This is a gadget site, yet there's nary a mention of the HIGHER-END Phantom Flex or Phantom 65, also from Vision Research (makers of the Phantom HD Gold)?

It certainly is cheap when compared to Canon TS-E or Nikon PC lenses.

Or buy a LensBaby, which is basically a cheap tilt-shift lens, and have a bit more control.

While it's technically the first touchscreen PFD, Garmin announced their G5000 system a year ago which is also fully touch-controlled and is developed for business jets. The technical difference is Garmin's has a touchscreen control panel, whereas this Rockwell unit accepts the touch on the main (PFD) screen.

Is it just me, or are the tires mounted backward (tread direction wrong way)? Normally the tread moves material from the inside to the outside, when rolling forward... so this looks odd.

Ultralights may or may not be airplanes, but they certainly take off and land and do count as "airport movements". Helicopters and balloons are also not planes, but their movements should be counted as well.

Oshkosh has between around 25,000 airplane movements during the week of EAA AirVenture, depending on the year. (10,000-12,000 planes, each arriving then departing)

RED may be a bitch to work with if you don't have the proper tools. If you are set up for RED, it's simple to work with and quite fast, with no speed penalty for working with native R3D's. I'd beg to differ with "ultra compressed". There are many compression options when working with RED, from little compression to…

Long and hot landing, not enough runway remaining and too fast touchdown speed?

Possibly because LAPD has 18 helicopters, and the LA Sheriff has another 17 helicopters. That's a pretty sizeable fleet.

Skip the SPOT. It's a POS...don't have your life depend on it. It requires a monthly subscription fee, does not work everywhere in the world, and has shown exceedingly high failure rates. If you want real protection, buy a PLB.

Hate Giz's comment system. YouTube link originally dropped, for Protector USV robotic boat I linked (with guns).

So it's pretty much this thing: [en.wikipedia.org] but smaller and with no guns?

Not to be pedantic, but the blades attach to the rotor hub, not the "impeller". An impeller is a very different component of a turbine system.

Been done many times! Helicopter engines make more sense than jet plane engines, as they're all turboshaft engines. The engine thrust is output via a driveshaft and can be interfaced to the transmission and wheels, instead of like a jet plane engine propelling it with exhaust thrust. Chrysler made a prototype turbine…

I previously didn't know that Boeing produced turbines and turboshaft engines as most helicopter engines these days (including those on Boeing's current helicopter models) are made by Lycoming, Allison, Rolls Royce and Turbomeca. Learn something new every day! Also that Boeing hasn't produced a turboshaft since 1968

That's all a given...but it doesn't answer bgrebner1's question regarding

Jesus, how much effort did you put into debunking this? The background photo (at night) was taken from the Shanghai World Financial Center... through a window. The foreground image was taken during the day, from an angle nigh-impossible while the plane is in flight. Much less at that angle of climb, and over a city…