at MotoArt have taken the engine nacell from a decommissioned 747 jet engine and turned it curvy metal headboard. The bed has an 84″…

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November 26th, 2009 by: Technabob

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