Shop UÂ online company revealed its latest delivery method with plans to use drones to fly small packages to consumers doorsteps around Kuwait. A first of its kind in the Gulf region, the drone service is expected to be launched within next month. Watch the video below.
Category: Airplanes
British Airways Plane Lands With Square Tire
A British Airways Airbus A380 took off from Hong Kong on May 5 with 18 round wheels, but apparently touched down at London Heathrow with a bizarre flat square-shaped tire. The aircraft landed safely on runway 09L and taxied to the gate,” the report said. This extraordinary photo was uncovered by aviation news site The Aviation… Continue reading British Airways Plane Lands With Square Tire
Solar Impulse 2 Completes Journey Across Pacific Ocean
The Solar Impulse 2 has landed in California on Saturday, three-day flight across the Pacific Ocean as part of its journey around the world. Pilot Bertrand Piccard landed the sunlight-powered aircraft in Mountain View, in the Silicon Valley south of San Francisco on the night of April 23rd, at 11:45 p.m. following a 62-hour, nonstop… Continue reading Solar Impulse 2 Completes Journey Across Pacific Ocean
DJI Introduces New Matrice 600 Aerial Platform
DJI introduces next-generation Matrice 600 aerial platform a heavy-lifting platform that gives you the freedom to use the best camera equipment available to shoot from the sky. Its capable of extended flight times and featuring built-in and add-on redundancies for maximum reliability, the M600 is the ideal camera systems made for professional filmmaking. The drone… Continue reading DJI Introduces New Matrice 600 Aerial Platform
Pilot Sets Spinning Stunt World Record
Aerobatics pilot Spencer H. Suderman sets another stomach-churning Guinness World Record success after he smashed his own record for the most inverted flat spins in an aircraft. Flying above Yuma International Airport/MCAS Yuma in Arizona, USA, Suderman pulled off an incredible 98 inverted flat spins in his Sunbird S1X biplane. Watch the video below.
The Dazzling Flying Machines of the Future
At the TED Conference, Engineer Raffaello D’Andrea gave a demonstration of a number of prototypes drones underdevelopment, that could become the future of autonomous flight. D’Andrea show drones that play catch, balance and make decisions together, like the dazzling display of coordinated micro-quadcopters in formation. Watch the video below.
2016 Solar Eclipse Captured On Board Alaskan Airline Flight
Astronomer Mike Kentrianakis shot a video of a amazing view of the solar eclipse on board Alaska Airline flight from 35,000 Feet on March 8, 2016. The captain rerouted the airplane from Anchorage to Honolulu to give its passengers a view of the beautiful natural phenomena.
Drone Sets World Record for Carrying the Heaviest Cargo Ever
Henning Pedersen and students at the University of Oslo built a giant drone which has entered the Guinness World Record after lifting an incredible weight of 61 kg (134 lb 7.6 oz, excluding the weight of the craft itself) when it was officially tested at the Oslo Science Park, Oslo, Norway. Watch the video below.