Airplanes
It’s changing electric airplanes as we know them
This Nebraska YouTuber flew a new ultra-light plane in Idaho, and it purred like a kitten. If you can count on Cleetus McFarland for one thing, it’s that he’ll take on a big project. Usually, he’s making his own cars and planes, but in this case, he wasn’t flying one of his own. When he […]
Concorde really said, ‘We are the World”
The fastest WiFi in the sky
This is potentially a big step forward
“Been around the world, don’t speak the language…”
Speed limit enforced by aircraft? ‘Pfft. Yeah, OK,’ thought TikTok user Saige Playton as she drove past the sign in her Virginia hometown. But later, as she flipped through her mail, she found herself holding a speeding ticket. “I didn’t believe it but I guess they were serious,” her caption reads. Playton’s video has now […]
The Lockheed L-2000 could have been an even better aircraft than Concorde
Flying at Mach 10 is so speedy, it’s actually faster than a bullet. It represents an object traveling at 10 times the speed of sound. In fact, flying at Mach 10 would represent an incredible feat of engineering. And it turns out that humanity has come mighty close to flying it. DISCOVER SBX CARS: The global […]
It’s one of the world’s busiest airports – and somehow, the Chicago O’Hare runway design keeps it all running like clockwork. We’re talking 80 million passengers a year, hundreds of planes a day, snowstorms, red-eyes, and rush-hour madness. And yet, somehow, it all works. That’s not luck – it’s smart runway design. O’Hare’s layout isn’t […]
Concorde last took to the skies towards the end of 2003
This man from Dubai put a scarily powerful motor in an RC helicopter, which allowed it to shoot up to the sky so fast that the whole display looked fake. The remote control helicopter was already striking enough with a colorful exterior, but this addition meant that the model really meant business. The motor made […]
The Boeing 2707 could have been America’s big rival to the Anglo-French Concorde