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Nobody Knows How to Rescue These Poor Stranded Boeing 737s

On Thursday, a freight train derailment near Superior, Montana sent three Boeing 737 fuselages tumbling into the Clark Fork River. Today, the cracked and scraped airplane bodies still litter the river’s shores, and officials don’t know how they’re going to remove them. The train, carrying six 737 fuselages along with various Boeing parts and some…

Tech News Bob Sorokanich Jul 6

The TSA Is On the Lookout For Electronics That Won’t Turn On

The Transportation Security Administration, our wand-waving friends on the other side of the airport security line, have a new target: cellphones and other electronics that won’t power up. At certain airports, if your device won’t turn on, it—and maybe you—won’t get on that plane. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said the new screening measure will…

Privacy & Security Bob Sorokanich Jul 6

Economy Airplane Seats of the Future Will Be More Like First Class

BAE Systems has taken a break from submarines and warships to lavish attention on the humble cattle-class flyer. Its IntelliCabin, a system that integrates passenger controls into a touchscreen tablet interface for fliers and staff, should make standard class a bit more like first. A bit. http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2014/05/new-nuclear-sub-artful-plops-into-the-sea-beside-cumbria/ The system delivers power to each seat, so…

Tech News Gary Cutlack - Gizmodo UK Jun 30

This Weird Morphing Skin Could Make Future Vehicles Super Aerodynamic

This strangely alive-looking blob isn’t a prop from a sci-fi movie. It’s a smorph, a morphing material that could make the cars, trains and airplanes of tomorrow extremely aerodynamic, using the same trick that helps golf balls fly faster and straighter. At low speeds, a golf ball’s dimpled, irregular surface cuts its aerodynamic drag in…

Tech News Bob Sorokanich Jun 28

There’s No Threat This Foxhound Can’t Intercept–Not Even the SR-71

During the Cold War, the US leaned heavily on the insane multi-mach speeds its SR-71 spy plane could achieve. This speed allowed it to outrun virtually every plane, anti-aircraft battery, and guided missile that the Soviets could throw at it. That is, until Moscow rolled out one of the fastest and most far-seeing planes in…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Jun 26

Incredibly realistic 3D renders of fighter planes

Anders Lejczak loves airplanes. He’s also a great 3D artist capable of capturing every detail of anything from Spitfires to MiGs to F-16s with incredible realism. So realistic, in fact, that I have trouble distinguishing some of these renderings from real photos. Anders Lejczak is a Polish-born artist based in Malmö, Sweden. He works for…

Sploid Jesus Diaz Jun 25

Take a Wingtip Ride Aboard Russia’s Baddest Supersonic Jet

When foreign military aircraft stray too close to a nation’s borders, they’re often swiftly met by the local air force’s fleet of interceptor aircraft—fast-moving dogfighters built to meet, greet, and then blow invading planes out of the sky. While the US relies on the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and F-22 Raptor to defend its airspace, the…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Jun 23

The Stunning Factory Porn Of Aircraft Assembly Lines

Airplanes let us witness the majesty of the world above the clouds, but the places where these vessels are born and serviced have a beauty all their own—efficient, complex, and remarkably clean. A Rainbow Ladder, for cleaning purposes, stands above a Boeing 737-800 at the Boeing Wichita plant in Wichita, Kansas, August 18, 2004. (Photo…

io9 Vincze Miklós Jun 18

Spies in the Skies: How Aerial Surveillance Tipped the Balance of WWII

When General Werner von Fritsch, the then commander-in-chief of the German Army, predicted in 1938 that “the military organization which has the best reconnaissance unit will win the next war,” few doubted that, in aerial reconnaissance and photography, the Luftwaffe reigned supreme. This, however, proved to be far from the case. Although the Germans began…

Tech News Jeremy Harwood - Word War II from Above Jun 18

This Absurd Tilt-Wing Whirly Bird Actually Flew

While it may have looked like someone slapped wings on a VH-71 Kestrel and flew like an ungainly Osprey, this experimental plane helped to pave the way for today’s tilt wing aircraft. https://gizmodo.com/the-13-billion-presidential-helicopters-we-scrapped-an-978480541 The Ling-Temco-Vought (LTV) XC-142 experimental aircraft was originally developed as both a replacement to the US military’s aging fleet of Sikorsky HR2S…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Jun 18

The designer of the F-16 explains why the F-35 is such a crappy plane

According to the Pierre Sprey, co-designer of the F-16, the F35 is a turkey. Inherently, a terrible airplane. An airplane built for a dumb idea. A kludge that will fail time and time again. Just impossibly hopeless. And judging from the bajillion times the F-35 fleet has been grounded, well, he’s probably not wrong. It’s…

Sploid Casey Chan Jun 17

The F-35 Fleet Was Grounded Again for the Bajillionth Time

The Pentagon grounded its very expensive and very problematic F-35 fleet over the weekend due to an apparent engine oil leak. Within a day or so, the military inspected all 104 of the jets, three of which did not pass the tests. The rest are now back in the air. This sort of thing happens…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Jun 16

