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Archive for October 2006

October 31st, 2006

Here’s to Hoot!

Robert Gibson, often known better as Hoot Gibson, is a fairly well known name in aviation circles. Hoot flew on five Space Shuttle missions and was commander on four of them. Hoot is even married to shuttle astronaut Rhea Seddon and was inducted into the US Astronaut Hall of Fame back in 2003. After orbiting […]

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October 20th, 2006

Remote Control B29 Bomber and X1 Rocket

I love toys and wish this toy combination was one of my own. Here is some great footage of an RC B-29 Bomber. But this is no ordinary R/C aircraft. Strapped to the belly is an X-1 Rocket which makes an incredible in-flight launch. The B29 also comes equipped with “pilots” who make an emergency […]

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October 17th, 2006

PiperJet

Looks like Piper is jumping onto the Personal Jet bandwagon with the newly introduced Piper Jet (known as the PiperJet). The single engine turbofan will be capable of reaching speeds of 360 knots and altitudes of about 35,000 feet. You and five of your friends will be able to fit in the cabin (or six […]

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October 7th, 2006

Pilot’s View from an RC Plane

So what do you get when you cross some nerdy equipment, a video camera, an RC aircraft, and the dream to fly? this video from France. As the person on the ground turns their head, the camera turns to “see” what is happening from the perspective of the RC aircraft.

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