3D printing gives manufacturers the power to create parts that cannot be built cost-effectively with other processes. In this video, Mark Kirby, manager of additive manufacturing at Renishaw Canada, shows off a special project for a North American aerospace customer: the Firefly, a 3D printed titanium rocket-powered drone that can fly at nearly supersonic speeds, with onboard telemetry and a spring-released wing. Continue reading
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US Air Force Breaking Barriers Since 1947
Since its inception in 1947, the US Air Force has consistently broken barriers as an element of the finest joint warfighting team on the planet, and its Airmen have refined its mission through innovation and teamwork. Continue reading
Pilot’s Eye View of a Mustang Formation
This in-cockpit video was filmed at the Flying Legends Airshow at Duxford, UK, and features “The Horsemen” Mustang display team flying 3 North American P51 Mustangs Continue reading
Camera Drone Flies Onto, Inside, Under Moving Train
Camera drone operator Paul Nurkkala just released a video titled “Flight of the Year” that showcases his world-class drone piloting skills. He captured some seemingly impossible footage of his drone flying onto, next to, inside, and under a moving freight train. Continue reading
Boeing X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle
The Boeing X-37, also known as the Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV), is a reusable unmanned spacecraft. It is boosted into space by a launch vehicle, then re-enters Earth’s atmosphere and lands as a spaceplane. Continue reading
Rockwell B-1 Lancer Taking Off and Landing
The Rockwell B-1 Lancer is a supersonic variable-sweep wing, heavy bomber used by the United States Air Force (USAF). It is commonly called the “Bone” (from “B-One”). It is one of three strategic bombers in the USAF fleet as of 2017, the other two being the B-2 Spirit “Stealth Bomber”, and the B-52 Stratofortress. Continue reading
360-Degree Flight Video of Quantum TRON Hybrid UAV
Quantum-Systems (Germany) just released a 360-degree flight experience video shot on the Quantum TRON, their award-winning fixed-wing VTOL hybrid UAV. Continue reading
Dream Chaser Tow Tests at NASA Armstrong
In this 2-minute, 41-second video, Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) puts its Dream Chaser engineering test vehicle through a series of ground tests at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, CA, to prepare for upcoming captive-carry and free-flight tests later this year. Continue reading