Extremely rare image of two B-2 bombers refueling at the same time

An extraordinary photo of two B-2 Spirit refueling simultaneously from two KC-135 Stratotankers. And if that’s not cool enough for you, here are two more cool photos of the world’s most advanced stealth bomber (that we know of.) One solo, one flying with two F-22 Raptor fighters over Guam. Top image was taken during Operation…

Sploid Jesus Diaz Jun 14

Amazing close-up photos capture war planes and birds’ majesty in motion

I’ve seen many photos of airplanes and nature in my life, but very few photographers get close to Tom Dean‘s ability to capture any kind of flying bird. The action, the right mix of motion blur and crispy detail, and the sheer awesomeness of them all are simply stunning. Feast your eyes, my friends. Tom…

Sploid Jesus Diaz Jun 13

The Three Biggest Airlines Just Made Carry-On Sizes Even Smaller

It’s a tale as old as time: Traveler meets luggage. Traveler falls in love. Traveler buys luggage. Traveler causes a scene as flight attendant forces traveler to pay $75 for improperly-sized baggage. And if you’ve secretly been holding out hope that we might one day be able to put this bit of passenger pageantry behind…

Tech News Ashley Feinberg Jun 12

Google Flight Search Can Now Plan a Magical Mystery Tour For You

Fresh out of vacation ideas? Well, Google Flight Search now has an “I’m Feeling Lucky” button that allows you to find a random destination to jet off to. But it’s not quite as crazy as it may first sound: you can set a budget, time limits and boundaries, then see at-a-glance where your money could…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Jun 11

How a Better Food Tray Is Saving Virgin Atlantic Millions

Every ounce counts when you’re hoisting several hundred tons of steel into the air and flying it across an ocean. So does every second flight attendants spend waiting on the people inside. Those ounces and seconds add up—and that’s why Virgin Atlantic spent $168 million on a transformative redesign of its meal trays. It sounds…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Jun 10

How Turbulence Happens, and Why It’s Not So Scary After All

Turbulence: spiller of coffee, jostler of luggage, filler of barf bags, rattler of nerves. But is it a crasher of planes? Judging by the reactions of many airline passengers, one would assume so; turbulence is far and away the number one concern of anxious passengers. Intuitively, this makes sense. Everybody who steps on a plane…

Tech News Patrick Smith Jun 5

Bomber pilot saves the day in Boeing 737 emergency landing

This is US Air Force Captain Mark Gongol and his usual ride, a B-1B Lancer. But on December 30, 2013, Gongol wasn’t flying his four-engine supersonic strategic nuclear bomber. He was just one of the 151 passengers inside United Flight 1637 but, when the pilot had a cardiac problem, he knew he had to step…

Sploid Jesus Diaz Jun 2

Behold the Weird Glory of Airplanes Driving on Roads

Though they’re typically vehicles of the sky, airplanes sometimes need to be dragged around on Earth, too. These photos capture the odd and often amazing methods that people have been using to drive planes around for over a century. The Wright airplane being towed to the parade grounds of Fort Meyer, Virginia in 1908 (Photo…

io9 Vincze Miklós May 29

Nobody Knows How to Rescue These Poor Stranded Boeing 737s

The TSA Is On the Lookout For Electronics That Won’t Turn On

Economy Airplane Seats of the Future Will Be More Like First Class

This Weird Morphing Skin Could Make Future Vehicles Super Aerodynamic

There’s No Threat This Foxhound Can’t Intercept–Not Even the SR-71

Incredibly realistic 3D renders of fighter planes

Take a Wingtip Ride Aboard Russia’s Baddest Supersonic Jet

The Stunning Factory Porn Of Aircraft Assembly Lines

Spies in the Skies: How Aerial Surveillance Tipped the Balance of WWII

This Absurd Tilt-Wing Whirly Bird Actually Flew

The designer of the F-16 explains why the F-35 is such a crappy plane

The F-35 Fleet Was Grounded Again for the Bajillionth Time

Extremely rare image of two B-2 bombers refueling at the same time

Amazing close-up photos capture war planes and birds’ majesty in motion

The Three Biggest Airlines Just Made Carry-On Sizes Even Smaller

Google Flight Search Can Now Plan a Magical Mystery Tour For You

How a Better Food Tray Is Saving Virgin Atlantic Millions

How Turbulence Happens, and Why It’s Not So Scary After All

Bomber pilot saves the day in Boeing 737 emergency landing

Behold the Weird Glory of Airplanes Driving on Roads

FCC Exempts Netgear from Foreign-Made Router Ban for Some Reason

Jamie Dornan Is Your New Aragorn in ‘The Hunt for Gollum’

Trump’s Fed Pick Is Knee Deep in Tech and Crypto Investments

The First Trailer for ‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ Takes Terror Stateside

The Trump Phone Still Looks Like Total Trash

‘Masters of the Universe’ Really, Really Wants to Be the Next ‘Barbie’

Samsung’s Micro RGB TVs Provide So Much Color It May Be Too Much

The Crypto Bros Want to Get Their Hands on Anthropic’s ‘Super Dangerous’ Model

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Anker’s EufyMake E1 Finally Brings Printers Out of the Dark Ages

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