Category Archives: Aerospace

Lightning Strikes A Wasp

Posted on Thursday, October 6, 2011 by MegaZone

That’s the F-35B Lightning II which is currently conducting trials taking off and landing from the deck of the USS Wasp. The Wasp is a multipurpose amphibious assault ship, not an aircraft carrier. But that’s OK, since the F-35B is … Continue reading →

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Building the Airbus A320 & A380

Posted on Tuesday, October 4, 2011 by MegaZone

I often post Boeing-related videos, including one of the B747-8 being assembled. And while I do personally prefer Boeing aircraft to Airbus, they both make fine airliners. So, in the interest of fairness, here are two videos of the A320 … Continue reading →

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SpaceX Looks to Develop Reusable Launch Vehicles

Posted on Saturday, October 1, 2011 by MegaZone

SpaceX is nothing if not ambitious. They’ve always said that their long term intentions are to make their boosters, the Falcon 1 & Falcon 9, reusable. But they’ve never really detailed just how they intend to do so. I think … Continue reading →

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Boeing Delivers the First B787 to Japan’s ANA

Posted on Tuesday, September 27, 2011 by MegaZone

It is a little over three years late compared to the originally planned delivery date, but Boeing has delivered the first B787-8 Dreamliner to the first airline operator, Japan’s ANA. And today it took of from Everett, WA for the … Continue reading →

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Putting Together the B747-8F, A Wild Test Flight, and a Look Inside the B787

Posted on Thursday, September 22, 2011 by MegaZone

Boeing today posted a few videos to YouTube that I thought were worth sharing. First up a time lapse, montage video of the largest airliner in the Boeing lineup, the B747-8 Freighter, being assembled: Next up is the same type, … Continue reading →

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