airplanes

Co-Pilot Nearly Crashes Plane By Adjusting Seat While Pilot Is In Bathroom

While a pilot took a mid-flight bathroom break, his co-pilot decided to adjust his seat. In the process of that, he managed to hit the control column and send the plane into a terrifying plunge. Things almost didn’t end well. Apparently the 25-year-old co-pilot panicked and failed “to execute the proper procedures as the jetliner…

Tech News Rosa Golijan Nov 30

The Intricate Choreography of Flight

Click to view5,000 airplanes are in the United States skies alone every hour. 63 such planes were filmed for this time-lapse video showing the intricate and beautiful choreography of take-offs and landings. Watch it. It’s worth two minutes. If you want to see how the video was created and get more information on aviation, planes,…

Tech News Rosa Golijan Nov 29

Extreme Survival 101: How to survive a falling elevator, surf a lava wave, and more!

Survival isn’t just a matter of stockpiling food and water purification tablets. This guide is for situations more extreme than that. Find out how to defuse a nuclear bomb, survive a 3500 foot plunge, and surf down a lava wave. Photo courtesy of the United States Geological Survey When watching action movies, many a viewer…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Nov 26

Quit Throwing Airport Security Tantrums and Let Me Fly in Peace

Brian Sodergren, the man behind the National Opt-Out Day movement is currently traveling by car—effectively opting-out of Opt-Out Day. You’re currently pissing off a TSA agent by demonstrating your principles. I really hate both of you. Here’s the thing: There’s something exciting at the end of every flight I take—be it next month’s company party,…

Privacy & Security Rosa Golijan Nov 24

This Enormous Flying Boat Made Transcontinental History, 75 Years Ago Today

The China Clipper left San Francisco as a huge seaplane full of mail—110,000 pieces of it. But was responsible for the first transpacific flight in history, and became one of the world’s first technological celebrities. In the era of the China Clipper—a four-engine Martin M-130—runways were scarce. It was the 1930s, and if you wanted…

Tech News Sam Biddle Nov 22

This Age of Power and Wonder (1930s)

Companies of the early 20th century would often include collectible cards with their foodstuffs and tobacco smokes. The New York Public Library has an extensive collection of these cigarette cards available for viewing online, including many from a series by Max Cigarettes called This Age of Power and Wonder. This series from 1935-38 includes predictions…

Tech News Matt Novak Nov 22

How To Build Your Own Airplane In Two Weeks

Earlier this month, Doug Berry set out to build his very own airplane. Now he has a shiny new four-seater with a turbocharged engine and a sleek carbon fiber body. Here’s how he put everything together. When Doug Barry set out to build his own airplane earlier this month, he wasn’t entirely sure where he’d…

Tech News Jason Paur - Wired Nov 19

A Message From a TSA Full-Body Scanner

There’s been quite a bit of scuttlebutt in the press and amongst the civil liberties crowd about what we—myself and my fellow full-body scanners—are coming to your airports to do. What is our real purpose? It’s measuring penises. There’s been quite a bit of scuttlebutt in the press and amongst the civil liberties crowd about…

Privacy & Security Kyle VanHemert Nov 18

Crashed F-22 Wreckage Found, No Sign of Pilot

An F-22 Raptor crashed in Alaska on November 16. The search an rescue crews think they found the wreckage yesterday, but there’s no sign of the pilot. According to the USAF’s Colonel Jack McMullen, he may have a chance at survival: They have survival gear. He’s Arctic trained to survive in that environment. He’s got…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Nov 18

The A380 Engine Explosion Looks Quite Scary

Last week, a Qantas Airbus A380 had to make an emergency landing in Singapore, after one of its Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines exploded. Rolls-Royce has admitted there’s a problem. Well, this is how the problem looks when it actually happens. As a result of this incident, Qantas has grounded its A380 fleet for two weeks,…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Nov 10

Ben Heck’s Latest Hack Detaches Laptop Screen for Inflight Comfort

Flying in coach—not that comfortable. Flying in coach and using a laptop—even less comfortable. Ben Heck’s hacked laptop, with a screen that swings around on stilts—more comfortable, and a hell of a good idea. The screen fully detaches from the body of the laptop—though it can be used normall if you’d like—and can be swung…

Tech News Sam Biddle Nov 9

Build the ultimate paper airplane

Now you can learn to make paper airplanes from a guy who has set world records with his planes. Ken Blackburn has a website with his preferred patterns for folding paper airplanes. Blackburn is an engineer for the Air Force, holds the world record for longest paper airplane flight, and owns a horse. So naturally,…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Nov 5

TSA Employee Was Busy Pranking Passengers With Fake Bags of Coke Instead of Testing New Security Equipment

