This makes it ideal for dogfight situations as well as being a popular attraction at airshows around the world. 4– MiG-31 Foxhound A MiG-31 jet fighter aircraft performs at the MAKS-2021 International Aviation and Space Salon, in Zhukovskiy, outside of Moscow, Russia. Photo by Mikhail ...
In November 1966, drag racer and world land speed record holder Art Arfons crashed his jet-powered Green Monster automobile at a ferocious speed of 610 mph at Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. Astonishingly, not only did Afrons survive, but he came out with just minor burns and bruises. Consid...
The SSC Tuatara is an upcoming high-performance sports car to be manufactured by SSC North America. Influenced by fighter jet performance and aerodynamics, the presence of the Tuatara inspires a sense of both intensity and simplistic design. The car is named afterreptilesendemic to New Zealand, k...
The Turbine Superbike Y2K, produced between 2000 and 2005, is a wheel-driven motorcycle powered by aRolls-Royce 250-C18 turboshaft enginethat runs on diesel fuel. When riding this bike at its top speed of 227 miles per hour, riders experience a sensation like piloting a fighter jet. 2Kawas...
The probe dubbed Kosmos 482, renamed after it failed post-launch, turned into a sister spacecraft of the Venera […] Life Style Pilot’s Body Found 2 Weeks After Japan’s Fighter Jet Vanished From Radar jackwitch 3 years ago Japan’s airforce stated Sunday that it had recovered the ...
another unique creation. This title belongs to Lockheed Martin's SR-71 Blackbird, an absolute beast in terms of airspeed and a true marvel of engineering. The jet was a high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft made to outrun and outclimb all Soviet-era surface-to-air missiles and fighter ...
The Saab JAS 39 Gripen (English: griffin) is a light single-engine multirole fighter aircraft manufactured by the Swedish aerospace company Saab. The Gripen has a delta wing and canard configuration with relaxed stability design and fly-by-wire flight controls. It is powered by the Volvo RM12...