On October 18, 1910, a team of… well, what would we call them? They take machines and go through the air like birds, so let’s call them aviators. A team of aviators made the first… Read the rest “Science Art: Wellman’s Airship America (aviation anniversary tribute 1)”
The Telegraph heralds the future fleet of mighty airships:
… Read the rest “Zeppelin reborn”Hybrid Air Vehicles has built a scale prototype of what will soon be the largest flying vessel in the world – a huge balloon made
The Guardian buoys my spirits with a vision of low-pollution, lighter-than-air travel:
… Read the rest “Blimps build a better tomorrow.”The government’s former chief scientific adviser, Professor Sir David King, now director
The Christian Science Monitor (a surprisingly good source for tech news) is carrying a report on the newest advances in old flying technology – the world’s largest inflatable… Read the rest “Zeppelin ready to take wing. Or, uh, airbag.”
So, you’d think this’d be bigger news, but I heard about it on the Geeky Gadgets blog. (That’s its actual name.) DARPA, the military research organization lost one of… Read the rest “Fast glider goes… ooops.”
This is the US Navy’s airship Los Angeles, the most successful of America’s rigid-body airships, engaging in a maneuver that proved dirigibles like these… Read the rest “Science Art: The U.S.S. Los Angeles moored on the U.S.S. Pakota, 1924”
Gustave Whitehead was a Bavarian immigrant to Connecticut who in all likelihood made a steam-powered machine fly for more than half a mile in 1899 – not only a longer distance than … Read the rest “Science Art: Gustave Whitehead on the #21, by Dick Howell”
This is what a sonic boom looks like, through a Schlieren camera – one outfitted to see differences in air pressure. The T-38 pilot could probably feel these bands… Read the rest “Science Art: Schlieren photograph of a T-38 at Mach 1.1, altitude 13,700 feet, by Leonard Weinstein.”
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