Airmail magazine

Col John Stapp: the fastest man ON earth

3 Sep 2010, 11pm

John Stapp was a pioneer in studying the effects of acceleration and deceleration forces on humans. He took a lot of G's, respect!

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Live impact of an incredible glider crash:

AeroShell Team

The pilot survived!

AeroShell team

2 Sep 2010, 7pm

Just a very nice picture of the AeroShell team at AirVenture Oshkosh 2010.

AeroShell Team

Copyright by John E. Rees.

Terrafugia transition

31 Aug 2010, 8pm

The Transition is a Personal Air Vehicle that drives like a car on public roads and can transition into an aircraft at the nearest airport by lowering its wings and taking off.

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Anyway, excellent design. More info on terrafugia.com

Copenhagen suborbitals HEAT-1X-Tycho Brahe

30 Aug 2010, 9pm

A rocket that can carry a human into space has been built piece by piece by a team of Danish volunteers and it should be launched in September.

Copenhagen Suborbitals

Oh boy! Take notice of their website copenhagensuborbitals.com

Lockheed U-2 Flight at 70,000ft

29 Aug 2010, 3pm

The view from a U-2 cruising at 70,000ft as the sky above turns black and the curvature of the Earth is visible.

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Welcome to world of high flying!

When we fly

28 Aug 2010, 3am

In an age where flying has become almost a reflex, just another mode of transport, the overall number of flights in the air at any particular point in time has reached truly staggering proportions.

Cluster Balloon Jonathan Trappe

According to the ACI (Airports Council International), in 2009, 4.796 billion passengers travelled by air on a total of 74.1 million flights.

Cluster balloon Jonathan Trappe flight track

These views of the aerial next that spans the earth is based on one-minute snapshots of the number of passengers and planes in the air at a given moment in time - little blips on the global radar that add up to an impressive whole.

Design by Andrew van der Westhuyzen.

Gliding video

26 Aug 2010, 9am

This moving video says it all about soaring. I'm lost for words!

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Superb work on all aspects: flying, filming and editing. Let's have more!

Helicopter autorotation

25 Aug 2010, 10am

How to land a Robinson R22 in the event of a power failure.

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Excellent video, showing the manoeuvre in detail!

EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2010: the world's greatest aviation celebration

23 Aug 2010, 4pm

James 'Slick' Wesley Perkins had his video camera and talented eye at AirVenture 2010 and made a powerful assembly of the highlights of the show.

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Outstanding video!

Drifting

22 Aug 2010, 10am

With help of wind, helium and hope Jonathan R. Trappe became the first person to fly across the English Channel while strapped to a cluster of balloons.

Cluster Balloon Jonathan Trappe

This is the flight track:

Cluster balloon Jonathan Trappe flight track

The low-tech nature of the aircraft adds to its innocent charm!

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