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Argus One, named after the Greek god Argus who was the all seeing god with one hundred eyes, is a new airship design that features automated control for individual body modules so as to improve its flight stability and aerodynamic control. Besides, the Argus One has come with other characteristics too, e.g. it can be easily assembled and tactically launched in hours from virtually anywhere; it has a several day endurance capability and it can keep working in rigid weather conditions too.

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Attention, please, those who plan to learn how to fly now would have another choice except for going to a flight school. Your alternative scheme is to learn flying at home with the OVO-4 Home Flight Simulator.

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Innovating is everywhere, and several people from German have collaborated to make the first manned flight with an e-powered multicopter recently. The flight is easy to operate, while not featuring a good performance as that of common aircrafts we seen in the sky. Even so, it still offers a future of flight, piloting an aircraft as easily as driving a car.

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Russian Space Hotel makes common people’s dream of living in space come true. Planned to be opened in the year 2016, this hotel would house seven guests in four cabins and allows guests to view the Earth turning below through large windows. It would quite comfortable to live in such a hotel, as the guests can freely choose their favorite cabins, enjoy different kinds of food and even a bath. Due to all those nice things you may get from the Space Hotel, you’ll need to pay 1 million USD for a 5-day trip. [Read the rest of this entry...]

For only now the angry birds are really flying in the blue sky. In a video posted by gamer Jomni, there’re some airbus planes with Angry Birds paints taking a flight and struggling for bird’s eggs. Let’s check out the video blow for details. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Making an airplane is no longer a complex course, because the Southampton University has “printed” out an aircraft in merely a couple of days. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Even though with 4, 5000 AUD we can do many things, Chris Malloy finally chose to make this Hover Bike. Till now being experimented on, the unique bike is said to have an ability to fly in air, with a maximum speed of about 170 feet per hour and a longest distance above the ground of 10,000 feet. [Read the rest of this entry...]

The Maverick Flying Car is not something that you can merely see in the sci-fi (science fiction) movies, as you will see them in the skies of the United States or England during the next 12 months. It features an integrated ground and aerial controls, making it a cool personal mobility that can be used in two modes. The Maverick Flying Car is also built with a unique wing deployment system, which provides lift when the propeller generates thrust.

But to drive such a car, you have to own both a civilian driver’s license and an S-LSA/E-LSA certification. So have you been ready for it? [Read the rest of this entry...]

Aside from motor vehicles, Mercedes-Benz also produces helicopters, which are still impressive and deluxe. Its new design is the Mercedes-Benz Style EC145 luxury helicopter, a collaborative work with Eurocopter. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Hey, guys, it’s time to wave goodbye to the airplanes which only offers you confined spaces and boring time, since the New Zealand-based Martin Aircraft Co. has provided us a cleverer alternative, the Martin Jetpack. Unveiled at the Experimental Aircraft Association’s 2008 Air Venture held in the US, the personal helicopter is deemed by the Federal Aviation Administration as “an experimental ultra-light airplane”. Moreover, the Martin Jetpack is also considered as the world’s first practical device. Though still called as a ‘jetpack’, the device actually uses a gasoline (premium) engine with two ducted fans to provide lift. Getting needed power from a full fuel tank, it could fly for about 30minutes, with a theoretical speed of 60 miles per hour. Wearing a price tag of $86,000, the first ten jetpacks will be put on the market this year.

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Just look at the NASA’s Puffin Personal Tilt-Rotor Aircraft, it’s obviously another product meant for the most-wanted of your grocery lists. It features a vertical-takeoff and allows the pilot to fly with a prone position. Electrically propelled, Puffin can cruise at a speed of 150 mph and sprint at more like 300 miles per hour. Other features about it also include non carbon emission and the ultra quiet design.

It would be nice to see this practical concept hit the marketplace instead of the limited choice we have to choose from these days.

This is designed by Belarus aeronautical engineers. At first glance, you may think that this is just a weird thing without any utilitarian value. However, it is pretty useful. In addition to make the plane more sustainable, the air vortexes on the sides of the wings can increase its power by about 30%.

Traditional helicopter is driven by spinning blades, but DARPA is developing a new kind of helicopter which comes with a spinning disc rather than blades. When the blades star spinning fast, they are retracted into the disc and the disc will continues to rotate which will make sure the helicopter keep stable. It is said that this kind of structure is good for higher speed VTOL and hover capable vehicles. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Submarine is very useful. It is capable to take us down to the underwater. While compared with real fish, especially dolphin, conventional submarine sucks. However, I bet you gotta be surprised after viewing a dolphin submarine like this. [Read the rest of this entry...]

I bet you won’t believe that a man who can afford a private airplane will care about the tiny space of airplane storage. Maybe they do, however.

This foldable airplane is design for these weird millionaires. Because of the foldable wings, it can save much more room than a conventional private airplane. It is soooo cool. But I’m afraid that this guy will retract the wings while flying in the air, and then…OH, My God!

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