Flight/Planes

[Debi]

Meet the X-65: DARPA’s New Plane Has No External Control Surfaces

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has announced a new designation for its CRANE program aircraft, the X-65.

www.airandspaceforces.com

 

[Lynne]

Meet the X-65: DARPA’s New Plane Has No External Control Surfaces

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has announced a new designation for its CRANE program aircraft, the X-65.

www.airandspaceforces.com

Is this going to be unmanned and controlled from a computer somewhere? Spy plane?

 

[Selectric]

Is this going to be unmanned and controlled from a computer somewhere? Spy plane?

Yep it is going to be unmanned.

 

[Duke]

Yep it is going to be unmanned.

Anytime DARPA develops an aircraft, it's meant as a concept demonstrator as opposed to an operational aircraft.

 

[Debi]

Pilot tried to shut down engines during flight

MSN

www.msn.com

 

[Lynne]

Pilot tried to shut down engines during flight

MSN

www.msn.com

The article didn't tell us how he was thwarted. That is the story I want to hear about.

 

[garnetsilver]

But...why? Was he drunk, high, or possessed? Guess we will never know.

 

[Lynne]

But...why? Was he drunk, high, or possessed? Guess we will never know.

I heard something about him being high on mushrooms. It was on the radio, and I just caught the end of the story. He no doubt will have been subjected to drug testing.

 

[Duke]

Jumpseat Pilot Was Battling Depression - AVweb

An Alaska Airlines off-duty pilot who tried to disable an aircraft on Sunday told investigators he had self-medicated with psilocybin (magic) mushrooms 48 hours before the incident to battle his escalating mental health issues. He had also not slept in 40 hours. In charging documents reviewed by...

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[Debi]

Craiglist Gold - Cessna 172 on a VW Bug chassis - Aviation Humor

The seller said this used to be a 1968 Volkswagen Beetle and is still titled as such. The body has been replaced with a 1959 Cessna 172.

aviationhumor.net