Category: Airplanes
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The Aero-X Hoverbike Is Real
The Aero-X Hoverbike is going to be available for purchase next year. Honestly. According to the makers, Aerofex, this Star Wars looking hoverbike will be hitting stores next year for $85,000. Totally worth it. The Aero-X Hoverbike has carbon fiber rotors, has a top speed of 45mph, and can carry two people up to 10-feet…
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Solar Impulse 2 Airplane Powered Entirely By The Sun Makes Trip Around World
The future has arrived in the form of a solar powered airplane making a trip around the world. The Solar Impulse 2 took off from Abu Dhabi yesterday with plans of going around the world. The Solar Impulse 2 is being piloted by the co-founders of this amazing plane, Bertrand Piccard and Andre Borschberg. The…
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How A Million Dollar U.A.V Drone “Lands”
Not exactly what I expected from a U.A.V drone that costs about 1-million dollars. Video of this odd drone landing after the break.
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IXION Windowless Jet Is Much Cooler Than It Sounds
At first pass a windowless jet sounds like a horrible idea. Who wants to sit inside an airplane for a long flight with no window view? Not me. The IXION Windowless Jet Concept manages to take a windowless jet and give it the most awesome views via an innovative display system. The interior of the…
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Zee Aero Flying Car Spied In Mountain View, CA
The details on this odd looking airplane-helicopter-flying car are under wraps at the moment. But a tiny bit of investigative work turns up the following clues; This "flying car" is made by a secretive Mountain View company operating near Google, named Zee.Aero. Zee.Aero is currently operating in stealth mode and not sharing much information. Zee.Aero…
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FAA Allows In-Flight Use Of Electronic Devices
Looks like our fine US Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (the FAA) lightened up the rules against passengers using their Personal Electronic Devices during the flight. Oh joy… Candy Crush from gate to gate.
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Skyrunner By Parajet
The folks at Parajet have just completed their second prototype flying buggy named the Skyrunner. It isn’t cheap at $120,000, but how many options does one have for a flying car? The Skyrunner is a high powered all-terrain car that doubles as a fan powered paraglider. The 125 horsepower four-cylinder engine can achieve land speeds…
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US Drone Crashes In Florida
Not sure how you feel about the US government flying drones over American soil, but they are doing it. Apparently folks sitting in traffic yesterday on Highway 98 have a drone crash to thank for their delays. The QF-4 drone fell out of the sky in Florida yesterday and caused quite a bit of fire…
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senseFly eBee Autonomous 2D/3D Mapping Drone
This has to be one of the best autonomous drones I have seen in a while. Not only is it available for purchase today, it is incredibly well thought out. The senseFly eBee UAV can fly pre-programmed flight path or can be flown by remote control. The main purpose of the eBee is to create…
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Flying Bicycle Becomes A Reality = Paravelo
John Foden and Yannick Read live in the UK and love two things very much "“ bikes and flying. Merge those two passions together and you have the XploreAir Paravelo flying bicycle. Sure it is still not fully funded on KickStarter, Sure it costs about $16,000, but I seriously want one! Read on for details…