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    April 29, 2013 | 28 notes

    Photo of the Day: Pilot John Reed takes in the scenery over California’s wine country in his 1950 Boeing-Stearman
Photo by Kyle Dykes (San Jose, CA); Sonoma, CA

    Photo of the Day: Pilot John Reed takes in the scenery over California’s wine country in his 1950 Boeing-Stearman

    Photo by Kyle Dykes (San Jose, CA); Sonoma, CA

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    February 22, 2013 | 83 notes

     
Photo of the Day: An Editors’ Pick from our 2012 Photo Contest.  Snowy Owl - Ontario, Canada 

Photo by Ryan Vince (Keswick, ON, Canada); Keswick, Ontario, Canada

    Photo of the Day: An Editors’ Pick from our 2012 Photo Contest.  Snowy Owl - Ontario, Canada 

    Photo by Ryan Vince (Keswick, ON, Canada); Keswick, Ontario, Canada

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    December 17, 2012 | 63 notes

    usagov:

Image description: Today is Wright Brothers Day, commemorating the first successful airplane flight in 1903. This photo shows that feat. Learn about the first flight.
Photo by John T. Daniels, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division

    usagov:

    Image description: Today is Wright Brothers Day, commemorating the first successful airplane flight in 1903. This photo shows that feat. Learn about the first flight.

    Photo by John T. Daniels, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division

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    July 5, 2012 | 37 notes

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    Behold the world’s largest paper airplane, part of The Great Paper Airplane Project.

    Also see how 20 prominent contemporary artists reimagined the paper plane.

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    June 5, 2012 | 18 notes

    Watching People Fly with Wingsuits Never Gets Old

    A brief impression on the flocking and flying I got to organize and film while at Skydive Elsinore for the 1st US Artistic Wingsuit Competition. - Jarno Cordia

    Video: FlyLikeBrick

    Ed note: We’ve posted wingsuit videos before and they just keep getting better.

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    March 16, 2012 | 3 notes

    You’ve Seen the Photo, Now Watch the Video: Jumping Out of a Space Capsule

    On March 15, 2012, Austria’s Felix Baumgartner jumped out of a space capsule from an altitude of approximately 71,580 feet as the Red Bull Stratos project moved forward into the manned flight tage in New Mexico.

    Ed note: So Red Bull really does give you wings?

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