Planes

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. I’m no warmonger, nor am I a motorcycle fiend, but I can appreciate both a landmark plane with an iconic design and a lavishly expensive bike all…

Tech News Mark Wilson Jan 15

Beautiful U.K. Stamp Series Features Britain’s Most Iconic Industrial Designs

So the English get to lick and stick ten beautiful icons of modern design, and we get Elvis? I see how it is. Everything featured is great—from the Concorde and Supermarine Spitfire from the aviation world, to the miniskirt from fashion and the Penguin book jacket from, well, English bookishness. I love these. More at:…

Tech News John Mahoney Jan 15

United Airlines Wi-Fi to Cost $13 Later This Year

United has announced more details regarding their long-planned inflight internet services. Coming in the second half of this year, Wi-Fi will cost customers $13 per flight. https://gizmodo.com/united-to-offer-in-flight-wireless-106607 The service, provided by Aircell’s GoGo (no surprise since they pretty much rule the spectrum), will initially be available on 13 Boeing 757s that fly between New York…

Tech News Mark Wilson Jan 14

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. The USB Aircraft Mouse, packed with enough plastic, LEDs and USB-connectivity to only be made by our friends at Brando, will turn your mouse hand into the best fighter pilot in the office. If only the…

Tech News Mark Wilson Jan 14

British Adventurer to Traverse Europe, Africa in His Amazing Skycar

Lifelong risk-taker Neil Laughton plans to travel from London to Timbuktu in a dune buggy, a trip that will take him an estimated 42 days. Oh, and that dune buggy? It can fly. Laughton’s journey will commence from central London on Wednesday morning—on the ground, I presume—and will take him through some of Western Europe,…

Tech News John Herrman Jan 12

Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner Delayed Again

Boeing’s next-gen all-composite airliner, the 787 Dreamliner, has taken another hit to its production schedule which has set the project as a whole two years behind. These delays are getting close to those Airbus saw with their A380 super jumbo—delays which nearly ruined the European consortium. The 787’s most recent troubles are due to a…

Tech News John Mahoney Dec 11

iPhone Barf Bag Mod is Perfect for Airsick MacGyver

Anyone can fashion a piece of cardboard to hold their iPhone at home, but who has a pile of old boxes and a spare sharpened implement on a plane? (Not you, hopefully.) https://gizmodo.com/the-100-iphone-ipod-touch-stand-made-from-a-piece-of-p-331800 This iPhone/iPod touch mod uses a readily-available airsickness bag to hold your video player hands-free. Amazing, we know, but things only get…

Tech News Mark Wilson Dec 5

Finnair Shows Us How We’ll Fly in 2093

Finnair thinks it knows how your children’s children might be flying around the skies (and space) in about 90 years. One way might be in a flashy personal craft; another way could be a slick hybrid craft that transitions from 35,000ft. to low earth orbit with ease. The planes each have that sleek look we’d…

Space & Spaceflight Jack Loftus Nov 23

Boeing 787 Gets Its Wings Snapped, For Science

In order to get certified by the FAA, every new plane must undergo wing tests to prove that it can withstand 150% of the load that it could ever be expected to encounter in flight. Engineers usually try to pass the test, and continue to stretch the wings to see just how far they can…

Tech News John Herrman Nov 19

MIT Team Tapped to Design the Airliners of 2030

A couple of lucky ducks at genius factory MIT have been chosen by NASA to create the planes of the future. The future in this case is the year 2030, to be precise, and they’ll have $2 million with which to do it. The Seaquest DSV-inspired image above is one of the initial designs pumped…

Tech News Jack Loftus Nov 9

Nuclear Powered Planes Will Not Assure the Destruction of Humankind

Aviation experts in the U.K. are arguing that the industry should push to convert their planes from using fossil fuel to using nuclear energy, an idea that’s sure to illicit a visceral “holy crap, god no!” reaction from the get go. But while it’s hard to separate the idea from the mental image of flying…

Tech News Elaine Chow Oct 28

Ear Pressure Equalizer Sucks On Your Eardrum to Un-Pop It in Planes

Now that’s a headline you won’t see often, and yet that’s exactly what this gizmo does. You pop it in your ear, and squeeze it to create negative pressure outside your eardrum, thus compensating for the sometimes painful inward-flex caused as the aircraft you’re flying in descends from altitude. Or you climb back down a…

