An astonishingly beautiful new short animation directed by Damian Nenow, produced by Platige Image.
An astonishingly beautiful new short animation directed by Damian Nenow, produced by Platige Image.
Beautiful and a little bizarre…
The plane, from dream to finish, immediately captured the attention of the world—as much for its striking form as its faster-than-sound function. It’s fascinating to view the design process as a sort of gradient here, as engineers continued to narrow the plane’s silhouette into the lean, bird-like bullet that actually broke the sound barrier. The original, fat-headed prototype isn’t without its own sort of bizarre charms, I’ll admit.
via Gizmodo
Apparently bombing them back to the 13th century wasn’t enough…
There’s once again a full-blown air war over Afghanistan. Last month, NATO attack planes dropped their bombs and fired their guns on 700 separate missions, according to U.S. Air Force statistics. That’s more than double the 257 attack sorties they flew in September 2009, and one of the highest single-month totals of the entire nine-year Afghan campaign.
via Wired.com.
This is a time lapse video of a Boeing 747 being repainted with its new livery. In total it takes about four days.
I wonder if they do bathrooms…
via livejournal.com
Test flights will begin next year, although this aircraft will only serve as a test bed for future aircraft…
A British unmanned combat aircraft unveiled Monday could become the first autonomous plane to strike targets at long range, even on another continent. Named Taranis, for the Celtic god of thunder, the prototype aircraft will test the possibility of a long-distance striker controlled by ground crews, the Ministry of Defence says.
via Popular Science.