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Gloster Gladiator Mk I K7985
The Gladiator evolved from the Gloster SS37, a private venture submission to Specification F7/30. The SS37 was based on a Gauntlet fuselage with cantilever undercarriage, single bay wings and other drag reducing improvements. It was initially powered by a 530hp Bristol Mercury IVS. Continue reading
Machine Guns Versus Drones
For anyone who has never shot a machine gun outside of Call of Duty, it looks like it would be easy to shoot down small UAS. The vital components of the plane like the engine, battery, receiver, fuel tank, etc. are very small. The main body of the plane is pretty tough and can take numerous hits without affecting it. Continue reading
Blackburn Monoplane – Britain’s Oldest Airworthy Plane – Shuttleworth Collection
Robert Blackburn was born on the 26th March 1885 and became one of Britain’s first aircraft designers and builders. His first aeroplane to fly did so at Filey in 1910 and he then produced several designs over the next two years. The basic 1912 machine was called the Mercury or the Type D monoplane. Continue reading
Curtiss H75-C1 Hawk
The Curtiss P-36 Hawk, also known as the Curtiss Hawk Model 75, was an American-designed and built fighter aircraft of the 1930s and 40s. A contemporary of both the Hawker Hurricane and Messerschmitt Bf 109, it was one of the first of a new generation of combat aircraft—a sleek monoplane design making extensive use of metal in its construction and powered by a powerful radial engine. Continue reading
Superman POV with GoPro
It was in fact filmed with a DJI Phantom 2 mounted with a GoPro 3… Continue reading
MiG-29 “Edge of Space” Flight for Tourists
MiGFlug facilitates civilian jet fighter flights all over the world including the MiG-29 in Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia.
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DJI Phantom/GoPro Video of Alaska’s Hidden Ice Caves
This UAS video lets us fly through narrow passageways into the luminous ice caves of Alaska. Firelight Films claims that Bigger Than Life represents the first documented UAS flight through ice caves. Continue reading