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Artsy HD 'Video' Of Hot Air Ballooning - Cool Stuff
I think there are two kinds of artsy when it comes to videos... one that seeks to let you know how cool the artist is, and the other leaves the artist's ego out of it and is genuinely a cool piece of...
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Scaled Composites Rocks! (The Music Video)
Scaled Overview from Scaled Composites on Vimeo. This fresh in-house video from the cool people at Scaled Composites shows a wide range of the unique flying machines they've built over the years......
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Caption Contest #69 Winner - Mower Power To Ya!
The well-seasoned captioner known as 'Tailgear' comes thru with the winning string of words this time around - congrats! And may the power of a tasty bacon sandwich at OSH12 be with you : ) You can...
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Swanky Video Of A Swanky Eurocopter (EC130 T2)
Great flying machines and great video go very well together, and that's what you'll see right here (if you're the impatient type, skip the first 20 seconds) - Eurocopter recently unveiled the EC130...
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CoolPix: Lean & Mean North American X-15 (1961)
(click pic for hi-res) I was born the same year this photo was taken of the #3 North American X-15 sitting on a dry lakebed, and I gotta say it was pretty cool growing up with the X-15 program still...
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Ultra Cool 360 Panoramic Of The Shuttle Discovery Cockpit
Click the pic to go to the 360 panoramic of Discovery's cockpit (tilt, pan and zoom) So here we are living in the vacuum of no active NASA manned spacecraft program for the first time since Alan...
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CoolPix: F-35A 2Fer As Eglin Flight Operations Begin
F-35A #AF-07 In 33rd Fighter Wing paint over Edwards Air Force Base in California (click pix for hi-res) I admit that I spend more time dreaming about making wheel landings in 1940's era taildraggers...
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Video: Paper Airplane Geeks Rejoice - New Distance World Record!
Hey... designing, building and then throwing a paper airplane 226 feet 10 inches is a pretty big deal! That's what John Collins and Joe Ayoob have done as a team just last Sunday (February 26, 2012)...
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Video Proof - Crazy People Have Been Around Since The 70's!
I actually think the motorcycle with the hang glider wing is pretty cool and not all that crazy. It seems stable and he's able to get just enough weight-shift control for a bit of a flare for...
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Video: Marvelous RC Cam Fun Over Germany - Must See!
It used to be that really great RC videos meant you just watched a really cool model do its thing, but the days of small HD cameras have opened up the experience to put all of us in the pilot's seat....
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Poll: Which Vintage Two-Seat Taildragger RG Trips Your Trigger?
Early 1950's all-metal Meyers 145... a poor man's P-51? (photo: edcoatescollection) Way back in the day, a two seat taildragger with retractable landing gear was not too hard to find. While only 22 of...
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Caption Contest #70 - Ends Wednesday 3.7.12 At 9PM EST
First, I'll say it was interesting to see that a little over 60% of the votes in the two-seat taildragger RG 'poll' have gone to the ever-popular Globe Swift... thanx to everyone who voted so far....
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Video: Powered Hang Gliding - The Perfect Way To Fly Cheap?
My mind is being twisted really hard this morning... I found the video above and of course enjoyed it immensely with its great overhead view of flying a hang glider at higher altitudes over the...
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The Amazing Thunderbirds T-33 (RC) Built By Graeme Mears Flies!
Gorgeous 110" wingspan RC T-33 recently made its first flight - and it flies great! Here's a quick update from Graeme Mears' facebook page concerning the first flights of the turbine powered RC T-33...
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Vote Now For The Best Caption - Ends Friday 3.9.12 At 9pm EST
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Cruise Is In For Top Gun 2 - But F-35 Is The Scientology Star! (CoolPix + Video)
(click pic for hi-res) VTOL F-35B during carrier suitability testing in October 2011 The confirming news is now a little over a week old about the reality of a Top Gun 2 movie project with Tom...
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Caption Contest #70 Has A Winner!
A large number of submissions came in for this Caption Contest, and they were followed by an extra large number of votes in the poll as well. In fact, the free poll software I've been using has a...
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Synergy Aircraft Prototype Construction Update - March 2012
The fascinating and radical design of John McGinnis' Synergy (photo: facebook) The prototype 5-seat Synergy aircraft is making some great progress as can be seen in the recent posting of 92 new...
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Video: We Stopped Dreaming - Neil deGrasse Tyson (NASA & The Future)
Caution: small political rant to follow, read at your own risk This video is about NASA, politics, science, aerospace, America and the future… and it gives me an opportunity to make a spiritual point...
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Video: To The Edge Of Space & Back On The Solid Rocket Boosters (Must See)
This video has been very popular in the last week but with my vacation to California I didn't get around to posting it here. In fact, I didn't even get around to watching it myself until just now....
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