airplanes

An article in today's wiki about "preighter" airplanes, specifically passenger planes used to haul freight during the pandemic, got me thinking. Converting a passenger airliner to freight can be a very makeshift procedure, sometimes no more than securing crates and containers on and among the...

http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/31/us/worlds-largest-airplane-rolled-out-paul-allen/index.html Stratolaunch -- which is designed to release rockets that will carry satellites into space -- has a 385-foot wingspan, features six engines used by the Boeing 747, stands 50 feet tall and can carry more...

I would've sworn we had a thread on Oscar Vinals idea from last year but can't find it. (it's referenced in the breathless omg article - the "Skywhale") But now he's upping the ante to "trip to Mars" fantasy levels, I feel. Apparently we have 40% of the technology already! (Just that those...

I love flying on it and they never look like they should be able to stay in the air.....but wow....what an amazing figure..... Boeing should be proud

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/27637906 The air display above Sonisphere will feature nine aircraft, all exact replicas of planes used in combat in World War One. Bruce Dickinson, a trained transport airline pilot, will be flying his own Fokker Dr1 Triplane, the same model used by German flying...

Might it be possible to use one of the new smaller reactors to generate electricity for an entirely electric turbofan or turboprop airplane? It is just kind of a crazy idea I suddenly had and I'm sure there are good reasons no one tries it.

New rules proposed by the TSA will allow passengers to carry small knives (blade less than 2 3/8" long, 1/2" wide) along with golf clubs, small baseball bats, hockey sticks and other sports equipment 911 family members and the Flight attendents union are objecting to the new rules...

http://my.earthlink.net/article/top?guid=20121018/dd0ce890-66fd-4d88-9fb8-34d90f3653bf That is just awesome!

Just wondering if anyone else gets into these history-wise. My fav was by far the P-51 but love em all. Folke-Wulf (sp?) was a bad ass too. B-17 of course a classic and B-29 despite its late entry due to its big role in ending it all but while I get into all the planes, I esp loved the...

I'm sure we all know of the Supermarine Spitfire and the part this beautiful fighter played in the history in World War Two. Sadly, there are only a few left. You see the odd one at air shows sometimes, and rarely a few flying together. This may change. In 1945 some Spitfire IIs were shipped...

This is a fun thing to play around with. For a long time, lots of people thought bicycles balanced because the frame sat atop 2 gyroscopes, but if you think about it for a minute, that doesn't make a lot of sense as one can balance on a bike while he or she is hardly moving at all...

I am watching a film that has some scenes filmed on an aircraft. The internal layout of the plane is interesting. It has a 2 by 2 seating arrangement but with a small horseshoe shaped lounge for passengers to stretch out during the flight at the back of the cabin Was this feature real in long...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_Me_264 MagZ and me, we know the true truth!

I'm about to take a flight and I was looking through the rules for the airline I will be taking and I saw the following new rules, which went into effect on October 1, 2007. The use of the following devices on the airplane is prohibited at all times, not just during takeoff and landing: My...

In this thread, Robin argues that "every scientist and intelligent person for thousands of years had known that heavier than air flight was possible since it was an observable, inescapable fact." However, according to --...

So I was watching a program on the History Channel, Ancient Discoveries: Cars & Planes and it was discussing speculations of ancient cultures (Egypt in particular) possesing the knowledge of aerodynamics and perhaps the ability to fly through the air. These beliefs were based off a discovery...