Top Gear is one of the coolest shows on TV. Here is a clip I bumped into on YouTube. Two 16 cylinder exotic cars, one twin engined jet fighter airplane. Now this sounds like fun! I watched this one by streaming it to the AppleTV for the full effect!
You can see more of the awesome Bugatti here and here. See the EuroFighter here.
Oh and if you can’t afford the Veyron, but you do have a printer and 50ish sheets of paper you can build a 2.5′ model of one out of paper! Download the template FREE here.
April 28th, 2012 AirplanePorn PIC (Porn In Command!)
Well you would think the weight and aerodynamics of a space shuttle model made of Legos would prevent it from flying. These clever folks don’t care about that! They used a weather balloon and a GoPro Hero action cam to make this stunning video. This has to be the first time that a Lego space shuttle makes it to the troposphere unassisted by NASA or some other government sponsored fuel bill.
Can you imagine the calls to airliners through FL410? “left turn 210 degrees to keep you clear of the space shuttle” Ha!
April 28th, 2012 AirplanePorn PIC (Porn In Command!)
When I was doing my CFI training you had to do spins. The flight school only had one airplane that you could do spins in. A Cessna 152. Needless to say I had to go with the smallest flight instructor they had.
He turned out to be really cool, and also a former U2 pilot in the air force. I wonder if he’s in any of these shots?
With the large amount of ground effect, the SOB just doesn’t want to quit flying. Then given the long wingspan and shorter body length – when things get out of line it gets exponentially worse damn quick.
I had an friend, who used to fly U-2′s and he told me that you had to fly the SOB all the way to the ground with very little excess airspeed and let it land itself by running our of lift. Basically just freeze the stick and hold it off at about 2 feet letting it settle as airspeed dissipated. (that’s the chase cars job – “OK 3 feet , 2feet, etc.)
I never really thought about it but it must really suck to land a jet-powered glider in a crosswind with mono-gear.
January 20th, 2012 AirplanePorn PIC (Porn In Command!)
I met Mike Ladd, maker of the AvPad (http://www.theavpad.com)at the aviation social media gathering at Oshkosh 2011. Sponsored by the good folks at Sennheiser Aviation (http://www.sennheiser-aviation.com), this event has become a favorite during Oshkosh. For a few hours all the bloggers and twitter’ers get to meet face to face and for once – interact in the real world. It’s also great to see real aviation companies supporting the growing aviation social media movement.
Mike’s product is ingeniously simple and solves two problems – holding your iPad (or iPad2) in the cockpit, and protecting it outside the cockpit. Cause if you have an iPad you HAVE to take it flying. I think there is a law against leaving it at home. Seriously. He’s designed a tough as nails, simple kneeboard that holds your iPad.
Mike from AvPad gave me his newest model at Oshkosh 2011 to review for the site. I was pretty stoked because I was looking at cover for my iPad2 anyway, and having one that was useful in the cockpit is even better. I don’t go flying every day, but I do use my AvPad every day. After having it for a while you will wonder how you lived with out it. Cliche, I know.
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