The Woopy-Fly

The Woopy-Fly, a sort of paraglider/trike/ultralight hybrid shown on the world stage at AERO Friedrichshafen this April 2010 in Germany, has a wing that folds for storage like a paraglider — because it's inflatable.

Currently, it appears the wing itself is only available from distributors in Switzerland, Russia, and Japan. Those wishing to buy the trike (plus wing) can expect a complete kit cost to run about 13,780 Swiss Francs, which currently is about US$12,400 — plus the legal disclaimer that releases the manufacturer of liability.

The bare basic flying. A wing and motor, packs into your trunk.

smoke angel

A C-17 Globemaster III from the 14th Airlift Squadron, Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina. flies off after releasing flares over the Atlantic Ocean near Charleston, South Carolina, during a training mission on Tuesday, May 16, 2006. The "smoke angel" is caused by wing vortices at the plane's wingtips

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wingtip_vortices

Wingtip vortices are tubes of circulating air which are left behind a wing as it generates lift.[1] One wingtip vortex trails from the tip of each wing. The cores of vortices spin at very high speed and are regions of very low pressure.

Boeing 787 touching base with the past.

Boeing 787 Dreamliner Flying With a Boeing 40C




It is amazing to see Boeing’s oldest flying aircraft with their newest.

http://www.antiqueairfield.com/articles/show/583-boeing-legacy-boeing-40-and-the-787-dreamliner-

http://www.airlinereporter.com/2010/05/pictures-boeing-787-flying-with-boeing-40c/

My how far we have come in less than 100 years.

Oldest Boeing Transport Flies Again

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_Model_40

Instrument panel photo. Looks like a simple machine compared to the jets of today.

Oldest Boeing Transport Flies Again

Boeing 40The Boeing 40 was a single engine mail plane with a passenger compartment. One of the biplanes, which crashed on an Oregon mountain in 1928, is meticulously restored and flying again

Who needs a airplane to fly?

http://www.redbull.com/cs/Satellite/en_INT/Red-Bull.com/HolyShit/011242745950125

Flying over Corinth gap, Greece. Robbie Madison's jump.

Two become one

http://www.redbull.com/cs/Satellite/en_INT/Red-Bull.com/Video/011242745950125#/subcategory-videos/6/date

Wing walking on a glider. Not something you see every day.

Light Sport Circumnavigation

Small planes, large ocean.....

http://www.azimut270.ch/en/1910.html

Marking the 100th anniversary of the first flights in Switzerland. Two airline pilots set out to circle the globe.

Follow along with their flight on the link above.