Category Archives: Aerospace

So You Want To Buy A Personal Jet

Posted on Thursday, February 23, 2012 by MegaZone

Say you’re an individual of staggering net worth and you decide it is time to own your own personal jet, what’s the experience like? Well, Bombardier has produced a video to show you. I suppose it is really more about … Continue reading →

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GE Gives Jet Engines A Cold Reception

Posted on Thursday, February 23, 2012 by MegaZone

There’s a nice post in the Aviation Week Things With Wings blog on the new GE Engine Testing, Research and Development Center (TDRC), developed in partnership with StandardAero in Winnipeg, Canada. The facility is for testing GE’s jet engines for … Continue reading →

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SpaceX Tests the SuperDraco Engine

Posted on Wednesday, February 22, 2012 by MegaZone

I really love SpaceX, I hope they continue to deliver on their plans successfully. They’re working on the SuperDraco engine for the Dragon capsule. It will be used for the pusher launch abort system, as well as for powered descent … Continue reading →

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Unmanned K-MAX Operational In Afghanistan

Posted on Saturday, January 28, 2012 by MegaZone

I’ve posted about the Lockheed Martin-Kaman unmanned K-MAX helicopter before. It is a program to take off-the-shelf Kaman K-MAX helicopters and turn them into unmanned cargo resupply helicopters to support troops in the field. Two of the aircraft are currently … Continue reading →

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F-22 & F-35 Video Eye Candy

Posted on Friday, January 27, 2012 by MegaZone

Lockheed Martin posted a few videos of their flagship military aircraft – the F-22 Raptor and F-35 Lightning II. The first is basically an ad for the F-22, which is curious since production just ended. The second recaps the accomplishments … Continue reading →

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