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Sukhoi Superjet 100 Factory

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVnNHs613nrrCTW3HkABlBCPBRl2VUim58hSZL3ASmiFAOKslNbceWBeXIJbOJU4ffJneVFhp_x4IMIf5fTpEIlg0HxBasrIJ179NPiPzqfDHdtwus3Pez_7HZJHnn6-S7yonDUSjx-5k/s1600/Russia+Aircraft+Construction+From+A+To+Z+Sukhoi+Superjets+100+Komsomolsk-on-Amur+001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVnNHs613nrrCTW3HkABlBCPBRl2VUim58hSZL3ASmiFAOKslNbceWBeXIJbOJU4ffJneVFhp_x4IMIf5fTpEIlg0HxBasrIJ179NPiPzqfDHdtwus3Pez_7HZJHnn6-S7yonDUSjx-5k/s640/Russia+Aircraft+Construction+From+A+To+Z+Sukhoi+Superjets+100+Komsomolsk-on-Amur+001.jpg" width="640"></a></div><br><div style="text-align: justify;">We've got used to think that Russian production factories are, as a rule, half-destroyed buildings with leaking roofs and crooked staircases ending at the ceiling. However, the aircraft construction factory where they produce Sukhoi Superjets 100 in Komsomolsk-on-Amur, is a sufficient refutation of the charge. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="text-align: justify;"><i>The Sukhoi Superjet 100 (Russian: Сухой Суперджет 100) is a modern, fly-by-wire regional jet in the 75- to 95-seat category. With development starting in 2000, the plane was designed by the civil aircraft division of the Russian aerospace company Sukhoi in co-operation with Western partners. Its maiden flight was conducted on 19 May 2008 and the plane received its Interstate Aviation Committee certification in January 2011 with European Aviation Safety Agency certification expected in mid-2011. On 21 April 2011, the Superjet 100 performed its first commercial passenger flight, on the Armavia route from Yerevan to Moscow.</i></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">About 12 thousand people work at the two departments of the factory. In the first one they make the fuselage, and in the other one they install electronics, engines, etc. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Actually, I found it rather surprise to see so many ladies working in this factory. Don't get me wrong as I never felt woman should be discriminated from engineering work. My wife is also an Engineer. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Let's see how they turn a piece of aluminium into a plane.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_1eFbjxlPtX6dkf3CrDvp7L5UDwOgPvxhZm6nZmsX4uFkkH6KLz0ZTIxKLP14i1tYkgf2dOBxx8LZIB3ot4aPyZ6RMFePh9Zt2NJBxdOsf9f4ta-vWiclOwP9A3PeFebkMMvNSROxePQ/s1600/Russia+Aircraft+Construction+From+A+To+Z+Sukhoi+Superjets+100+Komsomolsk-on-Amur+002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_1eFbjxlPtX6dkf3CrDvp7L5UDwOgPvxhZm6nZmsX4uFkkH6KLz0ZTIxKLP14i1tYkgf2dOBxx8LZIB3ot4aPyZ6RMFePh9Zt2NJBxdOsf9f4ta-vWiclOwP9A3PeFebkMMvNSROxePQ/s640/Russia+Aircraft+Construction+From+A+To+Z+Sukhoi+Superjets+100+Komsomolsk-on-Amur+002.jpg" width="640"></a></div><br><a href="http://aibob.blogspot.com/2011/11/visit-to-sukhoi-superjet-100-factory.html#more">Click to read more »</a>

Sukhoi Superjet 100 Factory

We've got used to think that Russian production factories are, as a rule, half-destroyed buildings with leaking roofs and crooked stairc...

6:02 PM

Tupolev TU-160 - Supersonic White Swan

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibwQIu0GFoAxMfZoyzbQjebRTB30TGTG-gDj5N8Oga7cnKDNVrTXkiB9degZyZH9K8Nu6vup7yuNc4LG6P6ims8kdCy-CTWcCVY8B0qGa0cTHJ3k1wQf6KJiAvn41haeJu9YgDZhi4iY0/s1600/Tupolev+TU-160+%25D0%25A2Y-160+NATO+Blackjack+001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibwQIu0GFoAxMfZoyzbQjebRTB30TGTG-gDj5N8Oga7cnKDNVrTXkiB9degZyZH9K8Nu6vup7yuNc4LG6P6ims8kdCy-CTWcCVY8B0qGa0cTHJ3k1wQf6KJiAvn41haeJu9YgDZhi4iY0/s640/Tupolev+TU-160+%25D0%25A2Y-160+NATO+Blackjack+001.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="640"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">The Tupolev TU-160 (Russian: Туполев ТY-160, NATO reporting name: Blackjack) is a supersonic, variable-sweep wing heavy strategic bomber designed by the Tupolev Design Bureau in the Soviet Union. Although several civil and military transport aircraft are larger in overall dimensions, the TU-160 is currently the world's largest combat aircraft, largest supersonic aircraft, and largest variable-sweep aircraft built. In addition, the TU-160 has the heaviest takeoff weight of any combat aircraft.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuF_PmW3Il8dyYEdSI3POZwxDtXQZzjvMdittk21mhmR5Nl_bD7m96i8LtK6HbvuuCB7C5S6xpALrAv75UGfBWqBxzeB8jnH6OkKXKcPyf0rXE3sc1Bo7azmXdBCBF5cnB-g_FT2SWgQg/s1600/9_P_1276541188073.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuF_PmW3Il8dyYEdSI3POZwxDtXQZzjvMdittk21mhmR5Nl_bD7m96i8LtK6HbvuuCB7C5S6xpALrAv75UGfBWqBxzeB8jnH6OkKXKcPyf0rXE3sc1Bo7azmXdBCBF5cnB-g_FT2SWgQg/s640/9_P_1276541188073.jpg" width="640"></a></div><br><div style="text-align: justify;">Entering service in 1987, the TU-160 was the last strategic bomber designed for the Soviet Union. The aircraft remains in limited production, with at least 16 aircraft currently in service with the Russian Air Force.</div><br><a href="http://aibob.blogspot.com/2011/11/tupolev-tu-160-supersonic-white-swan.html#more">Click to read more »</a>

Tupolev TU-160 - Supersonic White Swan

The Tupolev TU-160 (Russian: Туполев ТY-160, NATO reporting name: Blackjack) is a supersonic, variable-sweep wing heavy strategic bomber des...

