Located just over eight hundred kilometers away from the North Pole, the community of Alert, on the northeastern tip of Ellesmere Island, in Nunavut, Canada, is the most northerly permanent settlement in the world. Continue reading
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Stylish Aerial Pictures of the Royal Air Force
Acrobatic patrols are often well received by the spectators thanks to their aerial figures and to the colorful traces they leave in their vapor trail. The photographer Ron Gessel immortalized a representation of the Red Arrows from the Royal Air Force. Continue reading
Paper Sculptures Adapting to Reality
With a simple sheet of paper cut with precision and imagination, the artists Dmytro and Iuliia aka DreamPapercut, create sculptures in form of animals and of diverse items. These creations adapt to the landscape by letting passing the light, with great visual effects. Continue reading
The First Successful Flight by Wright Brothers, 1903
Cabin With a View, The Windowless Plane
In a concept design created by U.K. product and technology research company, Centre for Process Innovation (CPI), an airplane’s windows will be replaced with floor-to-ceiling screens displaying 360-degree views of the sky captured by cameras mounted outside the plane. In addition to the real-time displays, the screens would also be used for entertainment purposes, showing detailed information about the objects seen outside the plane and playing recorded media. The screens would also double as touch-screen displays for in-flight services.
Mass Production of B-32 Dominators
Mass production of Consolidated B-32 Dominator airplanes at Consolidated Aircraft Plant No. 4, near Fort Worth, Texas, during World War II