Category: Aviation
Do Pilots Hook Up With Flight Attendants? | Loungtastic
Last week, we received a huge response from readers when we posed the question of whether or not pilots hop in bed with flight attendants…
She Loves To Fly Naked
An attractive, completely nude woman decides to take to the skies and enjoy the scenery.
Teenager, 19, One Of Youngest Ever Airline Pilots
A teenager has become one of the UK’s youngest ever airline pilots. Luke Elsworth, 19, was offered a job with easyJet after taking one of the fastest possible routes to becoming qualified…
How does the control joystick in Airbus aircraft work? | Loungtastic
Are you a fan of the Space Shuttle? There are a lot of misconceptions about this sidestick, mainly by hardline Boeing fans who just don’t want to let go of that huge misfit between their legs…
Guy straps into falling helicopter to prove Neil deGrasse Tyson wrong
There aren’t many people who’d strap themselves into a plummeting helicopter voluntarily, but apparently when you really, really love science, you’ve got to do whatever it takes to demonstrate the laws of physics.
Or, at least, that’s Destin’s excuse over at YouTube channel Smarter Every Day, as he puts his life on the line, all to prove Neil deGrasse Tyson wrong…
LA Speed Story, World’s Fastest Aircraft Hitting Mach 3 | Loungtastic
This may be the single greatest aviation story ever told, it’s about the iconic SR-71 Blackbird whose full operating specs are still classified to this day. The story, from the now out-of-print book Sled Driver by former SR-71 jockey Brian Shul (available used on Amazon for just $700). Here’s the ultimate aviation troll…
11 Highest Paying Countries for Pilots | Loungtastic
An airline pilot is one of the most in-demand jobs currently in the world, as evidenced by the 11 highest paying countries for pilots. Becoming a pilot is no easy feat. It requires nerves of steel, as you are in charge of a large piece of metal flying thousands of feet…
A Plane On A Conveyor Belt Is Moving In The Opposite Direction. Can It Take Off?
Question 1. A plane is on a conveyor belt which, when turned on, moves the plane backwards at a speed equal to the normal take-off speed of the plane. If the pilot uses the normal amount of throttle and other controls…
Can it take off?
Polish Mig-29 pilot captured by speeding cam between Berlin and Poznan
Polish Mig-29 pilot captured by speeding cam between Berlin and Poznan
(polish mig 29 speed camera)
F-15 Quick Takeoff And Insane Vertical Climb!
F-15 Eagle is a jet that displays many amazing talents over the course of its 40-year service. Among those talents is its ability to climb vertically, which has helped it to become such a reliable dogfighter and scramble into action. The impressive climb time is attributed to a research team at Pratt & Whitney who wanted to make the best combat jet in the world.
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