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more about #jets more comments → Lite: hates Illinois Nazis: This same company used to sell B52 ejection office chairs too. This isn't really anything new for them. They've been doing it for years. more » NurseDave: Motoart? Man, I liked watching that show. Interesting to see the company is still around. Looked like they were flaming out on the show. more » Slyd3z: Were it a seat from a Marine Corps aircraft, the cushions would be all beat up and ripped and duct taped back together. more » Kaiser-Machead: I really wish they went with something along the lines of olive drab for the cushioning. I'd be going for the fighter jet look, not a Mercedes-Benz sp... more » Hello Mister Walrus: What strikes me is how industrial/i.e. unrefined this chair looks - like they put zero thought into the design and just bolted together metal pieces u... more » GitEmSteveDave_My Brute Dojo CDIAFIFE: I never realized the Air Force equipped all of their f-4's w/red stitched Corinthian Leather seats. You learn something new everyday. more » Kaiser-Machead: I admit, given a long stretch of road, I'd sure as hell want to give it a shot. Only thing I'd really be afraid of is the engine bursting into flames,... more » Curves: The video wont play for some reason. Maybe I am not seeing something in the design, but it looks as if you will burn the HELL out of your leg if you a... more » beercheck: The goal is to break the land speed record last year, shooing for 800MPH. If I've learned anything from comic books and sci fi, he's gonna have to go ... more » Bloof: I could shoot down an F-22 with this if the conditions were right. more » uRbAnlP: So I suppose the 'car' isn't powered by an engine but a jet turbine? That's cheating! more » FrankenPC: I bow to the ultimate hobbyist. Now, who has the gonads to drive that sucker? more » .357: My. New. Hero. more » Kaiser-Machead: Hey, well at least there's the British Airways Concorde sitting by the Intrepid, though the engine cowlings are empty, and one of the powerplants is s... more » frigg: More Concordes please. more » -
#clips
ATV Powered By a Jet Engine Could Be Batman's Golf Cart
Batman normally likes to stretch his legs and have trunkspace for a few accidental dead bodies. But he might pilot an ATV powered by a jet engine on a weekend at the links. More » -
#furniture
F-4 Ejection Seat Sticks It to Work in Style, Overkill
Maybe you fantasize about leaving that shitty office job for something else like, I dunno, opening a charming B&B on the coast or being Maverick from Top Gun. Well this is how you quit. More » -
#jets
Just $1200 Stands Between You and Death by Jet Bike
Last year, we raved about a crazy/genius pulsejet engine bicycle builder named Robert Maddox. Now you can buy his biggest and baddest engine on eBay. More » -
#heroes
Hobbyist Building World's Fastest Car Out of a Fighter Jet
Your hobby sucks compared to Ed Shadle's; in his free time, he's converting an old fighter jet into a land vehicle capable of going 800MPH. More » -
#airplanes
British Airways' Last Concorde May Become Dubai Novelty
It's like those sci-fi rich guys who collect everything including somebody's frozen head, only it's real: Dubai collectors—possibly the same ones turning the QE2 ocean liner into a hotel—are trying to buy BA's last Concorde. More » -
#jets
Where Russian MiG Fighter Jets Are Born
Ah, detènte. Even though Russia still loves to stick it in our eye whenever they get the chance, at least now we can look inside their MiG fighter jet factory. More » -
#sleep
Finally, I've Found the Bed Of My Dreams
If my girl can't appreciate sleeping in the hollowed out arc of a real Boeing 747 engine nacelle (fine Italian satin apparently included!), I don't want her in my life. [Motoart via OhGizmo] -
#obamatoys
This Is The Worst Obama Action Figure You Will Ever See
And it's only one of several entrepreneurial efforts to make some green while people still feel HOPE. I also love the model we found of BHO's 757, a.k.a. Hope Force 1. And so does America. More » -
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#financiapocalpyse
Once the Ultimate Sign of Universal Mastery, Private Jets Are Now Totally Uncool
Now is a really good time to pick up a second-hand Gulfstream. Why? In our bailout-ridden times, a private jet has become as stigmatic as those knockoff L.A. Lights you had on the playground. More » -
#motorcycles
Stealth Bomber: Cool As a Plane, Really, Really, Really Stupid as a Motorcycle
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber, an occasion that can only be properly immortalized by the crew at Orange County Choppers, apparently. More » -
#peripherals
The Jet Mouse Locks In On That Promotion
That sterile, beige mouse just isn't getting the job done for you. How do we know? We just know. More » -
#inflightwifi
Delta to Launch In-Flight Wi-Fi In The Next Few Weeks
Previously shooting for the first half of 2009, word is now that Delta's in-flight wi-fi rollout will begin before the end of 2008—i.e. very soon. More » -
#military
The F-22 Raptor May Be Replaced By...Sniper Blimps?
Originally designed to fight the Soviets in WWIII, the F-22 Raptor has never seen combat. And now, Barack Obama needs to decide whether to keep building them or kill the plane forever. More » -
#weathercontrol
It Could be Possible to Stop Hurricanes with Supersonic Jets
Hurricanes, as we've seen, can wreak serious havoc when they strike populated areas. We've never had control over them before, but one researcher thinks they could be broken up with F-4 fighter jets. More » -
#fire
Jet-Engine-Alike Fire Sculpture Will Please Your Inner Pyromaniac
Flames, thunderous noise, drama and the threat of explosive, combustive doom: That's why this sculpture by Dave Umlas will please your inner fire-starter. Made from stainless steel, propane gas-air jets and what seems to be a turbine-like system somewhere in its construction, it exists merely to thrill you with flames. If the still photos of the sculpture aren't enough for you, check out the video. It's freakin' firey. More »
