SR-71 Break-Up
http://www.alexisparkinn.com/sr-71_break-up.htm

Among professional aviators, there's a well-worn saying: Flying is simply hours of boredom punctuated by moments of stark terror. And yet, I don't recall too many periods of boredom during my 30-year career with Lockheed, most of which was spent as a test pilot.

"My aircraft disintegrated around me at Mach3, 78,000ft" (hat tip to Dan Kuper for the link)

for the data junkies - very nice seeming piece of work [h/t james fallows' blog]

V. dense and technical. The feedback from pilots and meteorologists is particularly interesting.

Infographic - Reduce your odds of dying in a plane crash

Airline safety data visualization showing relative likelihood of fatality from plane to plane & airline to airline. Also shows that sitting in the rear is safest.

Your odds of dying in a plane crash.

Worlds best plugin? http://bit.ly/c09BhE /via @jonathansulo

:^) RT @jonathansulo: Världens bästa plugin: http://bit.ly/c09BhE

OMG FUNNY

The tumblelog of Garrett Murray.

A ton of funny Photoshop CS4 crash reports.

It started dying so often that he got REALLY creative with his crash descriptions.

""At one point, around noon, I started hallucinating. I suddenly found myself in an alterate [sp] universe...it was insane. The oceans were purple, we used Converse sneakers as currency, and Photoshop never crashed. Then I snapped back and saw this dialogue.""