Chris Clarke
Popular Mechanics
Ohio, United States
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Super-Rare XP-82 Twin Mustang Flies Again After Decade-Long Restoration
After ten years and over 200,000 man-hours, the two-headed warbird finally takes to the skies. → Read More
Watch the Marines Snag a $4 Million Drone with a Bungee Cord
The technique eliminates the need to use runways for takeoff and landing. → Read More
Watch the Marines Snag a $4 Million Drone with a Bungee Cord
The technique eliminates the need to use runways for takeoff and landing. → Read More
Nobody Really Knows What This New Experimental Plane Is
Scaled Composites, which built SpaceShipOne and Stratolaunch, has a new project. But who is it for, and what does it do? → Read More
This Tiny Plane (Not a Blimp!) Captures Breathtaking Aerial NFL Shots
It's not a blimp or even a drone, but a unique observation airplane. → Read More
What It's Like To Be an Aerobatic Pilot—In 360 Degrees
Watch all the loops and rolls while remaining in tight formation. → Read More
Nobody Wants To Buy the Original Flying Car
The Moller M400 has been in development for for years and you can bid now on the prototype. → Read More
The FAA's Failed Drone Registration Earned the Government Nearly $3 Million
They are offering to refund the $5 fee, but you probably don't want to. → Read More
Airline Crash Test Dummies Live a Tough Life
Crash dummies don't only make our cars safer—they make our planes safer, too. → Read More
Volvo's Parent Company Just Bought a Flying Car Startup
China's Geely, which also owns Volvo and other car companies, just bought a startup that makes flying cars. → Read More
I Still Love My Original, Working iPhone
Nine years later and it's still my favorite. → Read More
Get Lost In This 1 Gigapixel Photo Inside the USAF Museum
Pan and zoom to your heart's content. → Read More
Get Lost In This 1 Gigapixel Photo Inside the USAF Museum
Pan and zoom to your heart's content. → Read More
What It Feels Like to Fly a Firefighting 747
Climb inside and look around. → Read More
How to Jump out of a Perfectly Good Warbird
Veteran skydiver Craig Saucier and fellow jumper PJ Tavernit had the perfect scheme to announce the gender of their mutual friend's expected baby. Why not jump from a plane and the spectators at the baby's gender reveal party would see either pink or blue smoke trailing from the divers, designating the new child's sex? However, not everything in Craig's plan didn't fall exactly into place and he… → Read More
Here's How F-15s Practice Intercepting Errant Civilian Planes for the Super Bowl
A huge influx of general aviation air traffic is expected to hit the San Francisco Bay Area during the first week of February in anticipation Super Bowl 50. While you're watching football on Sunday, the Air Force will be watching the skies in case an errant pilot wanders into the protected airspace surrounding the big game. But it takes practice to intercept a slow moving Cessna with a big… → Read More
Air Traffic Control For Drones Is Almost Here
A small upgrade to Lockheed Martin's software could allow air traffic controllers to see unmanned aircraft. → Read More
This Waterproof Quadcopter Is Also a Submarine
A multi-mission aircraft that can fly and swim. → Read More
New Jet Engine Brake Muffles Airplane Landings
An engineering firm has used its computer-aided prowess to create a solution to airplane noise—putting a new kind of "air brake" on the back of a jet engine. → Read More
The Cannons on the B-29 Bomber Were a Mid-Century Engineering Masterpiece
Five r emote-controlled cannons with computer-aided aiming made the Superfortress way, way ahead of its time. → Read More