A drone was hovering over a balcony carrying a carton of Indomie noodles. Following the command of the person behind the camera, it dropped the carton on a table and brought out a PoS device, seemingly out of nowhere. The person recording then went on to make payment by swiping their card through the PoS. And that was it. No PIN or few seconds of network delay. A simple swipe and the drone glided away. Continue reading
Category Archives: Video
Horten Ho 229 – Hitler’s UFO
The Horten H.IX, RLM designation Ho 229 (or Gotha Go 229 for extensive re-design work done by Gotha to prepare the aircraft for mass production) was a German prototype fighter/bomber initially designed by Reimar and Walter Horten to be built by Gothaer Waggonfabrik late in World War II. It was the first flying wing to be powered by jet engines. Continue reading
North American Aviation XB-70 Valkyrie Mach 3 Nuclear Bomber
As part of a plan to build a strategic bomber for deep penetration and nuclear bombing runs during the Cold War, North American Aviation created a stunningly futuristic prototype for its time: the XB-70 Valkyrie. Continue reading
Formation at Flying Legends Airshow
This is what makes the Flying Legends Airshow at Duxford so special – the balbo, a magnificent formation of warbirds that closes the show. This film shows the take-offs, formation including in-cockpit and the formations at the end. Continue reading
SAAB Gripen – World’s Fastest Turning Jet Fighter ?
This was the performance that won the Swedish Air Force pilot and plane the King Hussein Memorial Sword for best overall flying demonstration at the RIAT 2019 air show. Continue reading
Drone Vs. Airplane
If you really want to know what happens when a drone hits a plane, then the obvious answer is to create a collision between a real aircraft and a drone under controlled circumstances. And that’s precisely what a bunch of enthusiasts in Hungary just did. Continue reading
Flying Bulls P-38 Lightning and Corsair
This short clip of the Flying Bulls P-38 Lightning and Corsair, with some spectacular GoPro shots, is taken from a recent Flying Legends Airshow. Continue reading
Insane Engineering of the A-10 Warthog
The Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II is a single-seat, twin turbofan engine, straight wing jet aircraft developed by Fairchild-Republic for the United States Air Force (USAF). It is commonly referred to by the nicknames “Warthog” or “Hog”, although the A-10’s official name comes from the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, a World War II fighter-bomber effective at attacking ground targets. Continue reading