Video: The Awesome And Mighty Martin Mars Water Bomber!
I could listen to this amazing and beautiful airplane fly all day long! MartinMars.com (to watch in HD: hit play, then look for the 'gear' icon in the lower right of the video window & select...
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Video: Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) Successful Falcon...
At a time when many of the forward-thinking people in America have been kicking around dust with the toe of their shoe wondering what really is next for the United States and space exploration...
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HD Video: Kirby Chambliss, Red Bull, And GoPro Make A Great Combination!
This sweet promo video from the GoPro youtube channel for the HD HERO2 makes for fun 4 minutes! It has a strong music video feel with a loud background and edgy editing... usually I'm all for just...
View ArticleHD Video: UK Wingsuit Flyer Lands Without Deploying Parachute... On Cardboard...
To be honest, I wasn't sure I wanted to post anything about the successful wingsuit jump accomplished earlier today by Gary Connery in Henley, England. But after seeing him speak about the jump...
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Poll: Which Supersonic US Bomber Makes Your Heart Beat The Fastest?
1950's era Convair B-58 Hustler I figure it's time for a poll to see which supersonic bomber from the US y'all think is the sweetest, the hottest, or just the mostest of the most. It's an easy choice...
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Video: Enter The Dragon - ISS Crew Answers Questions From Inside The SpaceX...
The youtube channel for NASAtelevision has been posting a lot of great videos of what's been taking place with the Dragon spacecraft at the International Space Station in the last few days. The...
View ArticleRemembering Those Who Gave Their Lives - Memorial Day 2012
This video from last year shows a level of dedication and gratitude that all of us Americans should have for those who have given their life in service to the United States of America. Memorial Day...
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Videos: Some USAF Thunderbirds Action For Your Memorial Day
The official Thunderbirds youtube channel (usafThuderbirdVideo) has put some great videos up in the last few days, and I figure seeing these beautiful F-16's in the air is another great way to...
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Video: Keeping The ICON A5 From Spinning Out Of Control
I've kept the long-running ICON A5 project at arms length, watching mostly from pretty far off. The flashy displays at OSH and the overall vibe just felt too much like big-project-promises from the...
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Poll: Awesome Or Ugly? The 1931 Vickers Type 161 Biplane Pusher
The very interesting 1931 Vickers Type 161 - vote now: Awesome or Ugly? The poll from last Friday with boomin' bombers (supersonic US bombers) has over 200 votes and the B-58 Hustler is snagging the...
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Video: Round Trip Success - SpaceX Dragon Capsule Splash Down! (May 31, 2012)
The SpaceX Dragon capsule was launched on a Falcon 9 rocket on May 22nd, and after spending 5 days connected to the ISS (delivering cargo on a test mission) Dragon returned to Earth today (May 31,...
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HD Video! Sean Tucker Onboard Cam: Takeoff To Touchdown At Manassas 2012
I never get tired of seeing a great onboard video of a great aerobatic pilot on a day with great weather, do you? I sure hope you don't cuz if you do there's something very wrong with your avgeekery....
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Video: SpaceX Dragon Parachute Deploy And Splashdown (May 31, 2012)
This video is still nothing like the fancy one from the 2010 helicopter test drop and splashdown of the SpaceX Dragon, but it's waaaay better than the first video released of the actual and historic...
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CoolPix: ISS Self Portrait... Sittin' On Top Of The World!
(click pic for hi-res) Amazing view! ISS self portrait - Tracy Caldwell Dyson (photo: wiki) No, AirPigz is not going 'all space, all the time', but with the fabulous success story of the SpaceX Falcon...
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Looking Forward To Reno 2012 (Sept 12-16)... And I Hope I See YOU There
(click pic for hi-res) Rolls Royce Griffon powered P-51 'Precious Metal' at Reno 2011 Race permit & insurance in place... tickets are on sale now for Reno 2012: Sept. 12-16 Back in 2008 when I...
View ArticleGot A Minute? Then Watch This Awesome 'All Blacks' 777 Takeoff Video!
The internet's a lot like that room in your house that's stacked high with boxes full of stuff... lots and lots of stuff. A lot of it's junk of course, stuff that should have been thrown away a long...
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Video: Fantasy Of Flight's Gee Bee Z Recently Making Beautiful Music!
I've been hooked on the Gee Bee Z and the R-1/R-2 1930's era air racers since I was about 3 years old. Seriously. My dad was Gee Bee geek from way back and he had some static models of them, and one...
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434th Air Refueling Wing Teaching Kids To Fly A KC-135? Well, Sorta : )
434th ARW's KC-135 flight deck simulator at the Kokomo, Indiana airshow on Saturday I made the trip just over an hour southwest of my home to Kokomo Indiana on Saturday to check out the Kokomo Wings...
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Caption Contest #75 - Ends Wednesday 6.13.12 At 9PM EDT
As they say... better late than never. Usually this caption contest pic would have gone up this morning but I just didn't get it done. The good news is that there's still plenty of time to get wacky...
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Video: 600HP, 5 Seats And 2 Wings - Addison Pemberton's Boeing Model 40
This video isn't new but it's extremely well done and I'm as sure as I can be that you haven't seen it. Addison Pemberton's 8 year restoration of the only airworthy Boeing Model 40 put the impressive...
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