Tick, tick, tick....how to ground an airplane for six hours without involving terrorists
Things keep getting crazier in the airlline industry these days. I saw the headline of this news item thinking it was about "sounds" of ticks on an airplane. But no, it was grounded due to a different kind of tick. Click and read to learn more.
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A B-2 Spirit: Not exploding, which--I think--is what it's supposed to do.
Courtesy U.S. Air ForceYeah, I'm not that interested in seeing it either.
But if you're super bored, check out this video of a 1.4 billion dollar B-2 stealth bomber crashing and burning. The pilots, you'll notice, got out on time (in awesome ejection seats, by the way).
It crashed in February, but the video and explanation just came out:
"Water distorted preflight readings in three of the plane's 24 sensors, making the aircraft's control computer force the B-2 to pitch up on takeoff, resulting in a stall and subsequent crash."
I'm pretty sure that means a robot crashed the plane.
I wonder if there was ever a movie made about this? Just kidding--I know there was a movie made about this.
Ever mess around with model rockets, you know those temermental things that never would ignite when you pushed the launch button, and when they finally did (usually when you weren't expecting it) they'd find their way into the closest tree or flat-roofed structure? Here's a tale of one heck of a model rocket launch. Get the kid who made it signed up to work for NASA right now.
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