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The Federal Aviation Administration Is Looking Into Pilotless Commercial Flights [Aviation]

by Chemmyone on Jun.10, 2010, under 2, 2010, 3, 3D, 5, 7, 7d, ANT, AR, Ac, Ad, Add, Ads, Ai, Ants, Art, Ati, Av, Aviation, Bes, Boeing, Bp, Brin, Cia, Commercial, Display, Drones, Ds, Dust, E, EC, Ea, Et, F2, Faa, Feeds, Flight, Flights, Ge, Gizmo, Hd, Home Automation, Id, Im, In, Industry, Insitu, Io, Ion, Ir, Isp, La, Labels, Lane, Les, Light, MER, Mod, Ms, Nes, Nexten, Of, One, Os, PI, Pad, Padd, Pixel, Plane, Planes, Play, Port, Q, RSS, Rc, Research, Roboaviation, Robots, Rv, ScanEagle, Sport, Style, TI, TV, Tag, Tat, Transportation, Us, V, Via, X1, age, and, arc, artic, bus, business, cat, clear, color, day, de, ff, gizmodo, images, kin, lights, mid, mini, om, order, oss, plan, quant, sea, search, serve, sight, tech, thefuture, transport, what

The FAA wants to bring the aviation industry into the 21st century, and one particularly terrifying area of their research, announced today, is the possibility of commercial planes that fly themselves. What could go wrong, besides just about everything? More

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Dr. Paul Garabedian, The Man Whose Work Led To Better Jetliner Wings, Died At Age 82 [Obituary]

by Chemmyone on Jun.03, 2010, under 2, 3, 5, 5D, 7, 7d, ANT, AR, Ac, Ad, Ads, Ants, Ati, Av, Aviation, Bed, Bp, Cia, D3, Display, Ds, E, EC, Ea, Et, Event, Fuel, Ge, Gizmo, Hd, History, Home Automation, I4, Id, Ie, Im, In, Isp, Jet, Jetliners, La, Labels, Led, Math, Mod, Ms, Nes, Ny, Obituary, One, Os, PI, Paul e garabedian, Paul garabedian, People, Pixel, Plane, Planes, Play, Pr, Pro, Q, RSS, Rc, Rv, Style, TI, TV, Technic, Techno, Technology, Us, V, Who, Wings, age, ally, bus, business, cat, clear, de, ff, gizmodo, jetliner, mid, om, order, quant, serve, tech, work

Dr. Paul R. Garabedian was a mathematician whose work may not have solved any technical problems on its own, but eventually led to fuel-efficient wings: More

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The F-22 and F-35 Killer Finally Captured In Action [Aircrafts]

by Chemmyone on May.28, 2010, under 2, 2010, 3, 5, 7, 787, 7d, A9, ANT, AR, Ac, Act, Ad, Add, Ads, Ai, Air, Aircraft, Ants, Ati, Av, Aviation, Bp, Bt, Clips, Combat jet, Crafts, Display, Ds, E, EC, Ea, Et, Eyes, F-35, Ge, Gizmo, Hd, Home Automation, II, ITA, Id, Im, In, Io, Ion, Ir, Isp, Jet, Jets, La, Labels, Led, Light, Lightning, MER, Military, Mod, Nes, Of, One, Os, PI, Padd, Pixel, Plane, Planes, Play, Q, RSS, Rc, Red, Rv, Sd, Style, Sukhoi PAK FA, T-50, TI, TV, Tag, Tat, Techno, Technology, Uk, Us, V, Via, Vide, Video, Videos, Wall, Weapons, X1, age, aircrafts, ally, america, and, bd, cat, clear, color, de, design, etail, fall, ff, gizmodo, images, mid, nin, om, order, plan, ps, quant, raf, rom, serve, tar, tech, ted, unit

Feast your eyes in these detailed videos of the beast that is designed to match-and-crush 5th generation American combat jets . It’s the Sukhoi PAK-FA, and it comes loaded with some amazing technology from the other side of the fallen wall. More

