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Flying in first person: New RC aircraft brings first-person cockpit views to pilots

Flywing built the X-Wing Fighter as a VTOL aircraft centered on first-person flight. A forward-facing camera streams live ...

Billionaire NASA chief will allow ‘exceptional’ employees to fly in his privately-owned fighter jet

Aside from offering up his jet, Isaacman is also donating his $221,900 annual salary to Space Camp – an educational summer ...
WYSO Public Radio

The ritual of flight: What it's really like to fly a small plane

Before every flight, pilots walk around their aircraft... a ritual the Wright Brothers created. Dan Patterson takes you ...
autoevolution

World's Only Self-Flying F-16 Fighting Falcon Gets Access to New Fire Control Radar

The Lockheed Martin Skunk Works X-62A VISTA experimental and autonomous fighter jet to be fitted with the Raytheon ...
Interesting Engineering on MSN

X-62A VISTA: World’s only self-flying F-16 advances path to autonomous air combat

Lockheed Martin is using a modified F-16 fighter jet to teach artificial intelligence how to fly, maneuver, and eventually ...
Iowa Public Radio

The story behind the WWI fighter plane that inspired Snoopy's Flying Ace

For some of us, the “Peanuts” comic strip was our introduction to the history of World War I fighter pilots. Snoopy, the Flying Ace, sits on top of his doghouse with gritted teeth, wearing his cap, ...