Health Kit Eaton Oct 28

Intel Licensing Laptop Cooling Systems Based Upon Jet Engine Tech

Intel has developed a system to cool laptops that’s not so different from that used on the surface of jet engines. The technology utilizes a laminar (non-turbulent) airflow to push heat away from the bottom of the case, making your laptop suitable for your lap again. Intel finds this technology particularly important as their new…

Tech News Mark Wilson Oct 23

The NES Was Never Designed for Flight

I was lucky enough to attend Red Bull’s Flugtag event in Chicago last Saturday, but like most other attendees, I wasn’t lucky enough to actually watch the event as these flying machines (not really intended for flight) launched off a 30-foot pad that was perpendicular to the shoreline, facing into the water. Regardless, had I…

Tech News Mark Wilson Sep 8

MotoPod Solves The Eternal Problem: What Do I Do With My Motorcycle When I’m Flying My Cessna?

Stash it under the belly of the plane for an Indiana-Jones-style getaway once you hit the landing strip, of course. The good folks at MotoPod will mod your light aircraft with one of their aerodynamic moto-carriers, and give you a customized folding motorcycle to cram inside of it for around $10k. Sure it’ll shave a…

Tech News John Mahoney Aug 14

Greener Skies: Quiet, Fuel-Efficient Airplanes Race in NASA Challenge

This past weekend, a NASA-sanctioned 400-mile “personal air vehicle” race was held in Santa Rosa, CA, to see who had created the quietest, most fuel-efficient plane that’s still reasonably fast. Those involved hope pushing these ideas forward will make personal airplanes cost effective someday. These PAVs run as quiet as a pickup truck while averaging…

Tech News Adrian Covert Aug 12

OMG! Air Traffic Controller Helps Land Plane With SMS

In light of this thrilling aviation story out of Ireland today, let’s rethink this whole banning of the in-flight cell phone conversations, shall we? Sure, allowing for calls during that 6-hour red eye from San Francisco to Boston will bring out the jerkoff in a lot of people, but then again one of those jackasses…

Tech News Jack Loftus Aug 10

Lightweight Batterly-Powered ElectricFlyer C Mini-Plane Takes Off On The Cheap

The ElectraFlyer C is a carbon fiber-shelled mini plane that runs on electricity, and it also looks like a lot of fun. It’s a mash-up of a commercially available glider body and a lightweight battery and motor/propeller assembly. It can fly for 90 to 120 minutes at up to 90MPH, and you can recharge it…

Tech News Matt Hickey Aug 8

Chinese Farmer Flies Self-Built Airplane, Doesn’t Wet Pants

Seeing as we crapped ourselves twice from just watching this clip, it’s a wonder that this Chinese farmer manages to keep it together while flying this death-trap through the skies. The camera only points rearwards at the guy’s crotch, but that’s probably to show what gigantic balls this guy must have. The guy built this…

Tech News Jason Chen Jun 26

Foldable Airplane Is Designed For Thrill-Seeking Wusses

The ICON A5 is a light sport airplane (LSA) designed for everyday people (who happen to have enough money for not only a second car but a first plane). Aside from the fact that an LSA takes less training to pilot, the A5 focuses on the little things that almost make the idea of owning…

Tech News Mark Wilson Jun 12

Stealth Bomber: Cool As a Plane, Really, Really, Really Stupid as a Motorcycle

Beautiful U.K. Stamp Series Features Britain’s Most Iconic Industrial Designs

United Airlines Wi-Fi to Cost $13 Later This Year

The Jet Mouse Locks In On That Promotion

British Adventurer to Traverse Europe, Africa in His Amazing Skycar

Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner Delayed Again

iPhone Barf Bag Mod is Perfect for Airsick MacGyver

Finnair Shows Us How We’ll Fly in 2093

Boeing 787 Gets Its Wings Snapped, For Science

MIT Team Tapped to Design the Airliners of 2030

Nuclear Powered Planes Will Not Assure the Destruction of Humankind

Ear Pressure Equalizer Sucks On Your Eardrum to Un-Pop It in Planes

Intel Licensing Laptop Cooling Systems Based Upon Jet Engine Tech

The NES Was Never Designed for Flight

MotoPod Solves The Eternal Problem: What Do I Do With My Motorcycle When I’m Flying My Cessna?

Greener Skies: Quiet, Fuel-Efficient Airplanes Race in NASA Challenge

OMG! Air Traffic Controller Helps Land Plane With SMS

Lightweight Batterly-Powered ElectricFlyer C Mini-Plane Takes Off On The Cheap

Chinese Farmer Flies Self-Built Airplane, Doesn’t Wet Pants

Foldable Airplane Is Designed For Thrill-Seeking Wusses

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