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How One Australian Town Helped A Doomed Plane Win History’s Greatest Air Race
Lost in a thunderstorm over southeastern Australia, Captain R.D. Parmentier and his crew were desperately trying to find a place to land the big DC2 airliner. They were just a few hundred kilometres from the finish of an epic 18,000km race from London to Melbourne and the storm had rendered their communications equipment useless.
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A Quadcopter’s-Eye View Of The Costa Concordia Shipwreck
The wreck of the cruise ship Costa Concordia in early 2012 resulted in 32 deaths and the destruction of the ship, resulting in a $US300 million salvage operation that may be the most expensive in history. A pair of quadcopters equipped with cameras capture the sad vessel and the massive operation to remove it from…
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What Car Made The Bugatti Veyron SS Back Down From A Fight?
The Bugatti Veyron SS is the fastest car in the world. The big bully in the automotive playground. And I just saw it back down from a fight with something even more menacing. What scared this Veyron driver? [Jalopnik]
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How To Watch An Unbroadcast Live Sporting Event
Most sports, including Icelandic youth soccer, are televised. Unfortunately, American broadcasters dictate we get 900 hours of NASCAR for every one hour of something we actually want. Here’s our guide to watching live sports when the powers-that-be won’t let you.