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Tue Feb 9
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Jetliner Part Falls From Sky, Scares Crap Out Of People In Miami Parking Lot

A 150-pound piece of a Boeing 747 fell into Miami on Friday, landing in the parking lot of a local mall. This picture was taken the same day in Washington, D.C. Which is worse — blinding snow or falling parts? More »

02/08/10

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By Sam Smith

#carpocalypse

Wayne Newton's Moldy, Discarded Jet Rots At Detroit Airport

According to Oakland County Airport officials, Wayne Newton left his $2 million plane at their airport three years ago and now they want him to take it back because it's all moldy and gross. More »

02/04/10

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By Matt Hardigree

#rants

The Dog That Killed Hoonage: A Call For Simplicity

Cars are growing too complex, and we're not the first to complain about it. We probably can't stop the rise of the self-driving car, but we need to stop and remember why we first climbed behind the wheel. More »

01/23/10

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By J.F. Musial

#planelopnik

Air Traffic Delays Now More Costly For America Than Hurricanes

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration recently announced that, from 2000 to 2008, airline flight delays took more from America's pocketbook than the combined cost of every hurricane in the country. Thanks, air travel. We love you, too. More »

01/22/10

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By Sam Smith

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"Miracle On The Hudson" Wreckage Up For Auction

The Airbus A320 Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger piloted to a harrowing Hudson River landing after US Airways Flight 1549 struck some geese is going up for auction. Images of the wreckage and our imagined Craigslist ad below. More »

01/21/10

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By Ben Wojdyla

#planelopnik

If Jalopnik Fantasy Garage Included Planes

This shot of a slew of U.S. military aircraft is like a ten-year-old Jalopnik Fantasy Garage of airplanes. But, can you ID every vehicle in this picture? Yes, that includes the tug in the middle.

01/14/10

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By Ray Wert

#planelopnik

Finally, A Sidecar Based On An F4-F Wildcat

If there's one thing missing from our lives, it's a totally camp sidecar based on a WWII fighter plane. This F4-F Wildcat was created by a man so obsessed with Americana he runs a Wild West theme park in Hungary.

12/30/09

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By Wes Siler

#planelopnik

New TSA Security Rules For A Post-Underwear Bomb World

New security rules put in place by Homeland Security after this weekend's attempted underwear bombing of an Amsterdam-Detroit Delta flight have leaked below. Basically, this guy'll enjoy pretending to be an airplane more than he will actually flying in one. More »

12/28/09

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By Ray Wert

#engineoftheday

Ass-Kickin' Engine of the Day: Rolls-Royce R

It isn't often that an engine makes the front page of Wikipedia, but not many engines score as high on the Ass-Kick-O-Meter™ as the Rolls-Royce R! More »

12/26/09

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By Murilee Martin

#classicadwatch

Saab: Nothing On Earth Comes Close

When you bought a mid-80s Saab 900, you were really buying a Saab 37 Viggen fighter plane! Even by the standards of the 1980s, when attention spans weren't limited to four seconds, this ad sort of drags... but such drama! More »

12/20/09

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By Murilee Martin

#planelopnik

Retired Dentist Builds Amazingly Intricate All-Aluminum WWII Fighter Models

Hawaiian dentist Young C. Park has turned his attention to detail from teeth to models, constructing elaborately exact 1/16 WWII fighter plane replicas entirely out of aluminum — complete with working control rods, chains and gears. More »

12/18/09

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By Wes Siler

#planelopnik

Boeing 787 Dreamliner Shows Us Its Cockpit, Takes Inaugural Flight

Today at 10 a.m. PST, two-and-a-half years after the plane was supposed to leave the ground, Boeing will send the first carbon fiber-bodied 787 Dreamliner into the air north of Seattle for its first test flight. More »

12/15/09

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By Ray Wert

#planelopnik

Captain Piccard's Solar Powered Plane Flies, Kinda

Captain Bertrand Piccard's photovoltaic-powered plane "Solar Impulse" flew 1,148ft yesterday in Switzerland at three-foot altitudes. The 262-foot wingspan plane weighs 4,409lbs and has been under construction since 2003. The caveat? They were flying with battery-power assistance. Gallery below More »

12/04/09

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By Ben Wojdyla

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81-Year-Old Builds Replica World War II Fighter, Flies Cross-Country

Jim O'Hara, a retired college professor, learned to fly 21 years ago. Six years later, he began construction of a two-thirds-scale P-38. He's now 81 years old and he and his wife made its maiden cross-country trip three weeks ago. More »

11/23/09

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By Ray Wert

#planelopnik

FAA Computer Glitch Shutting Down Flights Across Country

The FAA's investigating computer glitches in our fragile flight control infrastructure causing widespread delays at some of the nation's biggest airports today. But don't let that scare you from taking any of the flights shown above. [MSNBC]

11/19/09

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By Ray Wert

#planelopnik

F-35B Lightning II Plans To Take Stealth Vertical

The first Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) stealth fighter arrived Sunday at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., where it will conduct its first hovers and vertical landings. More »

11/18/09

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By Ray Wert

#planelopnik

Russian K7 Flying Fortress: If World War II Had Never Ended

The Russians love things big. They also don't let silly things like gravity and drag get in the way, dammit. We've only limited data on the K7 Flying Fortress, but this hasn't stopped Russian enthusiasts from rendering personal Nazi-UFO-killing versions. More »

11/13/09

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By Matt Hardigree

#planelopnik

Lotus Attempts To Merge Jalopnik, Planelopnik By Repairing Supermarine Spitfire

Lotus tasked itself with repairing a painstakingly accurate replica of a Spitfire fighter plane in preparation for the Battle of Britain's 70th Anniversary. Hey, can you think of anyone else with such an expertise in fiberglass? More »

11/13/09

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By Wes Siler

#planelopnik

US Airways Flight 1549: Amazing Animated Look At Final Flight

Kas Osterbuhr at K3 Resources put together this amazing 3D animation of the flight of US Airways 1549 from the moment brakes are released at LaGuardia to the moment the flight touches down in the Hudson River. It's epic. More »

11/11/09

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By Ray Wert

#planelopnik

Little Local Bank Still Has Bigger Private Plane Than GM, Chrysler

The bankrupt-and-hand-tied Detroit duo of Chrysler and GM are still unable to own private jets, so this little FirstBank-rented prop plane's still bigger than anything they've got in Detroit. Well, unless you're Ford. They've still got 'em. [NYT]

11/02/09

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By Ray Wert

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Jalopnik Vs GM: The Coolest Vehicle There Wasn't Even A Car

While I was putting practice laps in and Al was discussing the finer points of independent label hip hop distribution, Ray was going gaga for the helicopter filming on-track action. Expect more video soon.