Civilian Tilt-Rotor Aircraft - YES PLEASE
Jul 17, 2008 Sci/Tech
Throw a little hot-rod red in there.
I admit, ever since I saw the V-22 Osprey, I loved it. It just LOOKS cool, and I’m a military geek. That tech (they fixed it finally, honest!) is now making it’s way to the civilian airspace with the Bell 609.
Looking and flying like a smaller cousin of the military V22 Osprey, also a Bell vehicle, the 609 will undoubtedly please millionaire business people since it can perform all the rooftop-landing duties of a normal helicopter, but flies twice as fast and can fly 9 passengers up to 25,000 feet altitude.
Just so you know, all of the copious (*sigh*) ad revenue I generate is going in a fund to buy one of these (along with the money to pay the pilot). After I buy Sabres tickets for this year, of course.
Tags: bell 609, helicopter, plane, V-22, V-22 Osprey
Images of Airliner Struck by Lightning
Aug 30, 2007 Gadgets
The Giz is bringing it today, following up the Jet-Powered Luge with images of a plane being struck by lightning on takeoff. Unreal. I would hate to be watching a plane take off and see that, even if I know logically that it’s safe.
