Articles tagged with: Aircraft
Posted in Aircraft, Designer, News on 28 August 2008
If that stale thought of contemporary helicopter being considered as mere compilation of spare parts flying in a fine arrangement bothers you, thereby making you revise your plans of getting one developed then here you may have a sigh of relief. Christened as Sikorsky X2, the first flight of the speedy helicopter was scheduled at the Schweizer Aircraft’s rapid prototyping facility in Horseheads, New York and am glad to share that it was successfully accomplished yesterday. The 30-minute flight was a long anticipated marker as it was initially planned to happen around two years ago.
Posted in Aircraft, Designer on 27 August 2008
The Draganfly offering of helicopter cameras got a welcoming response buy they say the lately unveiled Draganfly X6 is ultra-appealing. Its triple-tipped carbon fiber structure sports two carbon rotors on both ends and intelligent construction enables it move in all directions swiftly, providing sufficient control to zip about indoors yet oppose up to 18 miles per hour of wind. Monitored by a distant radio, the purpose behind the development of mini helicopter Draganflyer X6 is to lug wireless video cameras and still cameras. They say a pair of glasses would feature the same thing as the hatchet in the air, while you are footing on the floor with the handheld regulator. For safety, reconnaissance, scrutiny, damage assessment, investigation, real estate endorsement, or marketing, it is suggestible to use the high definition motion video provided by the Draganflyer X6 helicopter.
Posted in Aircraft, News on 25 August 2008
Christened as Zephyr-6, the solar-driven plane designed in UK has lately marked an informal flight fortitude record by making an unmanned flight for over three days. The manifestation of the aircraft was scheduled in the US state of Arizona and is claimed as a revolution in military astuteness. Developed by QinetiQ, the airliner doesn’t entail fueling stop as the incorporated solar panels are suffice to stockpile solar energy required to carry night maneuvers.
A spokesperson shared with BBC: “Zephyr can be anticipated to be devloped as a complete operational system in coming two years.”
Posted in Aircraft, Luxury on 19 August 2008
The busy-professionals who give their blood to their work expect quality revenue in return. And that is not to populate their overflowing bank balances but to do justice to their personality by enabling them exercise things that only extraordinary gentry can do. Realizing this, a private jet christened as Hawker 4000 was unveiling demanding a biting sum of $21 million. The business jet offers a secretive space for professionals to discuss their confidential meetings. The grand interiors of the Hawker 4000 feature a multiple duplicate system and quality avionics.
Posted in Aircraft, Luxury on 16 August 2008
For rovers, who wish to travel more in sky than roads and welcome bikes above cars, here is healthy bait for them. Albeit a concept, the MotoPOD RV-10 is a cargo pod that can accommodate a motorcycle into a plane. Unveiled at Airventure 08, the cargo pod enables you to carry a street-legal motorbike in your jet’s abdomen along with a pin system, and a crane.
Accessible from its top, it takes only minutes to unfurl the handlebars, pull the bike out after landing and you are all set to burn the road. Lately, the MotoPOD unit was veteran with the company’s customized motorcycles i.e. a four-seat Van’s Aircraft RV-10 kit built experimental aircraft costing 9 knots airspeed during tour. Company claims to facilitate the feature in STC’d models viz. Cirrus SR22, Cessna 182 and other aircraft versions.
Posted in Aircraft, Automobile, Elite Find of the Day on 30 July 2008
Yes, this deserves a presence over here as it claims to be “the world’s first practical jetpack” by a New Zealand born Glenn Martin, 48. Not coming from the movies or comic strips, the $100,000 Jetpack made its first visibility at the EAA AirVenture, the colossal yearly air show. The flying gear is an out product of Glenn’s 27 years of efforts invested in developing such a device. Measuring five-feet tall, its rotors are sheathed in two bulky channels with an appeal that of a cupcake. Standing on three legs, the Jetpack comes equipped with twin rotors and 200-horsepower engine that generates 600 lbs of thrust and can be piloted 30 miles within 30-minutes with a fuel-gas tank populated with around five gallons.
Posted in Aircraft, Luxury on 29 July 2008
With inflation maintaining its two-digit figure and fuel prices portraying a deep southward curve, it may seem to bother you but those with deep pockets are happily enjoying the luxuries of life. With enough amount of money to burn, the In-flight showers from Emirates is now being seen as an excuse by folks owning fat bank balances to enjoy a ride. Undoubtedly, the world’s best airline, proclaimed “shower spas” service, which will offer each of the 14 first-class passengers a five-minute douse in-flight. Substituting numerous airplane bathrooms, the confined stand has integrated traffic lights to make you aware when your five minutes bathe is over. To offer this deluxe comfort, the airliner is loaded with over 1000 pounds worth of water with little adding to the cost of Airliner Company as fortunate and desiring passengers are ready to spill over $9374 for a plane ticket and mind you the shower cannot be counted as mere half of the profligacy.
Posted in Aircraft, News on 29 July 2008
Can you recall the Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic Mothership? News is today Virgin Founder, Sir Richard Branson and SpaceShipOne designer, Burt Rutan, hauled back the barn doors on the novel WhiteKnightTwo (WK2) carrier airliner. Touted as the world’s largest all carbon fused jumbo jet, the vehicle can ride at an utmost elevation of 50,000 ft and its U.S. coast-to-coast assortment will enable the spacecraft to be send out on long interval voyage. Driven by four Pratt and Whitney PW308A engines, the WhiteKnight2 is an airplane that will commence SpaceShipTwo into suborbital space.
Posted in Aircraft, Eco-friendly on 27 July 2008
Thinking to own a jet? I would propose you to consider the Eclipse 400 single-engine jet priced at $1,350,000. The Eclipse 400 can ride at a speed of 256 knots and burn just 210 pounds per hour (around 26 gallons). The single-engine jet is certified to 41,000 feet, higher against any other single-engine jets until today. Power driven by the Pratt & Whitney Canada PW615F engine, the ecologically aware Eclipse 400 consumes less than one pound of fuel per nautical mile, hence making it the world’s most fuel-efficient jet airliner. The four-place 400 aircraft from Eclipse Aviation is anticipated to get the certification and deliveries by late 2011. All I can say is that it’s worth a wait.
Posted in Aircraft, News on 16 July 2008
With Boeing and Airbus busy developing latest models of airliners, a thought evolves where to shun world’s marketable fleets that have minted money till date. Are they supposed to be shunned away? Well, transforming them into fragment metal or retrieving as many old parts as possible is one common argument but it seems an astute industrialist based in Korea cannot settle at anything less than extraordinary. And hence here stands World’s fist Boeing 747 (numbered N747-10) turned into a restaurant and still maintaining its identity of a profitable venture. With no answer to how the aircraft was transported to this site, it claims to accommodate over 150 tables.
