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The Bristol Type 167 Brabazon was a British large propeller-driven airliner designed by the Bristol Aeroplane Company to fly transatlantic routes between the UK and the United States. The type was named Brabazon after the Brabazon Committee and its chairman, Lord Brabazon of Tara, who had developed the specification to
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Before the A380, Lockheed Martin had an idea for a double checker super transport plane. An insane aircraft designed in 1996 that was bigger than a 747, carried more passengers than an A380, and would have dominated the skies. Back in the early 90s there was a problem with airports.
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The story of the P-80 Shooting Star, the only US jet to see action in WW2 during a secret operation in Italy. The Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star was the first jet fighter used operationally by the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF). Designed and built by Lockheed in 1943 and
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BMW Group presented the first electric drive system for a wingsuit with which the centuries-old dream of flying can be realised in a completely novel way. The innovative drive module and the likewise entirely newly designed wingsuit were developed in a cooperation between BMW i, Designworks and the professional wingsuit
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Throughout the 1950s, aircraft designers around the world began developing a unique aircraft configuration, called a tail-sitter. Unlike conventional airplanes, tail sitting planes rested on their tails and used engine power alone to lift off the ground before transitioning to vertical flight, and returning to land vertically once again on
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Electric bikes come in all shapes and sizes, boasting impressive mileage and whatnot. But rarely does an e-bike come embedded with the actual emotion of riding. The pure joy of taking your machine, that’s aesthetically crafted for perfection, out on the countryside for a serene ride. And yes, it
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F-22 Raptor performs signature moves like the freefall floating falling leaf manoeuvre, the J-Turn Herbst move and Tail Sliding, where the pilot holds the jet nose skyward giving enough thrust to balance the gravity drop, he then drops the nose and returns to normal forward flight. The Lockheed Martin F-22
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The UK celebrated the end of 2020 with a fireworks and drone display featuring 300 drones over London. The pre-recorded display, which was filmed during the early hours of Tuesday, included images of tributes to NHS staff, Captain Sir Tom Moore, who raised £33m for the NHS by walking laps
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When the war ended, lots of Nazi war crimes suspects and scientific personnel fled to Argentina, welcomed by President Juan Peron's regime. One was Kurt Tank, one of Germany's top aircraft designers. With him he carried plans for a last-ditch emergency fighter that had never been
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When the war ended, lots of Nazi war crimes suspects and scientific personnel fled to Argentina, welcomed by President Juan Peron's regime. One was Kurt Tank, one of Germany's top aircraft designers. With him he carried plans for a last-ditch emergency fighter that had never been
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The Messerschmitt Me. 163B Komet was the only rocket powered intercepter in history. Find out how piston-engined US P-51 Mustangs managed to down two of these super fast aircraft in dogfights high above Germany in late 1944. The Komet was designed for point-defence and was the only rocket-powered fighter aircraft
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The Messerschmitt Me. 163B Komet was the only rocket powered intercepter in history. Find out how piston-engined US P-51 Mustangs managed to down two of these super fast aircraft in dogfights high above Germany in late 1944. The Komet was designed for point-defence and was the only rocket-powered fighter aircraft