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Flight Simulator geeks are flying around the world in the 2007 Round-The-World Flight Simulator Race. The race pits teams from AVSim, FlightSim and Sim-Outhouse against each other in a race around the world with special rules, conditions and bonuses. tags flight simulator avsim flightsim sim-outhouse round the world race airplaneAll teams were given the rules 24 hours in advance of the start of the race (10a EST on Friday). The rules include route requirements (such as two airports about 3000m above sea level and two airports below sea level), bonus airports and various rules such as if a plane crashes and which planes could be used in the race. picked by dfelteau 1 year ago |
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The UN has entered a new race of people on our earth based on the definition of the word. The new race which is one of the largest on our planet is the new Geek race. As always with races comes racism and the UN have quickly defined racist terms for the new race which include retard, noob and nerd. picked by Richye 1 year ago 3 comments edit related share plime.com |
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A leatherback turtle called Billie won the first Great Turtle Race from Costa Rica to the Galapagos Islands, swimming at a leisurely 5 to 6 kilometres per hour, organisers say. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
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Goggles lets you be the pilot and fly a plane over the Google Maps of various cities. The plane can also shoot although nothing is actually destroyed. picked by arrch8 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
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Launch a paper airplane from a building and try to get the highest rank and distance you possibly can. 13 comments edit related share entertainmentMy best is 113.744 meters and my global rank is 15,646. picked by Blankspace73 5 months ago |
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Google appear to have added a hidden feature to the latest version of Google Earth... A flight simulator! There are two aircraft to choose from in this version... The F16 and the SR22. picked by bunmaster 12 months ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
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Russia is leading the race to complete a manned mission to Mars and could land a Russian on the Red Planet by 2025, a leading scientist was quoted as saying on Tuesday. picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago 1 comments edit related share science |
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Within minutes of posting a story on CNN's homepage called "Gender or race: Black women voters face tough choices in South Carolina," readers reacted quickly and angrily. Many took umbrage at the story's suggestion that black women voters face "a unique, and most unexpected dilemma" about voting their race or their gender. picked by 2manyusernames 7 months ago 7 comments edit related share plime.com |
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A 14-year-old girl riding in a mountain bike race was attacked in the dark of night by a Grizzly bear Sunday and severely injured, but she was able to make a brief 911 call that eventually resulted in her rescue. 1 comments edit related share sportsDetailed account here picked by bevissimo 2 months ago |
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This guy launches a paper airplane off the 30th floor of a building in the financial district of New York City. The flight it goes on without crashing is pretty amazing. picked by misswinkle 8 months ago 8 comments edit related share plime.com |
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The human race will one day split into two separate species, an attractive, intelligent ruling elite and an underclass of dim-witted, ugly goblin-like creatures, according to a top scientist. picked by eljay 10 months ago 30 comments edit related share science |
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The original event, the Kinetic Grand Championship in Humboldt County, California, is also called the "Triathlon of the Art World" because art and engineering are combined with physical endurance during a three day cross country race that includes sand, mud, pavement, a bay crossing, a river crossing and major hills. (A Blog documenting the daily trials of the race, with many, many phot... read full post picked by psycmoe 3 months ago 1 comments edit related share arts |
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Did you ever wonder about your own "fight or flight" response? Here's is a young man discovering that his response is most definitely "fight." How would your primitive brain respond? picked by ogri2003 1 year ago 2 comments edit related share plime.com |
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The race among the world's cities to build the ultimate record-busting, flat-out tallest skyscraper on the planet is fast and furious. And the obsession to build mega-structures in nosebleed territory is particularly acute in much of economically dynamic Asia and the oil-rich Middle East. And the present reigning champ among skyscrapers globally is Taiwan's Taipei 101, a structure that climbs up 5... read full post picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
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DHL is the big winner this year in the annual package race staged by students at Georgia Tech to test the mettle of the major delivery services. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
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This rare 1939 race car that he commissioned could go for $12 million, despite the fact that most people don't really want to be associated with Hitler. The car's value is based on its technological importance though, so people will bid anyway. picked by ybne1else 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share technology |
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The 16-cylinder, 1,001 HP Bugatti Veyron is fast…real fast. So fast that it will race a Eurofighter Typhoon jet for two miles this Sunday. picked by punthe 11 months ago 0 comments edit related share technology |
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A chunk of a US Airways wing separated during a flight from Orlando to Philadelphia and cracked a passenger's window. picked by dollyllama 5 months ago 6 comments edit related share plime.com |
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Before that full flight, the crew put on pink feather boas and sang for its couple hundreds passengers, she said. "Even the pilot was wearing fairy wings and got into it," Williams said. picked by misswinkle 11 months ago 3 comments edit related share plime.com |
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ORBITER is a free flight simulator that goes beyond the confines of Earth's atmosphere. Launch the Space Shuttle from Kennedy Space Center to deploy a satellite, rendezvous with the International Space Station or take the futuristic Delta-glider for a tour through the solar system - the choice is yours. picked by mutil8or 3 weeks ago 0 comments edit related share science |
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A wheel falls off a race car and finds a perfect home picked by manatee 2 years ago 2 comments edit related share plime.com |