Neatorama Posts Tagged "aviation"
Monocopter Flies Like a Maple Seed...

The Samarai Monocopter, developed by Lockheed Martin, is only ten inches long. But the designers don't plan to scale it up, but down. Their goal is to make one the size of a fingernail with a camera attached. Soldiers wo...

https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/21/monocopter-flies-like-a-maple-seed/
The First 3D Printed Aircraft...

3d printing is such a new process that we are still discovering all the ways in which we can use it to enhance our lives. Well, the wait for the next big thing to print is over, because engineers from the UK have used th...

https://www.neatorama.com/2011/07/30/the-first-3d-printed-aircraft/
This Plane Needs Only 10 Feet of Runway to Takeoff...

(Video Link) Bush pilots in Alaska need to be able to land and take off in short distances. Many of them recently attended a competition focusing on this skill in the town of Knik River. Bobby Breeden, a student pilot...

https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/09/this-plane-needs-only-10-feet-of-runway-to-takeoff/
Could a Novice Land a Jumbo Jet?...

Have you ever seen the movie Airport 1975? It was a disaster movie set on a 747 that had suffered a midair collision. The pilots were dead, leaving only a flight attendant to try to keep the plane in the air. Could an...

https://www.neatorama.com/2011/03/17/could-a-novice-land-a-jumbo-jet/
The Inflatable Airplane and 25 Other Bizarre Aircraft That Actually Flew...

DVICE has a slideshow of 26 strange aircraft that, although oddly designed, actually flew. Among them is the Inflatoplane developed by Goodyear in 1956. This plane had an inflatable rubber body. It was small and light...

https://www.neatorama.com/2011/01/21/the-inflatable-airplane-and-25-other-bizarre-aircraft-that-actually-flew/
Emergency Plane Landing on Street...

(Video Link) This video from 2009 shows an emergency landing of a single-engine plane on a street in Winter Haven, Florida. Kyle Davis, the pilot, and Joe Surowiec, his passenger, were recorded on camera during this...

https://www.neatorama.com/2010/11/08/emergency-plane-landing-on-street/
Man in Kenya Builds Airplane from Scrap...

(Video Link) Gabriel Nderitu, an IT professional in Kenya, is almost finished making his homemade airplane. He researched the design online and built it out of spare parts: In the end, Nderitu mounted a Toyota eng...

https://www.neatorama.com/2010/10/14/guy-in-kenya-builds-airplane-from-scrap/
Boeing's New Unmanned Spy Plane Can Stay at 65,000 Feet for 4 Days...

Boeing's new Phantom Eye UAV is powered by hydrogen, making it a very fuel efficient vehicle capable of flying at more than 12 miles of altitude for 4 days at a time. From the company's press release: "The program is...

https://www.neatorama.com/2010/07/12/boeings-new-unmanned-spy-plane-can-stay-at-65000-feet-for-4-days/
How To Repossess a Jetliner...

If a bank needs to repossess a car, a repo agent w...  ...English, since that’s the official language of aviation .” The next day he was escorted, in handcuffs, t...

https://www.neatorama.com/2010/03/30/how-to-repossess-a-jetliner/
World's Largest Aircraft Breaks Airlift Record...

The Soviet-designed An-225 -- the world's largest operational aircraft -- was originally designed to transport the USSR's space shuttle. That program is long gone, but one An-225 just broke the world record for the heav...

https://www.neatorama.com/2009/08/18/worlds-largest-aircraft-breaks-airlift-record/
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