If you thought Sunday deliveries from Amazon and the USPS was a visionary idea, you are setting the bar way too low. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos this week revealed plans to Charlie Rose on CBS’s 60 Minutes to one day deliver your purchases in 30 minutes or less — with drones. They’re called “octocopters,” and […]
New York-based industrial design manager and pilot Shai Goitein has given his PowerUp paper airplane motor a giant upgrade. First launched in 2011, the PowerUp module could turn a standard homemade paper airplane into a longer-flying, propeller-powered machine. But there was no accelerating, banking, climbing or descending, and it could only fly for 90 seconds. […]
The German company TobyRich has launched a smartphone-controlled “smartplane” designed specifically for people who couldn’t fly a plane if their lives depended on it. Aptly dubbed “SmartPlane”, this gadget-and-app combo automatically adjusts the plane’s trajectory and speed to stay in the air no matter how new you may be to the world of radio-controlled model […]
The number of soldiers on both sides of WWII that were killed or went missing is just staggering. Now, the mystery surrounding one RAF pilot and what happened to him and his plane has been solved after 70 years. RAF flight Sergeant Dennis Copping climbed into his Kittyhawk P-40 aircraft in June 1942 to fly the plane to another airbase for repairs. He was never seen or heard from again.
The RAF long believed that Copping became disoriented during his flight and strayed off course. Recently an explorer working for an oil company came upon a very odd site in the Western Desert in Egypt. The explorer came upon a mostly intact and incredibly well preserved P-40 sitting on the ground in the desert.
The aircraft had some damage from the crash, for one the propeller was torn off and lying away from the aircraft. The plane also notably had what appeared to be bullet holes in the fuselage. It’s unclear if those bullet holes were the damage the pilot was taking the aircraft in to have repaired or if perhaps they are why the aircraft crashed in the desert. The aircraft was complete with its .50 cal machine guns and ammo and hasn’t been touched since the pilot left the aircraft sitting on the desert floor.
Indications are that the pilot survived the crash. The pilot’s parachute was found alongside the wreckage along with a makeshift shelter. However, the pilot’s remains are nowhere to be found. The theory is that the pilot tried to walk out of the desert and perished somewhere in the sands. The crash location is 200 miles from the nearest city.
[via Daily Mail]
From the front it looks a bit like a catfish. From the top it looks like a water strider. From the side it looks like a great white shark. This odd-looking flying car is under development at a technology company near the Google X research facility–although so far it looks like Google is not involved […]
Beginning as early as December of this year, you will soon be allowed to power-on and use approved electronic devices during all stages of the flight on most Europe-based airlines. The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) this week issued a ruling to that effect, following a similar ruling by the US’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) […]
Airplanes aren’t known for being the most roomy vessels one can travel in, and dealing with matters concerning personal space and passenger size has been a touchy — and sometimes heated — topic. Various solutions have been proposed, such as having static seats available in different sizes, but the latest is perhaps the most unique […]
Elon Musk of Tesla and SpaceX fame is known for his ideas and ambitions and the successes that have largely resulted from both. Blending the two companies’ focus into another idea, Musk spoke last year of an electric supersonic aircraft that could take off and land vertically, something that is no small goal. Fast forward […]
Even if you’re not fan of popstar Lady Gaga, you probably been exposed to some of the bizarre clothing she’s worn. A video has shown up of the singer testing out what might be the coolest dress in the history clothing. The dress isn’t made of meat or anything like that, rather this dress flies. […]
Amazon has decidedly announced their full support of the new FAA ruling for in-flight device use with not only a suggestion that they’ve always done so, but that they’re willing to let their device prices prove it. Amazon Kindle prices have been kicked down a notch for a single day by the company suggesting they’re […]
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