Researchers discover hippos briefly lift all their feet off the ground when trotting. The Royal Veterinary College team made the discovery based on footage of hippos at a theme park. This gait is rare for large animals and is similar to the way horses run. Back in 1878, photographer Eadweard Muybridge helped solve a debate […]
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Tech startup announces flying motorcycle prototype with impressive airborne features — here’s how it works
Cruising capability has taken on a new meaning. Czech company UDX has developed an electric vertical take-off and landing (evTOL) prototype that can travel airborne at incredible heights with speed, efficiency, and agility. Known as Airwolf, the hoverbike prototype is developed with impressive individually tilting ducted fan propulsion technology, allowing it to hover and cruise […]
High-speed hippos can get airborne, says new study
County fair rides go airborne, among other thrills
SOUTH BEND — “You feel a little like Superman on it,” Griffin Long, 13, said as he stepped off the Cliff Hanger ride Saturday at the St. Joseph County 4-H Fair. For the ride, participants lie flat on their stomachs with their arms stretched forward. They are strapped into seats with gliders hanging over them. […]
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One dead in two-vehicle crash after car goes airborne Tuesday evening in Kansas City
One person died following a two vehicle crash Tuesday evening in Kansas City. Police responded to a two-vehicle crash around 5:10 p.m. in the area of East 43rd Street and Virginia Avenue, according to Sgt. Phillip DiMartino, a spokesman for the Kansas City Police Department. A silver Honda Pilot was traveling eastbound on 43rd at […]
Jeep goes airborne in crash; local man killed
HURON COUNTY, Ohio (WJW) – The Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a deadly crash that happened in Huron County. According to OSHP, around 11:30 p.m. on Monday, June 17, a Jeep Wrangler headed southbound on West River Road went off the right side of the roadway and hit a culvert storm drain cover. I-TEAM: […]
Probe finds Singapore Airlines plane fell 178 feet in 5 seconds leaving passengers ‘airborne’
May 29 (UPI) — The preliminary safety investigation into severe turbulence aboard a Singapore Airlines flight in which a British man died and 71 passengers and crew were injured has found the aircraft plunged 178 feet in four seconds, subjecting occupants to forces of up to 3G. Data recovered from the Flight Data Recorder and […]
Major NATO airborne exercise starts in Romania
A major NATO exercise involving airborne troops went into its main phase in Romania on Monday with paratroopers dropped to the south of the city of Cluj-Napoca. In the exercise, the troops are tasked with liberating the military airfield at Câmpia Turzii, which has been seized by hostile forces. Around 1,500 troops were to land […]
2-year-old Arizona boy dies after bounce house goes airborne in strong gust of wind
A 2-year-old boy died in a “tragic accident” after a bounce house went airborne in Arizona on Saturday, authorities said. The incident occurred around 5 p.m. near Casa Grande, a city about 50 miles south of Phoenix, according to a statement from the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office. “Several children were playing in a bounce house […]
Happy Earth Day 2024! NASA picks 6 new airborne missions to study our changing planet
Just in time for Earth Day, NASA has announced that it’s full speed ahead with six new aircraft-driven missions to study our changing planet. In a media briefing on Friday (April 19), NASA officials announced six new airborne missions that will focus on arctic coastal change, weather created by wildfires, urban air pollution, impacts of […]