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Fantasy Open-Air Seats Airplane Will Never Fly, Unfortunately

For some reason, Spanish designer Jaime Hayon decided to put the weirdest elements he could find in this airplane concept, made of white gold and fiberglass tiles for a ceramics company called Bisazza: the nose looks like a F-18 Hornet, then it has an Y-Wing cockpit, wings with propeller wings and love missiles, a B-52ish tail, and—the best part—open-air seats. More »

8:30 PM on Tue Apr 8 2008
By Jesus Diaz
9,688 views, 21 comments

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Y-Wing Beats X-Wing, Gold Squadron Finally Kicks Ass


The X-Wing fighter at Plaster Blaster 6 this weekend got all the glory. But the model rocket with the biggest heart/size ratio goes to the underdog of a space bomber based on the Y-Wing fighter. Ion cannons? Check. More torpedoes than the X-Wing? Check. Fewer parts to tear off on liftoff? Check...not that it lived to see a second flight, but at least it finish in a better form and had a longer voyage. This reel has a bit of friendly yet competitive smacktalk about the X-Wing, the liftoff, and even a bit of in-flight camera salvaged from the fake black box the team rigged up. Let's face it together, Star Wars nerds—as much as it gives us a giant collective nerd-boner to imagine real, flying Star Wars vehicles, buzzing the air traffic controllers at JFK Intl' airport, these things were designed by Lucas's film masters, not aerospace engineers. Video and reporting by James Lee and Jesús Diaz. Interview:
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6:30 PM on Tue Oct 9 2007
By Brian Lam
102,482 views, 52 comments

Latest by kevjohn: The pilot survived. My advice for next time? More glue. more »