"Obama did not plagiarize his whole campaign from Jimmy Smits fictional campaign on The West Wing. No, no, The West Wing plagiarized Obama's campaign from the future." picked by gammerus 2 years ago

Great commercial for an awful toy from the 1960s called the Swing Wing. It's a beanie with a pendulum.

(props to Boing Boing) picked by Bornbad 2 years ago

A chunk of a US Airways wing separated during a flight from Orlando to Philadelphia and cracked a passenger's window. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

A swift adapts the shape of its wings to the immediate task at hand: folding them back to chase insects, or stretching them out to sleep in flight. Ten Dutch and Swedish scientists, based in Wageningen, Groningen, Delft, Leiden, and Lund, have shown how 'wing morphing' makes swifts such versatile flyers. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

At the end of the 1,300km journey, rescuers at Vnukova airport were initially unable to take off his coat and shoes because his arms and legs were so badly frozen. Crazy kid. picked by misswinkle 2 years ago

This doting mother swan has really taken her babies under her wing.

Six tiny cygnets could be seen peeking from beneath her feathers as she floated on the pond at the Bicton Park Botanical Gardens in Devon. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

Bird watching might not seem the kind of hobby to attract the Indiana Jones type, but Gerry Nicholls is what you might call an extreme bird watcher. This year he and his friends set out on an international treasure hunt for a very mysterious bird. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

I would LOVE to do this, if I wasn't so financially challenged... or so chicken. picked by tigertony 1 year ago

186 miles per hour. He has my vote for the most uber tech awesome dude of 2008. picked by Moe 2 years ago

The fossil hand of a long-necked, ostrich-like dinosaur recently found in China may help solve the mystery of how bird wings evolved from dinosaur limbs, according to a new study. picked by suebe 5 months ago

An airline passenger was arrested at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport on Tuesday evening after opening an emergency door on a Delta Air Lines flight as passengers were exiting at a gate.

*moe?* picked by Bornbad 10 months ago

this is about the best cover of little wing i've ever heard. i wish i knew what this girls name is. picked by indisguise 2 years ago

Yes that really IS duct tape on the wing of the plane. I grabbed my camera, shot off several photos. With rising fuel costs one can only hope that the maintenance of the aircraft does not soley rely on duct tape. picked by Bornbad 10 months ago

For decades, it was just another empty building in Chinatown. But first thing Saturday morning, the lines began to form. The long-neglected East Kong Yick Building had been transformed into the new Wing Luke Asian Museum picked by bingo 1 year ago

It seems that airplanes can take on many shapes and sizes! picked by cactushair 11 months ago

It had to be posted after these comments...

picked by Proverb 2 years ago

just please watch what happens its amazing picked by neo3979 1 year ago

I was saving this for an Elvis FAF but it didn't happen so I'll just share it now.

I don't want to give anything else away..just check it out! picked by Fizz71 2 years ago

"I will never forget, we hung the (robot) arm over the right wing, we panned it to the (damage) location and took a look and I said to myself, 'we are going to die,'" recalled shuttle commander Robert "Hoot" Gibson. picked by tigertony 8 months ago

United Airlines' annual Fantasy Flight takes children with life-threatening conditions and terminal illnesses on a flight to visit Santa on his home turf. picked by tigertony 11 months ago