Marty_d

Wouldn't any retractable system also have a mechanical lock so any load on the gear would prevent retraction?

Missed the green though.

The 2 storey thing gets me. Every segment on the second floor has to be movable. Having a carousel on single floor makes sense, and it'd be cheaper to build another one next to it. Plus, that way you fit 10 (in 2 buildings) because you don't have to leave a segment free.

There's an awful lot of empty desert in Nevada where they can practice.

Oops. Helicopter close call in Tasmania in 2024 unreported to safety authorities until video tip-off to ATSB - ABC News WWW.ABC.NET.AU An incident in which a helicopter crew disagreed before the aircraft hit a lake due to pilot miscalculation was not reported...

Is that you on the bike in the poster?

Imagine being in that car that drove straight through the fireball in the second after it hit.

Pretty amazing photos. https://www.twz.com/air/eurofighter-typhoon-canopy-shattering-bird-strike-captured-in-amazing-images

Which makes my point really. Jeezus we put proximity alarms on cars where the bum end is 3m behind you. But we expect RPT drivers to judge clearance on a wingtip which is 30-40m at 45 degrees behind them, going in different directions in a turn.

Oooh, that's pretty.

So if ships are "she" while planes are "he"... Possibly explains why aircraft carriers look pregnant...

Fluid exchanges I reckon.

Getting there .. https://www.techinasia.com/news/catl-unveils-battery-breakthrough-electric-aircraft

May be a silly question, but I've seen reporting on several instances of ground mishaps where a wingtip hits something. Why don't they have some sort of proximity alarm when there's a solid object in front of the wingtip?

Just buy a pair and find out!