Photographer Milton Tan:
“Living about a 10-minute drive away from the airport, the streaks of light were none other than airplanes flying to and from the airport,. Then it struck me — to do a whole time-lapse short film dedicated to airplanes flying at night.”
from the video page:
"Over 3,400 separate images combined to make this time lapse video from a Boeing 747-400 en route from Tokyo's Narita Airport to San Francisco. That's Venus leading the sunrise."
The UK's main provider of air traffic control services, NATS, visualizes beautifully how complex and busy European airspace is.
"Airspace might be the invisible infrastructure, but it is every bit as important as the road, rail and utility networks we all rely on everyday. It is the lifeblood of our island economy, connecting the UK to the rest of the world. Getting it right matters and we all have a stake in it. That’s why we created this data visualization showing a typical summer’s day of air traffic from last year. It’s an amalgamation of two data sources – UK radar data from 21 June and European flight plan information from 28 July – and it clearly highlights the structure of airspace across the continent. A few highlights include the North Atlantic tracks that connect Europe with North America, the airways that run up the spine of the UK, the holding stacks at London’s capacity stretched airports and the military manoeuvres off Anglesey in Wales. We hope you enjoy it and that is acts as a small reminder of the incredible work air traffic controllers, working with pilots and ground crew, do every single day."
San Francisco-based designer Luca Iaconi-Stewart has spent 5 years creating this meticulous model of a Boeing 777 out of manila folders.
It is fascinating to see our obsessions made actual.
via Colossal
Being a photographer AND a commercial pilot gives Karim Nafatni some great opportunities to capture these outstanding images of the cockpit.
The Solar Impulse, created by explorer Bertrand Piccard and engineer André Borschberg, can only fly when the weather is perfect. And it is endeavoring to make a cross-country flight from San Francisco to JFK Airport in New York City.
Project 1794 was top secret in 1956. It was a flying saucer (remarkably looking like a UFO) meant to top out at MACH 4, and capable of vertical takeoff and landing. The Aeronautical Systems Division (USAF) recently released these images for the project.
