Another plane takes a hit, but thankfully it was American made and can take on a few birds! This is the story coming out of the Daily Mail: Dwarfed by the jetliner, they look little more than a smattering of black dots. But this flock of birds could have brought the plane crashing down in [...]
There is formation flying, then there is the formation flying with the Blue Angels. This video is shot from inside of the cockpit, and it is enough to make you start searching for the barf bag around your desk. I especially like the towers they pass at about 7:10.
Here is sadly a not so good pilot trying to takeoff. What I really want to comment on is the guy making the video. Talk about having same balls! I mean here is this plane coming at you, with a large blender on the front of it. Any closer and he would have been fish [...]
I fly a lot, and of all the things that concern me, a meteor hitting the plane was the least of them. Now that has changed, thanks to Discovery Magazine. First I figured the chances were so minute that no one would care. Now looking at this article they are saying it might be a [...]
I wonder what ever happened to when they used to take the shuttle up on the 747 and drop it and let the astronauts land it? I mean I am sure it cost a fortune to do, and probably was a big risk, but it was really neat. Anyway, here is a pretty neat video [...]
There has been a lot of talk over the week about WiFi on commercial aircraft. I have posted some comments places in hopes of helping people understand the hurdles of making it all happen, and why the price point is as high as it is. I will just kind of wrap it all up here [...]
I was reading the comments, on the Gizmodo post, about the engine start video (at the bottom). A lot of people didn’t really realize the significance of this, so I said I would write a short blurb about it. Most turbine (not turbo-prop) aircraft start their engines from bleed air from the Auxiliary Power Unit [...]
Sure it could in theory be a hazard, granted your plane is on fire with a few thousand pounds of kerosine in the tanks, but when you do live, you want your papers. This is really funny and sad, can you imagine being the person behind this guy, waiting for his briefcase and picking up [...]