The British and Colonial Aeroplane Company designed many aeroplanes after the Boxkite of 1910, so by 1916 had a wealth of experience available for building a two-seat fighter aircraft. Bristol (as the company became known) designed a large, rugged two-seater and named it the F.2a. Continue reading
Category Archives: Video
UAS Video of Train Derailment in Virginia
ABC News is very proud of this video shot from a UAS. Viewers comments suggest that news helicopters are now a thing of the past. Continue reading
UAS Flight near Vancouver Airport Concerns Transport Canada and RCMP
Aviation experts are outraged over a YouTube video that shows a remote-controlled quadrotor flying close to an airplane at Vancouver International Airport. Continue reading
1917 Royal Aircraft Factory SE5a
The SE5 fighter was designed by H P Folland at the Royal Aircraft Factory and became the most celebrated aeroplane to emerge from those workshops. A total of 5,205 was built including a number of two seat trainers. Unlike many contemporary rotary engined Sopwith and Nieuport fighters which were sensitive and tricky to handle, the SE5 was designed around a Hispano-Suiza V-8 and intended to be relatively stable and easy to fly for the sketchily trained pilots of the period. Continue reading
UAS Video of SPACEX F9R First Flight Test to 250m
Nice UAS-filmed video of Falcon 9 Reusable (F9R) taking its first test flight at the Spacex rocket development facility. F9R lifts off from a launch mount to a height of approximately 250m, hovers and then returns for landing just next to the launch stand. Continue reading
A Symphony for Flying Robots
KMel Robotics presents a team of flying robots that have taken up new instruments to play a fresh take on familiar themes. Continue reading
Epic Fail of Portuguese Navy UAS Media Launch
Epic fail of Portuguese Navy UAS launch in front of the media. Continue reading
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