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Fly From Tokyo To San Francisco In 83 Seconds With An Airborne Timelapse
5000 miles of clouds slip by in under two minutes. If only flights had a fast-forward button like this.
Meet the Team That Built the World's Greatest Human-Powered Helicopter
33 years ago, the American Helicopter Society established the Igor I. Sikorsky Human-Powered Helicopter Prize—which called for a team to design and build a working, non-motorized helicopter that could fly above three metres for a minute or longer. A...
The FBI Wants Your Help Tracking Down the Brooklyn Drone
As far as anybody knows, the lone quadcopter spotted over Brooklyn by an airline pilot was not carrying out a domestic strike.
Boeing's Secret to Better In-Flight Internet? The Humble Potato
Regular old spuds make for a great human replacement.
Flying An Airplane: Better Than Most Things
First: Instructor Dave. This guy is living the effing dream. In 2004, he was managing a “popular coffee shop” somewhere around Baltimore. He came across a budget book on flight instruction, got hooked, took out a (large) line of credit on his house...
The Secret to Landing a Space Shuttle is a Stylish Executive Jet Plane
Next time you applaud your airline pilot for making a "perfect" landing, consider the Space Shuttle.
