planes
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This Pilot Had The Most Spectacular View Flying Into New Zealand
Video: It doesn’t matter what seat you choose on an aeroplane, your view will never be as breathtaking as what the pilots get to see during your flight. But sometimes the high-altitude scenery is so stunning that pilots feel obliged to share it with the world, like this descent into Queenstown Airport in New Zealand.
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A Samsung Galaxy S5 Recorded Its Fall From A Plane And Its Miraculous Safe Landing
Video: For fear of its screen shattering, you probably do everything you can to prevent your fragile smartphone from falling even just a metre. But Blake Henderson accidentally tested the limits of a Samsung Galaxy S5’s durability when he dropped it from a plane, only to later discover it recorded both the skydive and its…
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There’s Now An Airline For Millennials Because Sure, Whatever
Air France announced this week it is launching Joon, a new airline “especially aimed at a young working clientele, the millennials,” and more specifically the good rich ones who like flying to Paris a lot. Photo: AP
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An Aerospace Engineer Turned A Classic LEGO Set Into An RC Plane That Actually Flies
Video: Fuelled by imagination, this 27-year-old LEGO set — the Solo Trainer — flew thousands of hours in the hands of kids and collectors. But Adam Woodworth, an aerospace engineer and hardware designer at Google, wanted to see just how aeronautically sound LEGO’s design really was, so he built a giant RC version of it.