Commercial planes have gotten bigger and bigger over the past few decades, but the size of the gate at most airports have stayed the same. To circumvent this little infrastructural disconnect, Boeing’s future 777x jet will have a massive wingspan that folds up upon landing.
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It’s no mystery that technology developed to fight wars comes in handy during peacetime. From duct tape to the internet, some of the most important pieces of modern technology were developed by the military. Badass vehicles are no exception.
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Let’s hope none of us ever have to be put in a situation where we have to evacuate an airplane but this 2006 evacuation test of an Airbus A380 makes our current plane deplaning process look like a complete waste of time. The test incredibly emptied out all 873 passengers of the plane in less than 80 seconds. Typical planes in real life take around 10 minutes. Something is not adding up!
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This terrifying two-plane crash somehow miraculously resulted in no fatalities. It’s insane that people could survive after two planes hit each other in mid-air. It’s almost impossible that everyone could survive from the fireball and ensuing chaos after the crash. But they did. Thank God.
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Two planes carrying skydivers had a midair collision last night over northwest Wisconsin near Lake Superior. But everyone survived because they were planning to skydive out anyway. Additionally, one pilot was able to eject and the other landed his plane safely, even though it was severely damaged.
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We were promised supersonic flights. Today, we stay well below the speed of sound. We were promised transatlantic flights from New York to London in 3 and a half hours. Today, that flight takes us 7 hours. We were promised the future of flying. That future hasn’t existed for 10 years. The last flight of the Concorde was on October 24, 2003, we’ve been flying on slow-haul planes since.
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Do you remember how you spent your high school years? Odds are you were more concerned with your social status than actually doing something useful with your life. Not Dominick Lee. Instead of parties and homecomings he designed, built, and programmed an impressive low-budget flight simulator that’s going to all but guarantee him entry into any college engineering programming he likes.
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Having been burned when it used Photoshop
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As expected, the FAA advisory committee has recommended that airline passengers should be "allowed to use smartphones, tablets, e-readers and other personal electronic devices during takeoffs and landings". That means, yes, we can finally use our damn (innocent) electronic devices while on an airplane without looking like a criminal.
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If you’re not a fan of flying, you’ll probably want to steer clear of this supercut from Screen Junkies featuring some of the most harrowing plane disasters from movies and TV. Even if you’re cool with flying, it’s probably still a good idea to skip this one if you’ve got air travel planned in the coming days.
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