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03/22/11
10:15am

American Warplane Crashes in Libya as Ground Fighting Continues - NYTimes.com

08/04/10
11:19am

USAF F-15c and F-22 Raptor soar above the Grand Canyon on a training exercise last month.

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07/27/10
10:22am

1937 Tatra T87 & Dakota DC2. [via]

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07/08/10
2:38pm

Sometimes, it’s just all about dat ass. [kateoplis via Lee Mawdsley]

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06/30/10
11:04am

Rusting Boeing 747 watches jealously as the Airbus A380 becomes the new sheriff in town.

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05/27/10
11:02am

This Day in History:

May 27, 1931: Wind Tunnel Lets Airplanes ‘Fly’ on Ground

Jason Paur - Wired.com

The world’s first full-scale wind tunnel opens at Langley Field near Hampton, Virginia. With a test area 60 feet wide and 30 feet high, aerodynamic testing is performed on everything from World War II fighters and space capsules to submarines and modern jets.

Since the beginning of powered flight, wind tunnels have proven to be a critical part of the aerodynamic research needed to develop new aircraft. The Wright Brothers themselves built a small, 6-foot-long wind tunnel to test scale models of wing sections before their historic first flight in 1903.