May 23, 2013

Flight - News


NASA’s EPOXI Spacecraft Shoots Images of “Comet Hartley 2″

Comet Hartley 2

After a nearly 2.9-billion-mile (4.6-billion-kilometer) voyage, NASA’s EPOXI mission spacecraft has survived its risky rendezvous with comet 103P/Hartley 2 and has beamed back the first close-up images of the comet. This montage of five pictures, for example, shows Hartley 2′s nucleus as the craft was flying toward and under the icy body on Thursday. The [...]

Discovery Shuttle Launch Halts Due to Fuel Leak

A potentially dangerous hydrogen fuel leak on the space shuttle Discovery thwarted NASA efforts to launch the spacecraft today, delaying the shuttle’s final liftoff to no earlier than Monday, Nov. 8. Discovery was slated to launch  at 3:04 p.m. EDT (1904 GMT) today (Nov. 5) but a leak of flammable liquid hydrogen discovered during fueling [...]

NASA Delayed “Discovery Space Shuttle” Launch to Friday Due to Bad Weather

Discovery Space Shuttle in Rain

NASA delayed Thursday’s scheduled launch of space shuttle Discovery due to rain showers and low clouds expected at launch time. NASA says Discovery is now scheduled to take off (1903 UTC) Friday afternoon.  Mission managers will meet early Friday to re-evaluate the weather conditions at the site of the launch, Florida’s Kennedy Space Center. NASA’s [...]

Atlantis Space Shuttle : NASA Yet to Confirm its Launch in June 2011

Atlantis Space Shuttle Launch

Now NASA has only two space shuttle missions planned before it retires its aging orbiter fleet, but US President Barack Obama and Congress recently approved an additional spaceflight by Atlantis. Whether that will actually happen has not been decided yet. Less than two weeks before the space shuttle Discovery is scheduled to launch on its [...]

Flight Control HD for PlayStation Move Review

Flight control for ps move

Flight Control HD for PS Move is elegantly simple and unbelievably addictive. It’s easy to get into, but almost impossible to stop! In Flight Control HD, you’re in charge of an increasingly busy airport. Direct aircraft to their correct landing zone – but if they collide, it’s game over for you! If you think that [...]

Cleveland Air Show 2010 Postponed or Cancelled Due to Heavy Rains

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Despite of heavy rains, the Cleveland Air Show 2010 happened at the Burke Lakefront Airport, but some of the events were being cancelled. It’s the first time since 1974 when air show got cancelled. The Cleveland Air Show at the Burke Lakefront Airport in Ohio runs from Saturday to Monday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. [...]

Samsung Flight II and Samsung Eternity II Release Date Confirmed by AT&T

Samsung eternity att

Samsung has officially announced the forthcoming launch of the Flight II and Eternity II, both for AT&T. The Samsung Eternity II features a 3.0 inch touchscreen display, AT&T Mobile TV, AT&T AppCenter, GPS with Fitness Tracking, Bluetooth with stereo audio support, 2.0 Megapixel camera with video recorder and microSDHC expansion slot. The Flight II features [...]

Zephyr – UK’s Unmanned Solar Powered Plane Sets 2 Weeks Record Flight

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The UK-built Zephyr unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) took its place in history by becoming the first aircraft to stay afloat for 336 hours and 24 minutes. The Zephyr landed safely after its British developers decided nothing would be proved by keeping it in the air any longer. The Zephyr was built by controversial UK defence [...]

The New Terrafugia Transition Flying Car Will Costs $200,000 and Arrives in late 2011

The first flying car has now been approved by U.S. air authorities. So the MIT engineers behind this escapade must have their heart aloft and their brains aflutter at this welcome indulgence from the FAA. The Transition seems like quite an experience, with its folding wings and its 115 mph cruising speed–in the air, that [...]

Watch out Terrafugia Transition Flying Car First Flight Video

Terrafugia transition Flying Car

Here is the Video News Release of the first flight of the Terrafugia Transition. The Transition achieved first flight on March 5th, 2009 in Plattsburgh, NY. The Transition is a roadable aircraft, or more commonly referred to by the public as a “flying car”. Take a look at the video,