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Lufthansa’s New Airbus A380′s First Class Bathrooms Are Bigger Than Mine [Airplanes]

by Chemmyone on May.21, 2010, under 2, 2010, 3, 5, 7, 7d, 80S, A380, A4, A9, ANT, AR, Ac, Ad, Add, Ads, Ai, Air, Airbus, Airplane, Airplanes, Ants, Ati, Av, Bath, Bathroom, Bathrooms, Bp, Decor, Display, Ds, E, Ea, Epa, Et, Ge, Gizmo, Hd, Home Automation, Id, Im, In, Io, Ion, Ir, Isp, La, Labels, Lufthansa, Lufthansa airbus a380, Mod, Ms, Nes, Nsa, Of, Oil, One, PI, Padd, Pixel, Plane, Planes, Play, Q, RSS, Rc, Rv, Style, TI, TV, Tag, Toil, Toilet, Toilets, Travel, Us, V, WD, X1, age, and, ash, bin, bus, business, cat, clear, color, dash, de, design, eco, ff, first, gizmodo, images, kin, mid, om, order, plan, quant, serve, tech, ted, xl

Taking off soon are Lufthansa’s new Airbus A380 planes, which have been lavishly decorated—in the first-class cabin, at least. Gone are the tiddly toilets and basins, and in their place are separate washing and changing rooms.

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The Guy Who Flew Thousands of Passengers As a Fake Pilot [Airplanes]

by Chemmyone on May.17, 2010, under 2, 2010, 3, 5, 5D, 7, 7d, ANT, AR, Ac, Ad, Add, Ads, Ai, Air, Airplane, Airplanes, Ants, Art, Ati, Av, Aviation, Boeing, Bp, C6, Cam, Cense, Dc, Display, Ds, E, Ea, Engine, Et, Fake pilot license, Flight, Flight Simulator, Flights, Flying, Ge, Gizmo, Hd, Home Automation, Id, Im, In, Ion, Ir, Isp, La, Labels, License, Light, Light simulator, Mod, Nes, Of, One, Os, PI, Padd, Plane, Planes, Play, Pr, Print, Printing, Q, RSS, Rc, Rv, Sim, Simulation, Simulator, Style, TI, TV, Tag, Thomas Salme, Us, V, Via, X1, age, and, artic, bus, business, cat, cc, clear, color, de, ff, gizmodo, images, lights, mid, om, order, plan, quant, serve, tech

This is Thomas Salme , a maintenance engineer who became a Boeing 737 pilot by flying a few nights in a flight simulator and printing a fake airliner pilot license. Amazingly enough, he flew passengers for thirteen years without any incidents. More

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Virgin Galactic Falls Far Short of NASA [Infographics]

by Chemmyone on May.14, 2010, under 2, 2010, 2D, 3, 5, 7, 7d, A4, ANT, AR, Ac, Act, Ad, Add, Ads, Ai, Air, Ants, Ati, Bp, Ces, Display, Ds, E, Ea, Enterprise, Et, F2, Fog, Ge, Gizmo, Hd, Home Automation, Hp, ISS, Id, Ie, Im, In, Ir, Isp, La, Labels, Les, Mod, Nas, Nasa, Of, One, Os, PI, Padd, Planes, Play, Pr, Q, RSS, Rc, Red, Rv, Science, Show, Shuttle, Space, Space Shuttle, SpaceShipTwo, Style, TI, TV, Tag, Us, Virgin, Virgin Galactic, X1, age, arc, archive, archives, ash, cat, clear, color, dash, de, fall, ff, first, gala, gizmodo, graphic, graphics, images, infographic, infographics, itc, om, order, quant, rom, serve, ship, tech, time, white knight II

Most of us would kill to hitch a ride on Virgin Galactic ‘s SpaceShipTwo , but as this graphic will show you, compared to the ISS or the Space Shuttle, it flies relatively low—*just* 68 miles from the ground. [ DVICE ] More

