Watch This Air Tanker Yaw Like Mad While Dropping Fire Retardant

There have been some fantastic air tanker drop videos this year, including the DC-10 Very Large Air Tanker (VLAT) laying down miles of fire retardant under horrible visibility, but this P-3 Orion (or L-188 Electra?) yawing all over the place while spewing slurry takes the cake! The was developed from...

Apr 21, 2025

​No, Google Isn't Building An Autonomous Motorcycle… Yet

The Sunday Times breathlessly revealed that Google is petitioning the California State government to allow the testing of autonomous motorcycles on public roads. That's not quite right. Here's why. Back in January, Google – along with several other interested parties – sent letters to the DMV regarding that will govern...

Apr 21, 2025

The Prettiest B-17 Flying Fortress Was The XB-38

Boeing's B-17 has been likened to a flying work of industrial art and there is no doubt that it remains a symbol of American ingenuity and the bravery of those who fought in WWII. Still, sometimes something thought of as visually close to perfection can be improved upon, and the...

Apr 21, 2025

Maniacs At Sturgis Prove You Can Do Stunts On A Harley-Davidson

If I had to ride around the inside of a giant bowl like lettuce in a salad-spinner, a Harley-Davidson is probably the last bike I'd want to ride... But apparently it is possible. These boys might have balls as heavy as their bikes. Be warned; there's no actual nudity in...

Apr 21, 2025

The One USAF Thunderbird Demo Plane That Suited Up For Combat

The United States Air Force Thunderbirds are "America's Ambassadors in Blue," a famed air demonstration squadron. At air shows the announcers always say that Thunderbird aircraft could be ready for action within as little as a few days time. Well, as it turns out, they aren't lying. This is the...

Apr 21, 2025

Watch These F-5 Freedom Fighter Demo Team Jets Almost Collide

The Turkish Air Force's jet demonstration team, the , has been wowing crowds for over 20 years, and although their NF-5A Freedom Fighters may be old they are still capable of putting on a hell of a show. The team's pilots are some of the best in the world and...

Apr 21, 2025

Watch Dirt Bikers Go Nuts On The World's Only Floating Motocross Track

Last month, Red Bull inaugurated a new motocross course at Munich's Olympic Park. It features a superkicker, two quarterpipes, four regular ramps, and two gap jumps... all perched on top of a lake. Red Bull says the whole structure weights "as much 12 Boeing 747s" which equates to something like...

Apr 21, 2025

Russia's Massive Mystery Convoy & A Phantom Battle Inside Ukraine

Putin's power game in Ukraine has featured one set-piece after another, many of which seem to be used as decoys. This can also be said about the mysterious armada of 262 white Russian semi trucks, said to be hauling 'aid' intended for Russian speaking people living in the embattled rebel-held...

Apr 21, 2025

Watch Syrian Troops Fire Massive Scud Missiles At Their Own People

The thing about Scud missiles is that they're not a precision weapon. Their accuracy is measured in the thousands of feet. So just by firing it at civilians, you show you don't really care where it lands. And in a war with more than , that's not surprising. Considering that...

Apr 21, 2025

Navy Makes History With Integrated Unmanned-Manned Carrier Ops

The US Navy just announced that it has successfully integrated unmanned and manned carrier operations for the first time. This is huge, as it's pretty much the first step in how the Navy will work not for the next few years, but probably for the next few decades. This news...

Apr 21, 2025

Please Do Not Ride A Motorcycle In Just A Thong [NSFW]

A motorcycle is a ridiculously fun, but way to get around. Luckily, you can dramatically reduce your risk of injury on a bike by . I mean screw that though when you could use the back seat to show the world what your mamma gave ya! NSFW because it's a...

Apr 21, 2025

How One New Drone Tech Finally Allows All-Seeing Surveillance

The omnipresent watching aircraft of dystopian science fiction has quietly become science fact. Meet Wide Area Aerial Surveillance, the all-seeing eye in the sky that will change our lives forever. Streaming video, just twenty years ago considered the holy grail of real-time aerial intelligence as seen in the clip from...

Apr 21, 2025

This Is The Most Stunning Carrier Ops Footage Since Top Gun

The carrier is one dynamic and challenging workplace, and flying off of it remains anything but a simple task. This video beautifully captures the chaos and beauty of America's floating air bases and the airborne environment of those who fly from them. ...

Apr 21, 2025

Video Of X-47B & F/A-18 Carrier Ops Shows The Future Of Naval Aviation

As we reported VX-23 'Salty Dogs' made history with the first seamless carrier operations between an unmanned combat drone and a F/A-18 Hornet. The video below gives us a glimpse of what the Navy's air combat capability of the future will look like. ...

Apr 21, 2025

You Can Buy This Ex-Royal Air Force TriStar Tanker For $1.75M

Over the last decade, the Royal Air Force has made some very deep budget cuts while also trying to modernize its much smaller aircraft fleet. Part of this plan saw its Lockheed L-1011 based TriStars being retired. Not to worry, Offered for sale by , an international aircraft sales and...

Apr 21, 2025