Built around massive Tumansky turbojets, the MiG25 Foxbat, with its nearly 46-foot wingspan, is capable of catapulting off the runway and climbing 65,000 feet into the air in less than nine minutes! Now, picture yourself in the cockpit of this high-speed interceptor on your way to the "Top of the World!" (Cockpit camera!)
This is a Boeing 737-800 during a snowfall at Toronto's Pearson Intl. Airport. You can see those engines sucking in all the snow in front of them, leaving a trail of clean concrete while making a wall of blasting snow behind.
Pipistrel's Taurus Electro is World's first electric powered two seat self launching glider, possibly also the first ever two seat electric aircraft to enter serial production end of 2008.
Technical problems continue to plague the aviation industry, as 60,000 flights... are sent into the air every day. David Pogue examines a new system devised by the FAA which could provide a solution.