10:51 PM

Flying 101 Lesson By Kulula Airlines

<div style="text-align: justify;">Kulula (South Africa's favourite low fare airline), have recently released this fantastic new aircraft livery entitled Flying 101. Kulula are well known for their fun marketing exploits and this one lives up to their high standards. Each part of the aircraft is labelled with humorous captions.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Flying 101 has flown around the world several time thanks to the power of email and internet. This plane was designed in-house by our graphic design team as part of our bigger strategy to demystify air travel and explain some of the unknowns around air travel and flying. Look out for some of the quirky likes like 'The big cheese' pointing to the Captain and 'The black box – that's actually orange'.<br><br>I have to say that I really like Fukula Plane livery. Not only it come in super cool bright green colour, it also encourage people to know term aeronautical engineering. Thumbs up!</div><br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqA-G_9-FGZE4y3hsOrEBHQQ35n3pDWxGb3j9WcX-iJwSnSlkeh8QLBBcoB8nyuUV4zDBVJX3MRrPQ7PWu2HMx97WRFd4GfL7jvQpw7EAEm7YMgKjqa54WOxQE8bwCLA0hwA_xYpyPgtc/s1600/kulula-flying-101-plane-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqA-G_9-FGZE4y3hsOrEBHQQ35n3pDWxGb3j9WcX-iJwSnSlkeh8QLBBcoB8nyuUV4zDBVJX3MRrPQ7PWu2HMx97WRFd4GfL7jvQpw7EAEm7YMgKjqa54WOxQE8bwCLA0hwA_xYpyPgtc/s640/kulula-flying-101-plane-1.jpg" width="640"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.kulula.com/info/aircraft-pictures-kulula-fleet-photo-gallery.aspx" target="_blank">Source</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCNAyov9L1I_6drwpa5_lK3tGBWplROwFnMocFiP-v_2Lo0xJavRHFpA3zuJ0hqLxIEhnaBR7d44xl1QuFg_KnUVt1z_jFJviwitrot5ivstT00P9Y_wfnhiwhqYJZkkwtYM-Ww5qC0NQ/s1600/kulula-flying-101-plane-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCNAyov9L1I_6drwpa5_lK3tGBWplROwFnMocFiP-v_2Lo0xJavRHFpA3zuJ0hqLxIEhnaBR7d44xl1QuFg_KnUVt1z_jFJviwitrot5ivstT00P9Y_wfnhiwhqYJZkkwtYM-Ww5qC0NQ/s640/kulula-flying-101-plane-2.jpg" width="640"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.kulula.com/info/aircraft-pictures-kulula-fleet-photo-gallery.aspx" target="_blank">Source</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br><a href="http://aibob.blogspot.com/2011/11/kulula-flying-101.html#more">Click to read more »</a>

Flying 101 Lesson By Kulula Airlines

Kulula (South Africa's favourite low fare airline), have recently released this fantastic new aircraft livery entitled Flying 101. Kulul...

5:57 AM

Khotilovo Village - MiG-31 Training Center

<div style="text-align: justify;">The Mikoyan MiG-31 (Russian: Микоян МиГ-31, NATO reporting name: Foxhound) is a supersonic interceptor aircraft developed to replace the MiG-25 Foxbat. The MiG-31 was designed by the Mikoyan design bureau based on the MiG-25.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div>Let's visit the military air base in Khotilovo village and look at pilots of the MiG-31 aircraft at work.<br><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDkpDLeIzpN93S5A3gl7IeanfAwQXoYDRaYWl4L5XCnlKXXUp7LrawLU7JMQWTqNnGkI6GhwwUv8nNWTH6tJKykkMi9AKOUQzrpvLcCvGTIYCnSdvJlrEISHR9bmWokxwLVxk7lbJW1UE/s1600/Mikoyan+MiG-31+001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDkpDLeIzpN93S5A3gl7IeanfAwQXoYDRaYWl4L5XCnlKXXUp7LrawLU7JMQWTqNnGkI6GhwwUv8nNWTH6tJKykkMi9AKOUQzrpvLcCvGTIYCnSdvJlrEISHR9bmWokxwLVxk7lbJW1UE/s640/Mikoyan+MiG-31+001.jpg" width="640"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjohZhUHHXZZZsKrs7yc9Yysu9xoz7B1SebAFvoWyqpbYqX9fPg3t9ed_Le_XEzW_X_mDy_-tiRYLEp2JN-R5WdyvFamSftUMhMsJgDw7RprqRNXk0SG2F1w1neAyXVsfsbiuXWmzq1jWk/s1600/Mikoyan+MiG-31+002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjohZhUHHXZZZsKrs7yc9Yysu9xoz7B1SebAFvoWyqpbYqX9fPg3t9ed_Le_XEzW_X_mDy_-tiRYLEp2JN-R5WdyvFamSftUMhMsJgDw7RprqRNXk0SG2F1w1neAyXVsfsbiuXWmzq1jWk/s640/Mikoyan+MiG-31+002.jpg" width="640"></a></div><br><div style="text-align: justify;">The MiG-31 is a supersonic interceptor aircraft. It is the first Soviet airplane of the 4th generation intended for annihilation of air targets at any height and in any weather conditions. Four such planes are able to control the space which can be 800-900 km long.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><a href="http://aibob.blogspot.com/2011/10/khotilovo-village-mig-31-training.html#more">Click to read more »</a>

Khotilovo Village - MiG-31 Training Center

The Mikoyan MiG-31 (Russian: Микоян МиГ-31, NATO reporting name: Foxhound) is a supersonic interceptor aircraft developed to replace the MiG...

