Driver Simon Li was in the right place, at the right time, for his vehicle’s dashcam to capture what looks like a terrifying and deadly crash of a Piper PA32 single-engine airplane. But it turns out both the plane’s pilot and passenger were able to climb out of the plane’s wreckage and walk away afterwards, with no other reported injuries.
Continue reading There Were No Injuries From This Terrifying Plane Crash Caught on Dashcam
Looking more like the tiny single-prop planes that amateur pilots fly, this massive replica of an Airbus A-320 airliner is actually a remote control plane with a wingspan of almost 16 feet. What’s more impressive is that it weighs less than a pound and flies slow enough that it can be piloted indoors.
Continue reading Giant 15-Foot-Wide RC Plane Weighs Less Than a Pound
The venerable Boeing B-52 Stratofortress flies around with up to 70,000 pounds of terrifying armaments, according to a fascinating new Smithsonian Channel video.
Continue reading THIS VIDEO EXPLAINS THE TERRIFYING POWER OF THE B-52 BOMBER
David Loury isn’t a classic-car kind of guy. But when he decided to radically redesign the private plane, he turned to luxury automobiles—and their design-forward aesthetic—for inspiration. “Maserati and Mercedes-Benz were the two main cars I looked at, and I engineered ideas and concepts from them,” says the independent aerospace engineer. Those concepts evolved into the Valkyrie: a five-seat, single-piston-engine plane that he calls a “high-tech vehicle of the future.”
CNN reports that a piece of plane wreckage found off Mozambique in southeastern Africa likely belongs to lost plane Malaysia Airlines 370.
Continue reading Plane Debris Found in Africa Could Be the Second Recovered Piece of MH370
Video has now emerged showing the terrifying situation on the interior of the Daallo Airlines flight that suffered an explosive decompression mid-air yesterday, with one person sucked from the aircraft and later found dead, and two others injured.
Continue reading Video Shows Harrowing Moments Inside Plane Following Mid-Air Explosion
The use of mood lighting on planes has almost become cliché—ahem, Virgin—but what if airlines could take that idea a bit further, actually using LEDs and projected imagery to wholly improve the flying experience? Boeing has a pretty great idea for what a well-lit plane of the future might feel like.
Continue reading Boeing Wants to Turn the Interiors of Its Planes Into Giant Screens
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