First open source plane

Posted on July 30, 2013 by drod_live

http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/makerplane-v1-0-open-source-aircraft

Flying safer

Posted on July 23, 2013 by drod_live

Best way to board in a plane

Posted on September 1, 2011 by drod_live

Boarding those in window seats first followed by middle and aisle seats results in a 40% gain in efficiency.

Military loses contact with hypersonic test plane

Posted on August 12, 2011 by drod_live

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/11/us-usa-defense-hypersonic-idUSTRE77A5RN20110811

An unmanned experimental aircraft designed to glide down from the upper atmosphere at 20 times the speed of sound lost contact with ground control on its second test flight on Thursday, a Pentagon agency said.