7:39 AM

Rare Photos Of Antonov AN-255 Mriya From 1980s

<div style="text-align: justify;">The Antonov AN-225 Mriya is a strategic airlift cargo aircraft, designed by the Antonov Design Bureau (Ukrainian aircraft manufacturing and services company) in the 1980s. It is the world's largest and heaviest aircraft in the world (max. takeoff weight greater than 600 tonne). </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The main reason it is built is to transport the Buran orbiter. It was an enlargement of the successful AN-124 Ruslan. AN-225's as known as Mriya which means Dream or Inspiration in Ukrainian. The Antonov AN-225 was designed to airlift the Energia rocket's boosters and the Buran space shuttle for the Soviet space program. It was developed as a replacement for the Myasishchev VM-T.</div><br><div style="text-align: justify;">Collection of original photos of Antonov AN-225 Mriya in action for what it built for. That is to carry the Buran space shuttle. Photos taken in 1980s.</div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheVpQbHqOENhyphenhyphen_kyo31EnIlh_jjlPkoOslTq2AwSo0TEC35ux0mUVEgVVH3jlad_X-h5pE9MxtBGcyRo4TsW2rjhlgeSFpItcH1AM_TfipcmpuSHljph5Jh381yQOapouq3mIJVndTYDp_/s1600/ANTONOV+AN-225+1980+01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheVpQbHqOENhyphenhyphen_kyo31EnIlh_jjlPkoOslTq2AwSo0TEC35ux0mUVEgVVH3jlad_X-h5pE9MxtBGcyRo4TsW2rjhlgeSFpItcH1AM_TfipcmpuSHljph5Jh381yQOapouq3mIJVndTYDp_/s640/ANTONOV+AN-225+1980+01.jpg" width="640"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuRtcLRCV-bHvnR786rGtRJVrVOMdUdTx3J1rchFPwUFUv5L3BogC95pDiCeh06cdvbHDo_YuvnurklQ_lU4aiDQHc6D5cCEyL5_Z-U0tm7hyphenhyphenyIqAAl4BbCBxE5gp4GTHPqHnE-9O6ohiU/s1600/ANTONOV+AN-225+1980+02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuRtcLRCV-bHvnR786rGtRJVrVOMdUdTx3J1rchFPwUFUv5L3BogC95pDiCeh06cdvbHDo_YuvnurklQ_lU4aiDQHc6D5cCEyL5_Z-U0tm7hyphenhyphenyIqAAl4BbCBxE5gp4GTHPqHnE-9O6ohiU/s640/ANTONOV+AN-225+1980+02.jpg" width="640"></a></div><br><a href="http://aibob.blogspot.com/2011/10/rare-photos-of-antonov-255-mriya-from.html#more">Click to read more »</a>

Rare Photos Of Antonov AN-255 Mriya From 1980s

The Antonov AN-225 Mriya is a strategic airlift cargo aircraft, designed by the Antonov Design Bureau (Ukrainian aircraft manufacturing and ...

3:13 AM

Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird

<div style="text-align: justify;">The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird was an advanced, long-range, Mach 3+ strategic reconnaissance aircraft. It was developed as a black project from the Lockheed A-12 reconnaissance aircraft in the 1960s by the Lockheed Skunk Works. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4i4R8lxa3JkeBo3cTYebxMgVOUlf46BmxEm-aK9KpHujsL1ADO9CsJ7Eghsb9y6Nzlqe8HLi39iQw-EtgAhFPULdb6exZ2YBJYB1kV_t-IjYQMjXdSESqf1IQJGWDpqwwKl6szAeWAeRp/s1600/sr-71-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4i4R8lxa3JkeBo3cTYebxMgVOUlf46BmxEm-aK9KpHujsL1ADO9CsJ7Eghsb9y6Nzlqe8HLi39iQw-EtgAhFPULdb6exZ2YBJYB1kV_t-IjYQMjXdSESqf1IQJGWDpqwwKl6szAeWAeRp/s640/sr-71-1.jpg" width="640"></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Clarence Kelly Johnson was responsible for many of the design's innovative concepts. During reconnaissance missions the SR-71 operated at high speeds and altitudes to allow it to outrace threats. If a surface-to-air missile launch was detected, the standard evasive action was simply to accelerate and outrun the missile.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6cYN56uhj6KBCl4dHYf-Q_FNYOje5H-Klx1AMeFgKZKCxJQb9-RJyxJL80Mb5VeG8xfoDp5uUQuTgvsepVJWMCz1rxWXWQmc_ezBibI9BHZl5p6DaB0xtHJEwtAnTfCsZgFelCX5-VAAS/s1600/Sr71_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6cYN56uhj6KBCl4dHYf-Q_FNYOje5H-Klx1AMeFgKZKCxJQb9-RJyxJL80Mb5VeG8xfoDp5uUQuTgvsepVJWMCz1rxWXWQmc_ezBibI9BHZl5p6DaB0xtHJEwtAnTfCsZgFelCX5-VAAS/s640/Sr71_1.jpg" width="640"></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The SR-71 served with the U.S. Air Force from 1964 to 1998. Although 12 of the 32 aircraft built were destroyed in accidents, none were lost to enemy action. The SR-71 was unofficially named the Blackbird, and called the Habu by its crews, referring to an Okinawan species of pit viper. Since 1976, it has held the world record for the fastest air-breathing manned aircraft</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><a href="http://aibob.blogspot.com/2011/08/lockheed-sr-71-blackbird.html#more">Click to read more »</a>

Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird

The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird was an advanced, long-range, Mach 3+ strategic reconnaissance aircraft. It was developed as a black project fro...

12:41 AM

Porsche VS Red Bull Air Race Plane

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8pi5OOH6ffeUODCAf1JeYlpUD8-OM2MLfQkkE71BYmQkiulvIDg2PzbTiaIEuPaF6XZUNs25OEnx0NuQjTh5BKX3FJXMH7LtZxHSL8H7weft69HdYJki6UTl4mv213-a6px4sKAYBfSU/s1600/Porsche+vs+Air+Race+Plane+-+Kirby+Chambliss+2011.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8pi5OOH6ffeUODCAf1JeYlpUD8-OM2MLfQkkE71BYmQkiulvIDg2PzbTiaIEuPaF6XZUNs25OEnx0NuQjTh5BKX3FJXMH7LtZxHSL8H7weft69HdYJki6UTl4mv213-a6px4sKAYBfSU/s640/Porsche+vs+Air+Race+Plane+-+Kirby+Chambliss+2011.bmp" width="640" /></a></div><br />Kirby Chambliss puts his Red Bull Air Race plane up against a Porsche in a speed challenge.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/i72jDODnPr4?rel=0&hd=1" width="640"></iframe></div>

Porsche VS Red Bull Air Race Plane

Kirby Chambliss puts his Red Bull Air Race plane up against a Porsche in a speed challenge.

