The National Traffic Scorecard ranks the 100 most-congested metropolitan areas in the United States. Number one? Los Angeles, naturally.
posted to MetaFilter by backseatpilot at 1:23 PM on June 17, 2008 (53 comments)

Boeing 777 assembled in 4:13 (SLYT)
posted to MetaFilter by backseatpilot at 9:12 AM on May 1, 2008 (47 comments)

DARPA has announced the contractors for their "Vulture" UAV system. The plan is to build an aircraft that can stay aloft, uninterrupted, for five years.
posted to MetaFilter by backseatpilot at 9:06 AM on April 30, 2008 (29 comments)

Steve Bleach reviews the Airbus A380. In case you were wondering, there is no sex on the A380.
posted to MetaFilter by backseatpilot at 11:15 AM on October 29, 2007 (44 comments)

Steve Fossett has gone missing in Nevada. Fossett has broken many aviation records, including being the first person to fly solo around the world in a balloon and the first nonstop, solo airplane flight around the world. A list of all of his aviation records. He went missing during a recreational flight.
posted to MetaFilter by backseatpilot at 6:07 PM on September 4, 2007 (37 comments)

NASA's Phoenix probe launched Saturday from Cape Canaveral, destination Mars. Its mission is to investigate polar ice. This probe is unique for a couple of reasons: first, it will face a traditional parachute-and-retro-rockets landing, unlike previous endeavors. Second, it will be landing far north of any previous mission. Previous Mars missions have had mixed success, with only about half successfully making it to their destination. It is scheduled to land in May, 2008.
posted to MetaFilter by backseatpilot at 7:45 PM on August 5, 2007 (16 comments)