Stealth Movie Cockpit
Familiar Hollywood treatment of fighter cockpits from the movie, Stealth. Information overload and poor viewing angle.
Left Pedal
Usability meets aviation
Helicopter Ops from The 6th Day
Some concepts from the movie, The 6th Day, may prove difficult to implement.
A convertible aircraft that switches from rotorcraft to fixed-wing
ATC and NextGen Videos on YouTube
For your viewing pleasure.
Regina Dugan Showcases Hummingbird Drone on TED
Don't fear failure. Don't be afraid to fly. Be nice to nerds: they make cool stuff. Tobacco can make vaccines. Oh, and DARPA is a "magical place."
Cross-Country Flight Path Visualization using SeeYou
Wow, is SeeYou ever feature-rich. You can re-fly your entire route with flight paths color-coded by altitude, ground speed, and about 10 other things. It's got an elevation profile, sectionals, airspace, 3D terrain, variable playback speeds. If only it had better satellite imagery and 3D buildings like Google Earth. Oh well. Very fun to use. Thanks to Cumulus Soaring, Inc., I have plenty of SeeYou video tutorials to watch.
iHUD App is Back
I just revisited the iHud site and it turns out there's an updated app. Yay! Check it out. Lots more screenshots to look at. Download it from the App Store. $6.
CloudAhoy App for Flight Tracking and Debriefing
CloudAhoy rocks! I'm writing a research paper on why capturing GPS flight data is a good idea for post-flight debriefing with students and am detailing why importing flight data into Google Earth is too slow. The ideal would be to hit record on your smartphone, fly, then send the data to a server that analyzes the flight and generates a video (by the time you walk back to the office), and review the video immediately after the flight with your CFI. 1-2-3 easy, like that. Well, someone's done it. Thank you CloudAhoy. I'm looking forward to using the app.
Augmented Reality Comes to Your Windshield and Face
BMW Group Developing Augmented Reality Windshield Displays
- Google AR Glasses Coming By Year's End
- A similar article from AndroidPIT
- Google Hiring Augmented-Reality Experts Amid Rumors of HUD Glasses
- Some ideas on how the head gesture navigation might work -- Walking around nodding and twitching will make people think you have a tick
- Sportiiiis Glasses -- Coolio!
Google Earth Flight Videos at Altitude with 3D Aircraft
How did Daniel Barcay do it? I know how to create Google Earth (GE) tours using GPS tracks, but how do you get GE to fly the tracks at altitude and show your 3D aircraft in the video? Dan, share your secrets.
Read more:
- Google Earth software engineer tracks flights, tours and trees
Tnooz, January 24, 2012, by Dennis Schaal - Relive your hiking, biking, and other trips in Google Earth
Google Lat Long Blog, June 14, 2010, Dan Barcay
Futuristic Anime Helicopters in Vexille
It's a bird? It's a plane? It's a troop carrier? The anime movie, Vexille, has some interesting ideas about helicopters. Their version of a heavy-lift helicopter looks like a cross between a CH-47 and a seagull. What about drag? Isn't that Aerodynamics 101? What possible purpose could those metal feathers serve?
