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"In a barrel roll, the pilot is trying to keep the g-loading on the airplane near 1 g. In other words, pretty close to what we feel here on Earth." ...
I thought of the lyrics to the old polka, “Roll out the barrel, we’ll have a barrel of fun,” and I laughed out loud because the competitors didn’t look like they were having a barrel of fun.
The “Do a Barrel Roll” meme is one with a mostly fun history that starts with a video game and includes a bit of pranking. It’s also a phrase that some have discovered can produce a bit of ...
It’s unclear how long the Barrel Roll trick has been up and running. Mashable reports the Easter egg is a tip of the hat to Star Fox 64 , a scrolling shooter video game that debuted on the ...
Chris Sullivan wishes he hadn’t bothered to install an irrigation system. The garden that he and wife, Margaret, designed and planted 2 1/2 years ago needs no water other than the occasional ...
About 3,000 feet above Lake Sammamish yesterday morning, performance pilot John Bowman asks me if I’m ready. I give him the go-ahead and before I know it, he sends the Boeing-built 1941 Stearman ...
With kitesurfing, a derivative of traditional surfing, there's pros and cons to having a winged aerial object attached to you; it can be a blessing and a curse. On the one hand, the kite can be an ...