Video: Miniature Airliners... Or Is It Real? (Awesome!)
Awesome mind game from 1970sPlaneSpotter - love it!
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Getting To Know Discovery’s Runt Cousin: The Air Force X-37B
Watch the X-37B (Atlas V) launch March 4, 2011 at ulalaunch.com(launch period begins at 3:39pm EST) Fast facts on the Boeing X-37B unmanned OTV (Orbital Test Vehicle) (5 pix and 1 video) With the...
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Vote Now For The Best Caption - Ends Friday 3.4.11 At 9pm EST
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Video Proof: Seatless Airliner Concept Extremely Popular!
Ha! I just love writing fun titles for aviation posts! And this one is all very true... the people riding in this airliner without seats are clearly very happy. It's actually a really interesting...
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Caption Contest #52 Winner - Mother-In-Law Edition
Usually a nice short caption is the most effective at making a powerful humorous punch with a wacky pic. And we had a really great one in this contest - "take me to your weeder!!", but in the end,...
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'Name The Plane' - ID Make And Model For Free Bacon! (3.5.11)
Here's another Name The Plane game to see who can fetch up a bacon sandwich at Oshkosh 2011 by using their sharp aircraft ID skills. All you gotta do is be the first person to ID both MAKE and MODEL...
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Mystery Vertical Fin Tip Identified: Britten-Norman Islander
1960's and 70's era Britten Norman Islander Originally I had cropped down a small portion of the wingtip of this Britten Norman Islander for the 3-5-11 NTP game, but I decided that the aileron...
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Caption Contest #53 - Ends Wednesday 3.9.11 At 9PM EST
There's just no end to weird aircraft and the sometimes even weirder people who fly them! This pic should make for some fun captioning... so put on your wacky cap and embark on a quest to fetch up a...
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Video: Miniature Airport That's Really Miniatur (I Think)
Here's another interesting video of an airport kinda like the awesome one from last week... except this one really is in miniature. It's miniature, but it's huge too. It's a new exhibit that's almost...
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Radial (Retro) Rocket With Hot Paint Now Flying - Oh Yeah!
Hot Radial Rocket taildragger recently test flown (photo: Airborne Kustomz) (4 pix) First flight: February 19, 2011. If you've been paying attention at all to AirPigz lately you should know I'm a...
View ArticleVideo: Russian Be-200 (Water Hog?) Is Extremely Versatile
The Russian Beriev Be-200 built by Irkut is a pretty amazing and versatile flying machine. It's not everyday you run across an amphibious jet powered aircraft that can haul 72 passengers... ok...
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Batter Up: Onex (By Sonex) Looking More Like A Grand Slam!
My drawing of a VW powered Onex in racing paint (+ trick aftermarket wheel pants) Previous Posts: Onex At Oshkosh 2010 Can The Onex Save GA? Onex First Flight I first brought up the idea of a...
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Video: Piper Cub - The World's Best Airplane!
Click this Piper Cub screenshot to see an awesome video of aviation perfection I got an email today from a friend with a link to this Piper Cub video from Sleeping Dog Productions... wow, these guys...
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Video: X-47B And The Road To Unmanned Carrier Flight Ops
This video gives a great overview of the Northrop Grumman X-47B project and the quest to design and build an autonomous unmanned aircraft that can operate off of Navy aircraft carriers. Regardless of...
View ArticleOMGosh... Awesome Electric Indoor RC Dyke Delta! (Video)
You had me at Dyke Delta... seriously, that's all it took to get my mouth watering. This recent video is from the Texas Indoor New Year (TINY) event that featured all kinds of cool and unusual indoor...
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NASA Releases First-Ever HD Footage of SRB Recovery Mission
PRESS RELEASE: CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., March 18, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- For the first time, NASA has released high-definition video taken during the retrieval of solid rocket booster segments...
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Caption Contest #54 - Ends Wednesday 3.23.11 At 9PM EDT
After a week of rest it's time to get back to avgeek captioneering! This pic should make it easy for y'all too... so follow the rules below and see if you can come out on top to fetch up a bacon...
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Video: Please Continue To Pray For Kyle And Amanda Franklin
The Today Show on NBC aired a feature story this morning on Kyle and Amanda Franklin's airshow accident and their current condition. While Kyle is doing remarkably well, we find out that Amanda's...
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Video: No Surprise - Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental Really Flies!
The first version of the Boeing 747-8 to fly was the Freighter that made its maiden flight back in February of 2010... but now the 747-8 Intercontinental, the passenger version, has made its...
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