Ah, the old “planting a fake bag of cocaine on a stressed traveler” trick—a classic! A recently released document reveals an idiotic TSA screener who, earlier this year, joked around with fake cocaine instead of doing his job. The man, whose name has been redacted from the disclosed reports acquired by The Smoking Gun, was…

Privacy & Security Sam Biddle Nov 3

A hoarder’s airplane graveyard in Ohio, reclaimed by nature

In northeastern Ohio, there’s a bucolic airplane graveyard filled with the decaying remains of old jets, like this Vought F7U Cutlass. Here’s an eerie video of these rotting old birds. Photographer Michael Wendell told Telstar Logistics about his encounter with the graveyard’s owner, who seemed to be hoarding the planes rather than repairing or scrapping…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Nov 3

All These Terrorist Scares Are Putting In-Flight Wi-Fi At Risk

Foiled terrorist plots often end with stricter security procedures at airports, but the most recent bomb scares could lead to the loss of something far more precious than our nail clippers: We could lose our in-flight Wi-Fi. https://gizmodo.com/a-look-at-the-tech-inside-printer-cartridge-bombs-5678925 We’ve seen reports that the ink cartridge bombs discovered on several flights in recent days contained SIM…

Tech News Rosa Golijan Nov 2

Director’s Custom Gulfstream Includes Flying Home Theater

One anonymous director’s new home theater is actually aboard a Gulfstream III. He’ll reportedly use it to screen movies while zipping from coast to coast. The 42-inch screen is the largest HD LCD monitor ever installed on a Gulfstream. On top of that, there’s also a host of other goodies, including multiple Blu-ray players, satellite…

Tech News Jack Loftus Oct 31

British Airways Slams TSA Over “Completely Redundant” Airport Security

If British Airways doesn’t watch their chairman’s mouth, they might just see their planes turned around when trying to enter US soil. Ok, I joke, but if I’m honest his views on the “completely redundant” airport checks sound entirely reasonable. Martin Broughton, the chairman of the UK carrier, had a verbal meltdown at the UK…

Privacy & Security Kat Hannaford Oct 27

Could a Plane Still Fly if Every Seat Had a Power Socket?

To you and me, it’s probably more painful settling down for a long flight and realizing there’s no AC socket for your laptop, than hearing there’s a crying baby behind you. It’s not stinginess that’s withholding the juice, it’s physics. Simply put, the plane would be too heavy to take off. So claims various readers…

Physics & Chemistry Kat Hannaford Oct 26

Airlines Are Beginning To Encourage Cuddling During Long Flights

Air New Zealand is beginning to offer what has been dubbed “cuddle class” seating. Basically it means that you and your snuggle-bunny will be able to snooze very comfortably after purchasing a row of seats that convert into a bed. Naturally such seating will be only available on select flights and will come with an…

Tech News Rosa Golijan Oct 16

Meet the Kenyan Man Who Built an Airplane From Scratch

Gabriel Nderitu is not an aerospace engineer He’s an IT professional and self-proclaimed innovator, who built his own airplane from scratch. If the plane flies, he’ll be the first in his country to successfully build one. Nderitu will put the two-seater to the test sometime next week, and he’s clearly got some last-minute fixes to…

Tech News Brian Barrett Oct 13

Co-Pilot Nearly Crashes Plane By Adjusting Seat While Pilot Is In Bathroom

The Intricate Choreography of Flight

Extreme Survival 101: How to survive a falling elevator, surf a lava wave, and more!

Quit Throwing Airport Security Tantrums and Let Me Fly in Peace

This Enormous Flying Boat Made Transcontinental History, 75 Years Ago Today

This Age of Power and Wonder (1930s)

How To Build Your Own Airplane In Two Weeks

A Message From a TSA Full-Body Scanner

Crashed F-22 Wreckage Found, No Sign of Pilot

The A380 Engine Explosion Looks Quite Scary

Ben Heck’s Latest Hack Detaches Laptop Screen for Inflight Comfort

Build the ultimate paper airplane

TSA Employee Was Busy Pranking Passengers With Fake Bags of Coke Instead of Testing New Security Equipment

A hoarder’s airplane graveyard in Ohio, reclaimed by nature

All These Terrorist Scares Are Putting In-Flight Wi-Fi At Risk

Director’s Custom Gulfstream Includes Flying Home Theater

British Airways Slams TSA Over “Completely Redundant” Airport Security

Could a Plane Still Fly if Every Seat Had a Power Socket?

Airlines Are Beginning To Encourage Cuddling During Long Flights

Meet the Kenyan Man Who Built an Airplane From Scratch

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

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