26.02.11

F/A-18 fighter jet crashes into residential area in the USA

More like science fiction rather than popular science An F/A-18 supersonic jet has crashed
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Things that really shouldn't have jet engines

There's something slightly wrong with a toilet that has a jet engine strapped to it... Our
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QANTAS A380 takes off!

QANTAS? A380 has taken off from Melbourne on its first commercial flight QANTAS? sole A380
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Dude Teaches His Girl How to Drive on In-Use Airport Runway

Sadly this is a true story. A true story of extreme stupidity One of the Philippines?
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Qantas Set to Slash Airfares

The Flying Kangaroo has been through a lot over the past year, the end result is airfare cuts in an attempt to get Aussies back on its planes
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Detailed Simulation of Space Tourism Finds It Could Accelerate Climate Change

Last week we celebrated the dedication of Spaceport America, New Mexico's dedicated private spaceflight hub that hopes to
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Test Flight: These Tiny R/C Choppers Are Like Pocket Dogfighters

Gyroscopes and infrared blasters ready radio-controlled helicopters for midair battle Unsophisticated electronics and design used to keep tiny R/C helicopters out of the fight. Eventually, motors the size of aspirin capsules let companies stack two counter-rotating rotors
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With Robotic Cargo Ferry Launch, Europe Will Become an Official Supplier to the ISS This Month

The ESA's newest Automated Transfer Vehicle--ATV-2, otherwise known as Johannes Kepler--is loaded up and primed for its February 15th launch to the International Space Station, marking a several significant milestones for the European Space Agency and its contribution
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Using 3-D Printing Tech, British Airbus Engineers Aim to Print Out an Entire Aircraft Wing

Rapid prototyping, or 3-D printing, has been used to create all kinds of amazing objects in a variety of media, but a team working under EADS in the UK wants to print something heretofore unheard of: the entire wing of
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