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AMXD Puts Fighter Pilots' Piddle Packs Out of Business

Please, cease your screaming at the back, ladies, and feast your eyes on the AMXD, aka the "piddle pack." Developed by a Vermont firm, the trunks have a built-in hose and pump (stop boasting, I've heard it all before) which allows fighter pilots to relieve themselves during missions. Until the AMXD, or Advanced Mission Extender Device, came along, the fliers had three options open: diapers; keep it all in, causing potential bladder damage; or let it all out, running the risk of debilitating headaches—or even crashing the plane. More below. More »

7:05 AM on Thu May 22 2008
By AddyDugdale
6,062 views, 29 comments

Latest by brundlefly76: The tube should just run out of the bottom of the plane as a countermeasure. more »

launch pad crash

NASA Launch Complex Gets Demolished, Bounces Back

We have seen many spectacular demolitions, but the destruction of the Mobile Service Structure at NASA/USAF's Launch Complex 40 in Cape Canaveral, Florida, is perhaps the most striking of them all: instead of imploding down, the whole ultra-strong metal structure falls to it side and actually seems to bounce on the ground—shattering cameras a mile away—looking almost intact after the dust clears up. The sound, even from the distance, is deafening. More »

10:00 AM on Tue May 6 2008
By Jesus Diaz
42,149 views, 88 comments

Latest by SonOfMagicFact: @jesusdiaz: Sorry Jesus. GuyFawkes ISN'T wrong. The Titan IV was MUCH smaller than the Saturn V, both in physical size as well as payload. While I may not agree with the manner in which he called you out, he was more »

drones

Morphing Micro-Drone Is Half Bat, Half Cockroach, Creeps Us Out

I don't know what's more creepy about this 11-inch remote controlled drone developed by the USAF for reconnaissance missions. Maybe it's the flexible wings, which close and open like a bat when landing. Perhaps it's the crawling on the floor, modeled after cockroaches, to reach hidden places to spy. Or most probably is the fact that they are planning to develop a large drone that will carry 50 of these little beasts, ready to burst out of its belly at any time. Whatever it is, I want one. [Flight]

5:00 AM on Fri Apr 18 2008
By Jesus Diaz
20,643 views, 28 comments

Latest by n/a: Reminds me of the Zanti Misfits Outer Limits episode: [upload.wikimedia.org] more »

le tired

Predator Pilots Are Most Fatigued Military Flight Crews

According to a just-released Navy research paper, pilots of the MQ-1 Predator unmanned air vehicles are the most fatigued crews in the military, which seriously affects job performance, operational safety and family relationships. The most worrying thing is the reasons why and the lack of a clear solution: More »

10:31 PM on Wed Apr 16 2008
By Jesus Diaz
15,584 views, 70 comments

Latest by BigDanInTX: I think the big thing would be the lack of head movement. They put everything in front of them so they're only looking in one direction. Mount cameras to the left/right and to the left/right rear sides. more »