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Heroic Skydiver Saves Woman’s Life After Parachute Failure [Heroes]

by Chemmyone on May.12, 2010, under 2, 2010, 3, 5, 5D, 7, 7d, AR, Ac, Ad, Add, Ads, Ai, Art, Ati, Av, Aviation, C5, Display, Ds, Dygert, E, Ea, Et, Failure, Ge, Gizmo, Harstock, Hd, Heroes, Home Automation, Id, Im, In, Ion, Isp, Mod, One, PI, Padd, Parachutes, People, Ping, Planes, Play, Police, Pr, Q, Rc, Style, TI, Tag, Ui, Up, Via, X1, age, and, backup, clear, courage, de, e1, g2, gizmodo, life, mid, om, order, skydiving, soc, what, woman

If you’re skydiving and your parachute fails, there’s always a backup. But what if the backup fails, too? That’s when you pray that you’re jumping with a hero like Dave Hartsock, who risked his own life to save someone else’s. More

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A Simple Photo of a Plane Taking Off…From Head On [Image Cache]

by Chemmyone on May.11, 2010, under 2, 2010, 2D, 3, 5, 7, 7d, AR, Ac, Ad, Add, Ads, Ai, Air, Bag, Cam, Canon, Dc, Display, Ds, E, Ea, Et, Flight, Gallery, Ge, Gizmo, Hd, Helicopter, Helicopters, Home Automation, Id, Im, Image cache, Imagecache, In, Ion, Ir, Isp, Lde, Lens, Light, Mod, Net, Of, One, Os, PI, Padd, Plane, Plane take-off, Planes, Play, Q, Rc, Sim, Space, Style, TI, Tag, Via, X1, age, and, ash, boingboing, bold, clear, day, de, e1, fashion, gizmodo, kin, om, order, oss, photo, photography, plan, rom, sight, source

How do you possibly snag this shot (without dying in a spectacular fashion)? A bold pilot, an even bolder helicopter pilot, and a Canon 20D with 70–200mm lens. Read the whole tale here: [ Air&Space and MikeShorePhoto via boingboing ] More

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This Airplane Has a Bloody Balcony [Airplanes]

by Chemmyone on May.10, 2010, under 1d, 2, 2010, 3, 5, 7, 7d, AR, Ac, Ad, Add, Ads, Ai, Air, Airdeck, Airplane, Airplanes, Ati, Av, Aviation, Avro, BAE, Blood, Display, Ds, E, Ea, Et, Ge, Gizmo, Gq, Hd, History, Home Automation, Id, Im, In, Ion, Ir, Isp, Jet, Mod, N8, Nes, Of, One, Os, PI, Padd, Plane, Planes, Play, Q, Rc, Space, Style, TI, Tag, Techno, Technology, Up, Us, Via, Vr, X1, XP, aerospace, age, and, ash, bd, bus, business, clear, dash, de, design, design q, first, gizmodo, kin, lte, mid, om, order, plan, tech, true

You’re looking at the balcony of the Avro Business Jet Explorer One . Its creators—BAE and Design Q —say that the “Air Deck” is a first in aviation history. True. It’s also the most stupid invention in aviation history.

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Incredible Perching UAV Lands On And Takes Off From Walls [UAVs]

by Chemmyone on Apr.28, 2010, under 17, 2, 2010, 2D, 3, 5, 7, 7d, AR, Ad, Add, Ads, Av, Display, Drone, Drones, Ds, E, Ea, Et, F2, Ge, Gizmo, Gun, Hd, Home Automation, Id, Im, In, Ion, Isp, Lg, Mod, Nes, Of, One, Os, Padd, Perching uav, Plane, Planes, Play, Pr, Q, Rc, Red, Research, Spy, Spying, Style, TI, Tag, UAVs, Uav, Vide, Video, Wall, X1, age, and, ash, clear, dash, de, future, incredible, om, order, perching, plan, pre, que, rom

This little guy is pretty remarkable: a fixed-wing aerial drone that lands by clinging vertically to a wall, and takes off from the same position. I’m not saying this is the future of spy planes—but it should be. More

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