8:30 AM

Chinese UFO

<div style="text-align: justify;">Chinese farmer Shu Mansheng's life-sized flying saucer wheel is only the latest and greatest from the People's Republic.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Guys like Mansheng don't build their own flying machines because they're looking to make a quick buck  they do it because they're passionate about this stuff. Mansheng's flying machine is powered by eight motorcycle motors with propellers. Aerodynamics? Mansheng doesn't need that. All he needs is ambition to build.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">And that's what the Chinese farmer has. The 18-foot diameter machine that's worth about USD 3,135 in parts is Mansheng's fifth prototype and can hover 3.3-feet in the air for about 10 seconds with him in it. No remote controls here, my friends. Da Vinci would be proud.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">More of a proof-of-concept, Mansheng's hovering drone is just another reminder of how hard work and perseverance can lead to results.</div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipJElBPWEjphYKnY1E3sqJCf5t_zmIsGdmXa8ZqoNGOyfPFhApHHgqqXYfvIuWgtizSEGIcRZAgZnFy3ln8m5QY1BtTeiMFfUOHhUNbgdtXYWyIDeQi2TwGkl1-PIpbe57UtUEfljk_sI/s1600/China+UFO+03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipJElBPWEjphYKnY1E3sqJCf5t_zmIsGdmXa8ZqoNGOyfPFhApHHgqqXYfvIuWgtizSEGIcRZAgZnFy3ln8m5QY1BtTeiMFfUOHhUNbgdtXYWyIDeQi2TwGkl1-PIpbe57UtUEfljk_sI/s640/China+UFO+03.jpg" width="640"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM4P5Y_NyR4-aeSJDf_ThlECM-5w_GbKsg9x6BbuY7SUFOiBLytuTl67gQHtAcVLjYFXVXK5-b8EiCAxO8dMxiNznRLuhNOELJpooINA4vzAzIDnfBsncbNlscAy7lCGwcfO4_jLXVhwQ/s1600/China+UFO+05.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM4P5Y_NyR4-aeSJDf_ThlECM-5w_GbKsg9x6BbuY7SUFOiBLytuTl67gQHtAcVLjYFXVXK5-b8EiCAxO8dMxiNznRLuhNOELJpooINA4vzAzIDnfBsncbNlscAy7lCGwcfO4_jLXVhwQ/s640/China+UFO+05.jpg" width="640"></a></div><br><a href="http://aibob.blogspot.com/2011/09/chinese-ufo.html#more">Click to read more »</a>

Chinese UFO

Chinese farmer Shu Mansheng's life-sized flying saucer wheel is only the latest and greatest from the People's Republic. Guys like M...

7:56 AM

Moment Of Impact In Reno Crash

<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTorP-UqCSeOzXLHSZvWEd9g5KmrQ_R-eZgo8YVsTe5vYUqFa3Rcv5QSn-A9CYWHGfKpF7_snUIeMSEcw8gu28P58cMkNq_KkMvGehiU4EHdy9Wxr4354BeTehhF2JkzTAaVeCvnLUJFZE/s1600/526479-reno-air-show-crash.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTorP-UqCSeOzXLHSZvWEd9g5KmrQ_R-eZgo8YVsTe5vYUqFa3Rcv5QSn-A9CYWHGfKpF7_snUIeMSEcw8gu28P58cMkNq_KkMvGehiU4EHdy9Wxr4354BeTehhF2JkzTAaVeCvnLUJFZE/s640/526479-reno-air-show-crash.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Clear video of Reno Crash. This new video shows moment of impact in Reno crash. The impact create a crater in the tarmac roughly one metre deep and 2.4 metres wide. It also killed 9 people at the moment with many still injured. Some of it are badly injured.</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=10,0,0,0" height="360" id="msnbc81d899" width="640"><param name="movie" value="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32545640" /><param name="FlashVars" value="launch=44576019&width=640&height=360" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><embed name="msnbc81d899" src="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32545640" width="640" height="360" FlashVars="launch=44576019&width=640&height=360" allowscriptaccess="always" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></embed></object><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Source from <a href="http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/vp/44576019#44576019">MSNBC</a></div></div>

Moment Of Impact In Reno Crash

Clear video of Reno Crash. This new video shows moment of impact in Reno crash. The impact create a crater in the tarmac roughly one metre d...

7:52 AM

How Commercial Airplanes Are Laid Out

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #505050; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 24px;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD5X_6KqCwlJNjm-XQ0AHSzFaaOu1zrYK0ohTMO1ydExvXcadrXLBUwX5RG7nv_jVkM165qC2OlxcPQMwaMangk97tawFLOdvZNgzya1l3Gt6Pd7FfE-3e84JAlW75STM4oKVvgbNy1A/s0/commercial-airplanes-seat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: #999999; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="How Commercial Airplanes Are Laid Out" border="0" class="quimby_search_image" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD5X_6KqCwlJNjm-XQ0AHSzFaaOu1zrYK0ohTMO1ydExvXcadrXLBUwX5RG7nv_jVkM165qC2OlxcPQMwaMangk97tawFLOdvZNgzya1l3Gt6Pd7FfE-3e84JAlW75STM4oKVvgbNy1A/s0/commercial-airplanes-seat.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="How Commercial Airplanes Are Laid Out" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Source from <a href="http://theoatmeal.com/comics/airplane_layout">The Oat Meal</a></div>

