On March 21st 2016 Lockheed Constellation named “Columbine” by US President Dwight D. Eisenhower departed Marana Regional Airport in Southern Arizona. The plane was beginning a ferry flight to Bridgwater Virginia for a full restoration. Continue reading
Category Archives: Video
One-Shot Fly-Through Manchester City Stadium
Manchester City’s internal content team celebrate City’s latest Premier League title win a ‘one-take’ drone flight around the Etihad Stadium. Continue reading
UK Royal Marines Test Jet Suit Boarding
The UK Royal Marines LLC recently set up a very successful exercise testing the capability of the Gravity Jet Suit to support RM boarding ops. Continue reading
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Hears Ingenuity Mars Helicopter in Flight
On April 30, 2021, NASA’s Perseverance rover made history as the first spacecraft to record sounds from another spacecraft on another planet. During Ingenuity’s fourth flight, a microphone included with the SuperCam instrument aboard Perseverance captured the humming sound of the blades and the din of wind. Continue reading
Blohm & Voss BV 141 – Asymmetrical WW2 Aircraft
The Blohm & Voss BV 141 was a World War II German tactical reconnaissance aircraft, notable for its uncommon structural asymmetry. Although the Blohm & Voss BV 141 performed well, it was never ordered into full-scale production, for reasons that included the unavailability of the preferred engine and competition from another tactical reconnaissance aircraft, the Focke-Wulf Fw 189. Continue reading
XP-55 Ascender – The Backwards Fighter
World War II brought the world some of the best aeronautical engineering designs ever created. And although many of these innovative designs definitely pushed all boundaries, several of them never made the cut. Continue reading
Iran Releases Drone Footage of US Carrier in Persian Gulf
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Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has released drone footage of an American aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf. Continue reading
Drone-Based Hoverboard Lifts Off in LA
After years of research and design, tech inventor Hunter Kowald unveils a fully functional hoverboard — and this one actually flies. in recent years, hoverboard prototypes had been released that fall just short of the typical space-age expectation. Continue reading