Look at All These SR-71 Blackbirds Together!

It's gorgeous. Pure airplane porn. A perfect occasion to re-read these excerpts from Sled Driver, the amazing book by one of the SR-71 pilots, Major Brian Shul: (gizmodo.com) 기타...

Total Solar Eclipse 2013

Total Solar Eclipse of November 3, 2013, as seen from 43,000 feet over the Atlantic aboard a 12-person Falcon 900B jet chartered from Bermuda. (www.launchphotography.com) 기타...

Parallel Landing Virgin America & Southwest Airlines @ SFO

Nice video (www.youtube.com) 기타...

Belly landing in Florence

FAA Safety Briefing @FAASafetyBrief Here's another reminder to always be prepared for an emergency. Video shows great landing with only nose gear down. youtu.be/KKC-tSQrKiM?t=… (www.youtube.com) 기타...

Plane Carrying Drugs Lands at Houston Airport, No Pilot on Board

Hmmm. Can a plane get high without a crew? (www.foxnews.com) 기타...

Helicopter Crashes - Original HD footage

Whist erecting a seven story high structure to be used as a Christmas tree, the helicopters rotor struck a cable causing the aircraft to crash to the ground. (www.youtube.com) 기타...

Navy F18 crashes into Va. Beach apt complex; crew ejected and OK

The Navy confirms to WAVY.com that an F/A-18D jet has crashed in Virginia Beach Friday afternoon. Grazia Moyers, spokeswoman for the Virginia Beach Police Department, told WAVY.com just before 12:30 p.m. what police believe is a military aircraft went down. Cmdr. Phil Rosi with Naval Air Forces Atlantic told WAVY.com the plane was an F/A-18D with Strike Fighter Squadron 106 that crashed just after noon right after takeoff. Rosi added two aircrew safely ejected from the plane that was based at… (www.wavy.com) 기타...

NBAA Welcomes Sen. Roberts' Amendment to Halt LightSquared Funding

Washington, DC, November 18, 2011 – The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) today welcomed a legislative amendment from Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS) to a funding bill that would prohibit the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from spending federal funds to deploy LightSquared's 4G broadband technology, until it can be proven the technology will not interfere with global positioning system (GPS) receivers. (www.nbaa.org) 기타...

Activists’ drone shot out of the sky for fourth time

Animal rights activists in Pennsylvania are reporting that hunters have shot down a drone that was recording a shooting event at a private club. (www.suasnews.com) 기타...

The "New" First Class

The gap between first class and coach has never been so wide. Carriers on international flights are offering private suites for first-class passengers, three-star meals and personal service once found only on corporate jets. They provide massages before takeoff, whisk passengers through special customs lanes and drive them in a private limousine right to the plane. Some have bars. One airline has installed showers onboard (www.nytimes.com) 기타...