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Faster, quieter, cleaner: How NASA imagines the 737 of 2035
Enlarge Image NASA isn’t just focused on getting humans to Mars. It’s also obsessed with designing a cleaner, faster and quieter commercial jet. James Martin/CNET Flying the friendly skies might actually become more than a slogan. Just give it two … Continue reading
The 2016 Incredibly Special Effects Awards
The Walk The centerpiece of director Robert Zemeckis’s The Walk is its re-creation of Philippe Petit’s 1974 tightrope walk between the World Trade Center towers. Visual-effects supervisor Kevin Baillie explains how the sequence took shape. 1. Creating the Background The … Continue reading
China’s Comac aims for first C919 flight by early 2017: sources
Thomson ReutersVisitors walk past a model of the C919 aircraft, presented by Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China,Ltd. (COMAC) during the 49th Paris Air Show at the Le Bourget airport near Paris By Siva Govindasamy SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Commercial Aircraft Corp … Continue reading
3D LabPrint Adds Two New Model Planes For 3D Printing: The Thunderbolt & EasyMax
Our fancy of flight begins almost as soon as we are conscious beings, as toddlers fascinated watching and reading about birds, glimpsing and even riding in planes, as well as learning about the rugged helicopter and all of its mechanics. … Continue reading
Oregon man living in refurbished airplane wants to build a second ‘aerospace castle’ in Japan
Bruce Campbell Remember Bruce Campbell? No, not the the actor. The guy who’s lived in a refurbished Boeing 727-200 in Hillsboro since 2004. Well, now the electrical engineer wants to build another plane home, this time in Japan, where he spends … Continue reading
Czech pilot releases new 3D printable RC model airplanes for under $20
Feb. 23, 2016 | By Kira 3D printed drones and RC quadcopters are all the rage these days, but good old fashioned RC model planes can be just as much fun—especially when they can be made on a standard desktop … Continue reading
Passive income is BS (but here’s how to get it)
We are the psychos in first class. People see me and my older son and wonder how we could afford tickets. They probably decide I’m the crazy wife whose husband is never home because he extends every business trip to include a mistress … Continue reading