How Commercial Airplanes Are Laid Out

Source from The Oat Meal

9:19 AM

Awesome RC Plane With On Board Camera

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Toys are infinitely cooler these days than they were when we were kids. While we had to subside on crappy Lego houses and weak Nerf guns, youngsters now get to craft accurate models of the Millennium Falcon and play with a foam arsenal that would make the CIA blush with envy.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">There aren't words to describe how awesome this is. At least for a nerd like me.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">By using a live feed from the camera, the pilot effectively gets the same view out of the cockpit that an actual pilot would enjoy. The creator even wired up an altimeter so the pilot can tell exactly how far off the ground the plane is at any given moment.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp1oYZw9OPZIRVaSMUeTwV65Z6nDwqdWyW6DAmfJaz0NZ9vpxyRJizNDyqR0XZDtExstJzmFiAnPgqGWv8FGLf8qvkKCerZWOm5uGJIkw9lGVW1ckq-g8nsu8M4xzHD0mINOvNpP_t82s/s1600/rc-f16-fighter-630.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp1oYZw9OPZIRVaSMUeTwV65Z6nDwqdWyW6DAmfJaz0NZ9vpxyRJizNDyqR0XZDtExstJzmFiAnPgqGWv8FGLf8qvkKCerZWOm5uGJIkw9lGVW1ckq-g8nsu8M4xzHD0mINOvNpP_t82s/s640/rc-f16-fighter-630.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">According to the creator:</div><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>A micro camera is installed on-board an RC plane F-16. The camera transmit live the video to ground and I wear video goggle to fly the plane in real time like if I was in the cockpit. The camera replace the head of the pilot and the movement of the cam is control by the movement of my head on ground via a head mount gyroscope (head tracker) </i></div></blockquote><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>The whole system cost me around USD 1500 including the plane. But it is many hours of hand made modification. You can start with simpler video system that cost around USD 500 and install it on your own RC plane. Search for FPV on the web for more info about my hobby.</i></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="510" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Q5OZCWaJBdc?rel=0" width="640"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Source from <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2011/08/31/r-c-f16-jet-with-swiveling-pilots-view-blows-our-tiny-little-mi/">Autoblog</a></div>

Awesome RC Plane With On Board Camera

Toys are infinitely cooler these days than they were when we were kids. While we had to subside on crappy Lego houses and weak Nerf guns, yo...

7:32 PM

Antonov AN-124 - Ruslan

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW37y_jUu6YWpHaQHF7EDL66sLok4T3C5MBv0nNdnhiC7CDVIat9xEAvBhfZXPTBZVA5O0GTtXL-IEikFseRa8RaRqXE9J22LpnLOrYNusgXHoLb3rgYvEtXnY9l4CkxSOwaq9whYQepY/s1600/an-124-100_120.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW37y_jUu6YWpHaQHF7EDL66sLok4T3C5MBv0nNdnhiC7CDVIat9xEAvBhfZXPTBZVA5O0GTtXL-IEikFseRa8RaRqXE9J22LpnLOrYNusgXHoLb3rgYvEtXnY9l4CkxSOwaq9whYQepY/s640/an-124-100_120.jpg" width="640"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">The Antonov AN-124 Ruslan is a strategic airlift jet aircraft. It was designed by the Ukrainian SSR's Antonov design bureau, then part of the Soviet Union. It is the world's largest ever serially-manufactured cargo airplane and world's second largest operating cargo aircraft. Ruslan is a male given name used mainly Russians, Tatars, and Ukrainians. The bigger brother of AN-124 Ruslan is <a href="http://aibob.blogspot.com/2011/07/antonov-225-mriya.html">AN-225 Mriya</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh769J1pGXE2RWPZxfF5ekEYBOn3s41XI7aDN8LNahh4TWpM3w_4huW-2aUkibOhspP17aKu9I71SdqvHK_NH99QasodzS68AhxHTtLLZskWJatkZfsi4J9Vq58qqIh-8XcaGkHEvIM7EA/s1600/000000004299Rfd1278466418.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh769J1pGXE2RWPZxfF5ekEYBOn3s41XI7aDN8LNahh4TWpM3w_4huW-2aUkibOhspP17aKu9I71SdqvHK_NH99QasodzS68AhxHTtLLZskWJatkZfsi4J9Vq58qqIh-8XcaGkHEvIM7EA/s640/000000004299Rfd1278466418.jpg" width="640"></a></div><br><div style="text-align: justify;">During development it was known as Izdeliye 400, and AN-40 in the West. First flown in 1982, civil certification was issued on 30 December 1992. Over forty are in service (26 civilian models with airlines and 10 firm orders as of August 2006) and 20 were in commercial use in 1998 in Ukraine, Russia, the United Arab Emirates and Libya.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><a href="http://aibob.blogspot.com/2011/08/antonov-124-ruslan.html#more">Click to read more »</a>

Antonov AN-124 - Ruslan

The Antonov AN-124 Ruslan is a strategic airlift jet aircraft. It was designed by the Ukrainian SSR's Antonov design bureau, then part o...

12:39 AM

B-52 - NASA Balls 8

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbhnTSMtOLClWzjO6pxaGjMZbx-Fj_CKYlB-IYIT5viT0Csnx4Qzb-ZvSy5LmTxQwLRuyMOMdNRqmyBCXbCAvO6bU_zGN7tt3ADLTNpHN8UHzV9yxwIQL91O7fTdHE9ndqtI8DF7meLpE/s1600/nasa-nb-52-b-balls-8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbhnTSMtOLClWzjO6pxaGjMZbx-Fj_CKYlB-IYIT5viT0Csnx4Qzb-ZvSy5LmTxQwLRuyMOMdNRqmyBCXbCAvO6bU_zGN7tt3ADLTNpHN8UHzV9yxwIQL91O7fTdHE9ndqtI8DF7meLpE/s640/nasa-nb-52-b-balls-8.jpg" width="640"></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">If you’re familiar with those inspired aviation images depicting X-Planes launched from beneath the wing of a Boeing B-52 bomber, chances are that “mothership” was NASA NB-52B, tail number 52-008, known to pilots as Balls 8. After almost 50 years of dedicated service to research and development, ending in 2004, Balls 8 is now preserved at Edwards Air Force Base.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRhhF3S9XSImCzRtPkU8i6Ut7-zB6KRAvO8JvYw1dXZDmmQPOiNnJ8FjJ54eM4igoKgPLCNojYQ__ClkhELNIMuo2zwTFMvB_GHDb8xOK1StbpXBWGNc1WE02q__H5DrvSWuKdhplHBOA/s1600/nb-52b-balls-8-x-15.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRhhF3S9XSImCzRtPkU8i6Ut7-zB6KRAvO8JvYw1dXZDmmQPOiNnJ8FjJ54eM4igoKgPLCNojYQ__ClkhELNIMuo2zwTFMvB_GHDb8xOK1StbpXBWGNc1WE02q__H5DrvSWuKdhplHBOA/s640/nb-52b-balls-8-x-15.jpg" width="640"></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Originally built as an RB-52B reconnaissance variant for the U.S. Air Force, Balls 8 first took to the sky on June 11, 1955.  After being transferred to NASA in 1959, the massive Stratofortress was modified to an X-15 launch platform at North American Aviation’s Palmdale plant, receiving the new designation NB-52B.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><a href="http://aibob.blogspot.com/2011/08/b-52-nasa-balls-8.html#more">Click to read more »</a>

