Inspired by Steven Spielberg's 2002 film, Catch Me If You Can, an Italian man going by the name of Andrea Sirlo tricked his way into the cockpit of at least one airplane by posing as a pilot with a home-made uniform and fake ID, managing to bag a free flight. Read More >>
The Space Shuttle Endeavour just completed its final flight around California today and if you were wondering how a freaking space shuttle ends up on top of a 747, well, watch the video above. It's a mounting process that's not unlike strapping a few bikes to your car's roof (only a wee bit more complicated). Read More >>
It's summer time, and I'm sure many of you are flying off to some sort of sunny destination, but what do you 'reckon about paying Air Passenger Duty? An extra cost slapped on when you're booking your tickets, it means you have to dig extra deep into your wallet to get out of here, and many people find that it's just not on. What's worse is that we pay more than most of Europe and the world, whilst countries such as Holland and Denmark have totally scrapped the extra fee. Read More >>
Virgin Galactic has a new spaceship: LauncherOne. It's a new air-launched rocket designed to put small satellites into orbit. LauncherOne is a cheap way for universities and private companies to get their own devices orbiting Earth. Read More >>
Featured comment by Trolly:
"I should think Rolls-Royce could afford it, they're just very economical XD, investing in new sectors and all that." More »
If you thought that the monster Airbus A380 wasn't crazy enough, you have to check out their latest design, which just got awarded a patent by the US Patent and Trademark Office. Read More >>
Featured comment by blista:
"I'm bored and thought someone might be interested as to why the wings are swept forward:
On almost all traditional large passenger aircraft the win..." More »
Thanks to the Queen we got two extra days off this weekend, and many of us braved the rain to go wave a flag somewhere. One of the most impressive parts of the celebrations was the Battle of Britain Buckingham Palace flyby, which included this awesome Lancaster Bomber. Read More >>
What would happen if you ripped out all the TVs and associated wiring from a plane, and gave everyone an iPad instead? Well, we just found out: the plane becomes 7 percent lighter, and saves an awful lot of fuel as a result. Read More >>
Featured comment by flynndean:
"If these kind of significant savings (in money and environmental impact) can be achieved with such simple changes...Is now a safe time to suggest a Po..." More »
Virgin's just rolled out in-flight calling, provided AeroMobile, which will set you back about the same as your regular roaming provider. Finally, you'll be able to make that crucial in-flight call to your mates, to find out what the hell caused you to get that effigy of Sir Richard Branson tattooed on your back when you were blind drunk last night. Read More >>
Featured comment by flynndean:
"Good to know I'll have a method (admittedly an expensive one) of saying my final goodbyes the next time some nutter tries to blow-up a plane..." More »
Yesterday we heard that Channel 4 and the Discovery Channel deliberately crashed a 727-jet plane into the desert. Now there’s a terrifying eyewitness video to show you just how horrific that really was. There’s no way you’d come out of that alive, surely? Read More >>
Featured comment by The Doctor:
"Actually, plans designed 40 years ago are considerably more sturdy than planes today. Back then materials science was much less understood and so safe..." More »
This is the new LCD display in the cockpit for the new revision F/A-18E/F Super Hornet. It looks like an awesome 90s arcade videogame. One that doesn't allow you to insert a coin to continue when you die. Read More >>
Featured comment by klinkenberg:
"Wow that is really interesting. I was once told the same thing by a vaccuum physicist who worked with the american military. He too said that the mi..." More »
Innovators: they walk among us, work near us, and sit in the seat across the aisle on airplanes. Though typical solutions to making a long flight go by faster include reading, watching movies, listening to music, or sleeping, pioneers like artist Nina Katchadourian aspire to a higher-minded way of easing the monotony: Recreating art. In the bathroom. With toilet paper. Read More >>
REMINDER: don't put yourself behind a jetplane powering up for take off unless you want to be blown away and eat some cement. That's exactly what happened to this woman at Maho Beach, Saint Maarten, famous for being right next to an airport runway. Read More >>
After collecting scrap for two years and melding it into the homemade monstrosity you see above, Li Jingchun’s self-built plane is finally finished – at least on the outside. Read More >>
Featured comment by stonemanty:
"To be fair, this doesn't seem any more weird to me than people who build whole flight sims in their spare room - and wear the pilot uniform!" More »
Man gets out of the cockpit. Man walks the wing. Man hangs onto the wing's edge. Aircraft rolls. Man jumps off the plane. I really don't have anything to add to this video filmed over Iceland. I'll just keep replaying it for a bit. [Thanks Jorge!] Read More >>
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