Plane Driven’s Roadable Aircraft Video

Plane Driven’s PD-1 is another entrant in to the already crowded roadable aircraft concept of which is being led and popularized by the MIT alumni designed Terrafugia LSA (Light-Sport Aircraft).

The PD-1 is expected to be offered as a kit to convert aircraft into a vehicle capable of traveling on roadways with cars. The demonstrator is using a converted Glasair Sportsman as the aircraft.  The drive pod underneath the aircraft is slid from its position directly below the plane during flight to its aft station while in drive mode.

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Saturn V Slow Motion Liftoff Video

Unbelievably slow motion video of the mighty Saturn V moon rocket lifting off of the pad. You have probably seen shots of this in documentaries about the moon shots, but this is the full version.

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Colgan Airlines Flight 3407 NTSB Crash Animation

Below is the NTSB video animation of the loss of control of Colgan Flight 3407 approach at KBUF (Buffalo, NY), on February 12th, 2009.  The video shows the last two minutes of the flight with the accompanying Cockpit Voice Recording (CVR) below.

Excerpts from CVR transcript:

22:15:06.3       HOT-1    flaps five.
22:15:08.1       HOT-2    what?
22:15:08.8       HOT-1    flaps five please.
22:15:13.5       APP        Colgan thirty four zero seven three miles from KLUMP turn left heading two six zero maintain two thousand three hundred
until established localizer. cleared ILS approach runway two three.
22:15:22.2       RDO-2   left two sixty two thousand three hundred ‘til established and cleared ILS two three approach Colgan thirty four zero seven.
22:15:31.7       HOT-1    alright approach is armed.
22:15:32.8       HOT-2    roger.
22:16:04.1       HOT-1    gear down…loc’s alive.
22:16:06.4       APP        Colgan thirty four zero seven contact tower one two zero point five. have a good night.
22:16:11.5       RDO-2   over to tower you do the same thirty four zero seven.
22:16:21.2       HOT-2    gear’s down.
22:16:23.5       HOT-1    flaps fifteen before landing checklist.
22:16:26.6       HOT-2    uhhh.
22:16:37.1       HOT-2    I put the flaps up.
22:16:42.2       HOT-1    [grunt]
22:16:45.8       HOT-2    should the gear up?
22:16:46.8       HOT-1    gear up.
22:16:50.1       CAM       [increase in ambient noise]
22:16:51.9       CAM       [thump]

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NASA Releases Moonbase Alpha Game Today

NASA released a new video game today, titled “Moonbase Alpha”, which lets you walk in the boots of an astronaut. The trouble is, a meteor has taken out the solar array and the life support equipment. You must use the tools at hand and fix the broken systems in the inhospitable environment  which is the Moon.

Available for the PC on Steam, the free 3D game features single player or team play utilizing VOIP for communicating and coordinating the rescue effort.   Virtual Heroes’ Army Game Studio, the creator of the successful America’s Army game,  developed the game under the guidance of NASA to produce realistic play for accomplish the goal of saving the base and its astronauts.

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Russian SS-18 ICBM Rocket Liftoff Video

Nice to see the Russians putting their world destroying tech to good use. Neat seeing it pop up from its bunker silo.

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