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Seen one of these take off at Farnborough.

Caked everything in burnt kerosene.

Monstro.

not a hairycraft, but impressive vid:

http://youtu.be/ZwwS4YOTbbw

4 realz or CGI? Vertical recovery to land is a big milestone if it's real.

Yeh, SpaceX have been testing it for a while now. Its like watching sci-fi.

Just caught up with latest flights, they haven't put the 22nd August 2014 flight on their YouTube channel
http://recode.net/2014/08/22/spacex-test-rocket-fails-in-texas-flight/
http://www.parabolicarc.com/2014/08/22/video-spacex-rocket-explosion-mcgregor/

I'll see your rocket failure and double it...

http://t.space.com/all/26944-us-military-hypersonic-weapon-test-explodes#2

Also...is the SpaceX an aircraft? :o)

More of a projectile...

Saw this the other week, I had no idea whatsoever that this was possible. So space age!

gyroscopes ? or magnets ?

Fix...

youtube.com/watch?v=HEe3xfWf­kG8#t=179

This is from a film AKA "Sky Fighters" just in case did not already know...
Terrible but awesome at the same time. The arial photography is amazing and not CGI - makes top gun look like models stuck on sticks.
anyway, there is a blu ray version floating around with passable subtitles if anyone wants to enjoy the engrossing story, not just the planes.

For the first 60 miles, yes.

I guess a Cruise missile 'flies' B-)

I don't understand the SpaceX thing.

It's pretty cool to see it climbing to 1km and landing again, but to actually make it into orbit with a useful payload plus the fuel needed to decelerate and land seems a bit of a stretch.

The first stage, and particularly the strap-on boosters, never get to anything like orbital velocity, so the fuel needed to decelerate is reasonable. SpaceX business model is based on the extra fuel and having the take-off thrust 20% more than is needed for just the payload is cheaper than binning an expensive set of rocket engines every launch.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2014/sep/05/unresponsive-plane-f15-jets-aircraft-live-updates

Not so high, but more wow factor:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2t15vP1PyoA

And the lunar lander challenge competition a few years ago led to a lot of pretty impressive stuff at a smaller scale:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7sdHzY3xFA

This looks like fun, despite not being able to keep it up for long.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTo7KA14mD0

Just stumbled upon a killer lecture: http://www.aerosociety.com/Events/Event-List/1754/The-History-of-the-RollsRoyce-RB21122-Turbofan-Engine

And it's free.

Basically, this was the most advanced engine in the world when it was developed, and it bankrupted Rolls Royce which forced nationalisation and the intervention of the UK and US government. It eventually became one of the world's most reliable engines and transformed intercontinental air travel.

And this is a free lecture by a former director of engineering for Rolls Royce.

Can't argue with free + interesting.

Rather looking forward to Guy Martin's Spitfire on Sunday 12th.

alarm missile, now retired

Guy Martin's Spitfire is on TV now.

Twas good.

'It's like silk' - apt words from the pilots daughter.

Browning on the 5 Series was a nice touch to. :o$

channel? will have to 'catchup'..

alarm missile, now retired

"fire-and-forget system, with an added loiter capability."

seductive terminology… Needs @General_Lucifer..

ALARM
"Unit cost undisclosed.."

"the Treasury favoured the cheaper and proven HARM"

HARM
"Unit cost US$284,000
US$870,000 for AGM-88E"

Fuck me..