B-52 - NASA Balls 8

If you’re familiar with those inspired aviation images depicting X-Planes launched from beneath the wing of a Boeing B-52 bomber, chances ar...

6:27 AM

Abuja's Plane House - For The Love Of Travelling

<div style="text-align: justify;">Journalist Jonathan Blundell snapped a photo of this <i>aircraft house</i> in Abuja, Nigeria in 2006. At first glance, you might thought this was a horrible plane crash. But it turns out this site was no accident. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The aircraft replica forms a portico above the front door of the building presiding over what appears to be a pleasant hillside villa. A door beneath the starboard wing likely provides access to a roof deck. Not a plane home in the true sense, this odd accessory nevertheless falls into the same category. For me, it is pretty ugly though. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">At first I guess the owner is pilot. But it turn out that Said Jammal built their home in a shape of an airplane to honor his wife's love of travel.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_VbpjPX7UoRqcqfoXlLGl7sdS46UvGTa1h_CRbjzPo_vVZWPDKPCOX1tdPO7cfKaB7sagBKMFu4h17Mp3jR00vx3Hl0cv7qj6EM9E4IJfXnNpbHSbHSGGbXWRuIZCO8_fpMEm3w8X3yA/s1600/271603530_a34cf8ccbd_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_VbpjPX7UoRqcqfoXlLGl7sdS46UvGTa1h_CRbjzPo_vVZWPDKPCOX1tdPO7cfKaB7sagBKMFu4h17Mp3jR00vx3Hl0cv7qj6EM9E4IJfXnNpbHSbHSGGbXWRuIZCO8_fpMEm3w8X3yA/s640/271603530_a34cf8ccbd_o.jpg" width="640"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3vn0Sao2vF3jQzyf-WnFkfja0MvKSiGQyZzh4p1MBs-LwuQzigFP1aTOdXp7D8Xb332P35js3Gy8UdZdxIwuX6xOCWTF7QXapCK1yMc7bQXMFt7zRDjlBDuzOHHsFM9dZSXYd5uuBVqs/s1600/planehse.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3vn0Sao2vF3jQzyf-WnFkfja0MvKSiGQyZzh4p1MBs-LwuQzigFP1aTOdXp7D8Xb332P35js3Gy8UdZdxIwuX6xOCWTF7QXapCK1yMc7bQXMFt7zRDjlBDuzOHHsFM9dZSXYd5uuBVqs/s640/planehse.jpg" width="640"></a></div><a href="http://aibob.blogspot.com/2011/08/abujas-plane-house-for-love-of.html#more">Click to read more »</a>

Abuja's Plane House - For The Love Of Travelling

Journalist Jonathan Blundell snapped a photo of this aircraft house in Abuja, Nigeria in 2006. At first glance, you might thought this was...

12:26 AM

F/A-37 Talon - Fictional Stealth Aircraft

<div style="text-align: justify;">In modern day film making, special effects alone can accomplish what the likes of George Lucas and Clint Eastwood achieved, through a combination of models and clever photography, in Star Wars and Firefox.  But close-up shots demand accuracy and even today the only way to achieve authenticity is through the use of full size replica aircraft, assuming the real thing doesn't exist or isn't available. One of the example is F/A - 37 Talon for the 2005 movie Stealth. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDDZIDZlJyghfU_WoobjNR0a44STqxtIQ9UybfZlpLkaP1Z5NxIcKYAedd8PkKqL-BaaRB0yUrbgv6NldHNFy9sEfe0NAPUUPo2DbxrxAVMWGL-7NtTUigLRgeVDanUwBxYb4Wd5oHkwY/s1600/talon-5-800.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDDZIDZlJyghfU_WoobjNR0a44STqxtIQ9UybfZlpLkaP1Z5NxIcKYAedd8PkKqL-BaaRB0yUrbgv6NldHNFy9sEfe0NAPUUPo2DbxrxAVMWGL-7NtTUigLRgeVDanUwBxYb4Wd5oHkwY/s640/talon-5-800.jpg" width="640"></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The F/A-37 Talon is a near-future, single-seat fighter aircraft of the U.S. Navy in the 2005 film Stealth. In the movie's fictional world, the only 37s are operating as a three-plane flight for field evaluation, from the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (although actually filmed on the USS Carl Vinson)</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9BRnfhM7RlWd6DQC9-upEeA3vYsOX9XZfLHHjvwLYDygkhcNiSIdinSnFCDWKUFJVLHf0vAOI_TuTfYhiFBy9lxwzxKKQKDQHoFJHDesd1QcKWRVNbgCh9lSYArzfs30AeULrEDKmbso/s1600/F-A-37-Talon-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9BRnfhM7RlWd6DQC9-upEeA3vYsOX9XZfLHHjvwLYDygkhcNiSIdinSnFCDWKUFJVLHf0vAOI_TuTfYhiFBy9lxwzxKKQKDQHoFJHDesd1QcKWRVNbgCh9lSYArzfs30AeULrEDKmbso/s640/F-A-37-Talon-2.jpg" width="640"></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Talon is capable of hypersonic flight with two combined Pulse Detonation/Scramjet engines. As the movie's title suggests, the Talon has stealth capability, along with movable, forward sweep, switchblade wings, an internal cannon for close-in fights, and an internal rotary launcher with a wide variety of ordnance, including GAU-12 Equalizer, AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missiles, AGM-88 HARM anti-radiation missiles, AGM-130C air-to-surface missiles (called "Blue Ferret" in the movie), FAEs, or fuel air explosives, of an unknown variety, and Truncheon implosion bombs.<br><br></div><a href="http://aibob.blogspot.com/2011/08/fa-37-talon-fictional-stealth-aircraft.html#more">Click to read more »</a>

F/A-37 Talon - Fictional Stealth Aircraft

In modern day film making, special effects alone can accomplish what the likes of George Lucas and Clint Eastwood achieved, through a combin...

