Showing posts with label Aircraft. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Aircraft. Show all posts

Sunday, November 21, 2010

The World’s Smallest Helicopter - GEN H-4


GEN H-4 is the world's smallest co-axial helicopter ever made.This is a Japanese designed and manufactured ultralight one-man helicopter. The total empty weight of this helicopter is only 155 lbs. Smallest helicopter in the world has two rotors turning in opposite directions to maintain stability, and four engines that enables a 30-minute flight with a top speed of about 56 miles per hour.

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Yes, you're right it is a quite interesting contraption! It is true that there is not much to see on the outside. The frame is 2 inch aluminum pipe bent and welded, with a fiberglass backpack and funny looking wheels. The controls are direct, like many gyrocopters. In front of the pilot attached to the control bar is the control panel with the throttle (altitude control), tachometer, ignition power, starter and yaw switches. The tools necessary for flight do not seem like much because they aren't. This is not only the lightest helicopter in the world, but it is the easiest to fly!

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Tuesday, November 2, 2010

The Biggest Plane in the World


The biggest plane in the world is the Antonov An-225 Mriya, a Russian plane.





Biggest Cargo

This huge plane can carry 250 tons of cargo, in a huge cargo deck!





A one way trip with this plane to carry material can cost up to 1 million dollars.









Moving this big plane on the ground requires 32 wheels!





Monday, October 25, 2010

World's First Jumbo Hostel On A Plane



The world's first built guesthouse onboard a real Boeing 747-200 has touched down at Stockholm Arlanda Airport ..

"It's just fantastic and unbelievably exciting to finally be able to show something so unique and special for the rest of the world," says Gisela Olsson, Site Manager at the Jumbo Hostel.

It's even possible to wake up to the sight of real planes taxiing on the airport's runways through the windows in your room.

The hostel features a reception and lounge area, complete with candlelit tables and a retro company logo.

One of the 25 rooms to choose from once you get on board.

Guests (or is that passengers?) have the chance to sleep in the cockpit of the aircraft...

...which comes complete with throttle controls.

The staff also dress as cabin crew, with many of them actually having worked aboard commercial flights.

Originally delivered to Singapore Airlines in 1976, the jet also spent time in Cathay and Pan Am fleets.

Guests have the chance to buckle up in all the comfort of a long-haul flight.

Some rooms are available with bunkbeds..

For the first time you can now take a shower on an aeroplane.

Prices ranging from £29 for a dorm bed to £275 for the cockpit double, which includes private bathroom and breakfast.

But now it is grounded indefinitely could be there be any better way to join the TEN METRE-high club?
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