Jetman Returns, Flies With B-17 Bomber, Does NOT Get Chopped To Bits

Yves Rossy has been scorching the sky as Jetman for years now; he’s traversed everything from the Grand Canyon to (most of) the Mediterranean Sea. But I’m not sure anything he’s done to date is as wonderful as his recent stint as a B-17 bomber’s literal wingman.

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This Is Nature’s B-2 Bomber

The B-2 Spirit aka Stealth Bomber has a very distintictive shape, and when you place it up against a hawk/falcon(?), you can suddenly see why. Nature has bombers of its own, and that form factor just happens to work out well for us too. But for all their similarities, I think we’d all prefer to get hit by the bird’s bombs if we had to pick one. [The Aviationist] More »

All Burritos Should Be Delivered By a Bomber Like This One

Remember the Tacocopter, that delicious hoax? Thought that may not have been real, the Burrito Bomber is, and though it may not be able to bomb a burritos at you yet, maybe someday it will. After all, the onslaught of food drones is pretty much inevitable. More »

Russia’s Unmanned Strategic Nuclear Bomber Is a Really Terrible Idea [Airplanes]

Top aerospace and defense company Tupolev is developing a new stealth plane that will replace Russia’s mighty but aging nuclear strategic bomber fleet. Called the PAK-DA bomber, it will enter service in the mid-2020s, just in time to face the USAF’s new stealth strategic nuclear bombers. But that’s inoffensive compared to what’s coming next. More »