5:57 PM

Cool Aircraft Images

Image compilation of aircrafts. Some of these images are really nice and exhilarating. Enjoy...<br><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9gjYE6Q5zojFgjjTzC9lVojxLxWzvDzS9M6SERwffFWlvw0y7A4S4qU9Bec4NLiy0vKpL6pk4SK9WdgEXqJqVp93KFDnz4pyr9obmNgvD41WKG3A5xDSQMorbI-COjMS_O1y91SXmLOc/s1600/3133457645_8fb80cbb02_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9gjYE6Q5zojFgjjTzC9lVojxLxWzvDzS9M6SERwffFWlvw0y7A4S4qU9Bec4NLiy0vKpL6pk4SK9WdgEXqJqVp93KFDnz4pyr9obmNgvD41WKG3A5xDSQMorbI-COjMS_O1y91SXmLOc/s640/3133457645_8fb80cbb02_o.jpg" width="640"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA2V54iPKJwSBEOaP-1a8LeSwRgnBqvp4FzmN4axHUSZs2viQZ1nOOYjMoUC2-kAnk6D0Jj58-J1_Zlzd6RUxo2Pf4jSTCKSGSHkPihJGqsAAWgsm0d8u8kXWBLfxYJzugnIBYzhUYQso/s1600/2636068209_568e409e1e_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA2V54iPKJwSBEOaP-1a8LeSwRgnBqvp4FzmN4axHUSZs2viQZ1nOOYjMoUC2-kAnk6D0Jj58-J1_Zlzd6RUxo2Pf4jSTCKSGSHkPihJGqsAAWgsm0d8u8kXWBLfxYJzugnIBYzhUYQso/s640/2636068209_568e409e1e_b.jpg" width="640"></a></div><a href="http://aibob.blogspot.com/2011/08/cool-aircraft-images.html#more">Click to read more »</a>

Cool Aircraft Images

Image compilation of aircrafts. Some of these images are really nice and exhilarating. Enjoy... Click to read more »

4:08 AM

When Bird Become Real Life Angry Bird

<div style="text-align: justify;">Unlike the Angry Bird game when you happily smash the birdie all over the place, the real life condition are not really fun. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7V2phgpNki5B6KbLWkbBOhuwONUjIGweI1NEqbmFd7qSL5eMQvBcpLqEDYHTHzQvthbH5197q3Q3nd6cGjzj5IjP21pq5sUQTJjdkibTZcoX51qsz_CUtF3v2fNIQd1pOChlACdZcrr8/s1600/0620854.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7V2phgpNki5B6KbLWkbBOhuwONUjIGweI1NEqbmFd7qSL5eMQvBcpLqEDYHTHzQvthbH5197q3Q3nd6cGjzj5IjP21pq5sUQTJjdkibTZcoX51qsz_CUtF3v2fNIQd1pOChlACdZcrr8/s640/0620854.jpg" width="640"></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">BASH (Bird Aircraft Strike Hazard) is a collision between an airborne animal and a man-made vehicle, especially aircraft. The term is also used for bird deaths resulting from collisions with man made structures such as power lines, towers and wind turbines. A bug strike is an impairment of an aircraft or aviator by an airborne insect.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3NFEzDQ0wDnVJoy3z1KB655c-MDvlYxXK0f1XdZE2Wka4u9YjwO-MLX-QdXn9yEOHfYLgQ08scd4AS_Hvq6ujQu3EKnZ4s2DFR7ok2FRWBuEYghmm4zea5AEtokFjUWrkj2zUL9YMku8/s1600/Dusseldorf+bird+strike.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3NFEzDQ0wDnVJoy3z1KB655c-MDvlYxXK0f1XdZE2Wka4u9YjwO-MLX-QdXn9yEOHfYLgQ08scd4AS_Hvq6ujQu3EKnZ4s2DFR7ok2FRWBuEYghmm4zea5AEtokFjUWrkj2zUL9YMku8/s640/Dusseldorf+bird+strike.JPG" width="640"></a></div><a href="http://aibob.blogspot.com/2011/07/when-bird-become-angry-bird.html#more">Click to read more »</a>

When Bird Become Real Life Angry Bird

Unlike the Angry Bird game when you happily smash the birdie all over the place, the real life condition are not really fun. BASH (Bird Air...

