Tag Archives: Aerospace

Boeing B787 Dreamliner Sets Two World Records

Posted on Friday, January 6, 2012 by MegaZone

The Boeing B787 Dreamliner recently completed a round-the-world flight, setting two world records for its class in the process. The first is a distance record of 10,337 nautical miles for the first leg of the flight. The second is time … Continue reading →

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Assembling the Airbus A300-200F, Painting the Boeing 747-8, and The Life of Luggage

Posted on Sunday, January 1, 2012 by MegaZone

A few weeks ago Airbus shared a video of an A300-200 airliner being assembled. Now they’ve shared another one, of the A330-200F’s final assembly. Yeah, same basic airframe, but the freighter version. Who cares, it’s aerospace factory pr0n! I spotted … Continue reading →

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Stratolaunch Systems – You Can’t Say They Don’t Dream Big!

Posted on Tuesday, December 13, 2011 by MegaZone

What do you get when ex-Microsoft tycoon Paul Allen pulls together Burt Rutan’s Scaled Composites, home of SpaceShipOne, and Elon Musk’s SpaceX, home of the Falcon series of launchers? A new company, Stratolaunch Systems, with a truly audacious plan for … Continue reading →

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Building the Airbus A330-200

Posted on Tuesday, December 13, 2011 by MegaZone

I’ve been posting a lot of Boeing related videos lately, but they’re not the only major airliner vendor. Airbus released this time lapse video of final assembly of an A330-200 wide body. For me the best part is the Beluga … Continue reading →

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The Final F-22 Raptor

Posted on Tuesday, December 13, 2011 by MegaZone

I remember when the USAF launched the ATF (Advanced Tactical Fighter) program which eventually led to the fly-off between Northrop’s YF-23 and Lockheed’s YF-22. I always kind of liked the YF-22 better, but the YF-23 did look pretty cool. It’s … Continue reading →

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