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 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.

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.

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 [...]

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 [...]

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