5:04 AM

Antonov AN-225 - The Mriya

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: cener;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYPCm09v9tOfjh1agkcSXd9ft-mXgwhyphenhyphenuNGlNSF46dXneSkDbOUGqyE-E-OlbEdShM5LQqa9DITshNG_DOe0WF3xF5HFetm4ACV2vj9CX2-ZFVXoO9JV3KXeb0-4p-k9qYFr84iWRxG8A/s1600/Antanov_225_%25282010%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="158" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYPCm09v9tOfjh1agkcSXd9ft-mXgwhyphenhyphenuNGlNSF46dXneSkDbOUGqyE-E-OlbEdShM5LQqa9DITshNG_DOe0WF3xF5HFetm4ACV2vj9CX2-ZFVXoO9JV3KXeb0-4p-k9qYFr84iWRxG8A/s640/Antanov_225_%25282010%2529.JPG" width="640"></a></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Antonov AN-225 Mriya is a strategic airlift cargo aircraft, designed by the Antonov Design Bureau (Ukrainian aircraft manufacturing and services company) in the 1980s. It is the world's largest and heaviest aircraft in the world (max. takeoff weight greater than 600 tonne). The main reason it is built is to transport the Buran orbiter. It was an enlargement of the successful <a href="http://aibob.blogspot.com/2011/08/antonov-124-ruslan.html">AN-124 Ruslan</a>. AN-225's as known as Mriya which means Dream or Inspiration in Ukrainian.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNEX1GePrCUYQ6Bz91CpZW80ldJlJuwG3EkB4y_BirLP1mAMRIrEPUkHa8v0mrjTT9bEfS1ElZw_amNiUI_WybLGqgPhF6vnOK_pUfmj7XdlOmZ-s4AnO8q5njmxP9aqAtA9Xk9ISrw0A/s1600/antonov-an-22511.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNEX1GePrCUYQ6Bz91CpZW80ldJlJuwG3EkB4y_BirLP1mAMRIrEPUkHa8v0mrjTT9bEfS1ElZw_amNiUI_WybLGqgPhF6vnOK_pUfmj7XdlOmZ-s4AnO8q5njmxP9aqAtA9Xk9ISrw0A/s640/antonov-an-22511.jpg" width="640"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">The first AN-225 was completed in 1988 a a second AN-225 has been partially completed. The one AN-225 is in commercial operation with the Antonov Airlines carrying oversized payload</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br></div><a href="http://aibob.blogspot.com/2011/07/antonov-225-mriya.html#more">Click to read more »</a>

Antonov AN-225 - The Mriya

The Antonov AN-225 Mriya is a strategic airlift cargo aircraft, designed by the Antonov Design Bureau (Ukrainian aircraft manufacturing and ...

5:06 AM

Russia Rocket Launch Part 2

<div style="text-align: justify;">This a continuation from <a href="http://aibob.blogspot.com/2011/07/russia-rocket-launch_20.html">previous post</a>. We’ll continue and see more pictures of Soyuz rocket launching at Plesetsk Cosmodrome</div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi95BZTdByjTb7Z3KQbvJ79iO03coYZCchmRQYQVHkk69yBsZFKG1ZCpp1euYmzI5uJ_BwP6bVdGtwYKAEcDSKQCVyXkGC8dlCZQzTMpom_FlSHCllNsIToM_JNL42WDNu_dqGQDndjVfWS/s1600/001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi95BZTdByjTb7Z3KQbvJ79iO03coYZCchmRQYQVHkk69yBsZFKG1ZCpp1euYmzI5uJ_BwP6bVdGtwYKAEcDSKQCVyXkGC8dlCZQzTMpom_FlSHCllNsIToM_JNL42WDNu_dqGQDndjVfWS/s640/001.jpg" width="640"></a></div><br><div style="text-align: justify;">Plesetsk is used especially for military satellites placed into high inclination and polar orbits since the range for falling debris is clear to the north which is largely uninhabited Arctic and polar terrain. It is situated in a region of taiga, or flat terrain with boreal pine forests.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsqgM3epk8ZW52R_5kD77Z8YwCVDwY2U1JVSV4VWirtfXDfn0wFIqDCXS60v-XSa4_DIfa-9twuSmroqUoBdlpIF2RmJl7EjUWflaiQhdLnqFAoB7wKH7HsAEOPvW2Q5UYR0ew_a3KZnQw/s1600/002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsqgM3epk8ZW52R_5kD77Z8YwCVDwY2U1JVSV4VWirtfXDfn0wFIqDCXS60v-XSa4_DIfa-9twuSmroqUoBdlpIF2RmJl7EjUWflaiQhdLnqFAoB7wKH7HsAEOPvW2Q5UYR0ew_a3KZnQw/s640/002.jpg" width="640"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><a href="http://aibob.blogspot.com/2011/07/russia-rocket-launch-part-2_24.html#more">Click to read more »</a>

Russia Rocket Launch Part 2

This a continuation from previous post . We’ll continue and see more pictures of Soyuz rocket launching at Plesetsk Cosmodrome Plesetsk is u...

1:26 AM

Things You Might Didn't Know About B-2 Stealth Bomber

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOG7ShuX_AnEK7DIkipmr4OvrDILWitH4iSB7eWZEmsEmnuzro5I4ryiWkru1-BaY5E4Tp8lHlKYjvK6cdrZLrsAwsXHHSknMxxtqgYn4sJ4-gwGlAngqWZGIGXpEzVEQmkIFIPBf3Kau9/s1600/21kezx4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOG7ShuX_AnEK7DIkipmr4OvrDILWitH4iSB7eWZEmsEmnuzro5I4ryiWkru1-BaY5E4Tp8lHlKYjvK6cdrZLrsAwsXHHSknMxxtqgYn4sJ4-gwGlAngqWZGIGXpEzVEQmkIFIPBf3Kau9/s640/21kezx4.jpg" width="640"></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnU73cnmwGsF7SQ4T9LCzYMBdZXkxeqkY0AvSh22XxtgtFnnIfB7lY1UopnF3a4D77ZXfFbKsbcowG6pdnBAOVJwyV5PvlL_8R2KQkAOr3oZ7e8dWZFNAyGNUY_j_2Nbah_8XdRwThtcKi/s1600/111111-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnU73cnmwGsF7SQ4T9LCzYMBdZXkxeqkY0AvSh22XxtgtFnnIfB7lY1UopnF3a4D77ZXfFbKsbcowG6pdnBAOVJwyV5PvlL_8R2KQkAOr3oZ7e8dWZFNAyGNUY_j_2Nbah_8XdRwThtcKi/s640/111111-4.jpg" width="640"></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit (also known as the Stealth Bomber) is an American heavy bomber with low observable stealth technology designed to penetrate dense anti-aircraft defenses and deploy both conventional and nuclear weapons. Because of its considerable capital and operational costs, the project was controversial in the U.S. Congress and among the Joint Chiefs of Staff. During the late 1980s and early 1990s, the Congress slashed initial plans to purchase 132 bombers to 21<br><br></div><a href="http://aibob.blogspot.com/2011/07/things-you-might-didn-know-about-b-2_23.html#more">Click to read more »</a>

Things You Might Didn't Know About B-2 Stealth Bomber

The Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit (also known as the Stealth Bomber) is an American heavy bomber with low observable stealth technology design...

6:23 AM

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