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Archive for the 'Cool Stuff' Category

Boom

Thursday, September 9th, 2010

 Sonic Boom  Rainbow Boom You’ve probably seen the sonic boom and vortices before, but this is the first time I’ve seen a rainbow boom. Ethan Siegel provides an explanation of what causes it.

How to Flare

Sunday, March 28th, 2010

Cool Videos

Sunday, August 30th, 2009

Tons of videos at Public Resource.org’s YouTube channel. Coolest Flying Machine Ever! Arthur Godfrey Smallest Twin Engine? Assembling a 737? Sonic Booms Flying Car An ASOS you won’t forget. STS-131.

Links to Cool Stuff

Thursday, May 14th, 2009

Automotive engines have been tried in several airplanes but with the possible exception of the Mercedes-Benz diesel engines manufactured by Thielert they haven’t been successful in production aircraft. The experimental market is a different story, This article in Ridelust talks about engines by Porsche (unsuccessful), Subaru (successful), Mazda (successful) and others. Designers have experimented with [...]

Webster’s 1913 Dictionary

Wednesday, April 15th, 2009

I’m compiling word lists for another project and ran across Webster’s 1913 dictionary. It’s interesting which words have survived and which have fallen by the wayside. I don’t recall ever seeing someone referred to as an “aeroplanist”. I hadn’t heard of an “aerostat” either, but balloonists use the word—there are several sight-seeing companies with aerostat [...]

Cool Pictures

Friday, January 4th, 2008

Click on the picture for larger version and information on the picture.  Wingtip Vortices  Wingtip Vortices  Wingtip Vortices  Contrails  Sonic Boom  Sonic Boom  Helios  Human Powered  Proteus  Shuttle Landing?  Voyager  NASA SR71  NASA Dryden Picts  Piaggio Avanti II  Boeing Skyhook  Virgin Galactic SpaceShip Two  SpaceShipTwo  ElectraFlyerC  Classic GA Picts  Icon Aircraft  Firefighting Aircraft  Terrafugia’s Flying [...]


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