Monday, March 31, 2008

Planes/ Flying 2

Plane crazy aviator builds £4,000 jet out of junk and old office fans

Flying in the Year 2052: Fast, Cushy, and Efficient

10 Shocking Secrets of Flight Attendants

The Wacky Logic Behind Airport Codes

Scientists explain how to prevent one of the most common airplane disasters

Virgin Australia rethink seating policy of not allowing men to sit next to children on flights

Dreaming in Dirigibles: The Airship Postcard Albums of Lord Ventry

London to New York in ONE HOUR: US military to test radical new hypersonic aircraft that can reach 4,500mph within seconds

Bugs in the sky: Boeing showcases hard-to-detect drones that behave like a 'swarm of insects'

The future of air travel: Nasa and Boeing test radical triangular plane (just don't expect a window seat)

Do Our Gadgets Really Threaten Planes?

Questions Abound as China Unveils Another Stealth Jet

Huge Airborne Aircraft Carriers

Declassified at Last: Air Force’s Supersonic Flying Saucer Schematics

World's highest, fastest skydive requires the world's biggest balloon

7 Most Bizarre Airport Runways

World's first Aeroloft-equipped Boeing Business Jet 747-8 revolutionizes VIP flying experience

The World shortest Commercial flight

Laptops, phones, and other lithium-ion battery devices banned from flights after Boeing 787 fires?

The secret history of drones

10 Incredible Historic Flying Cars

New McLaren supercar will do 230mph, reach 60mph in under three seconds... but produce less pollution than a Honda Accord

23 Terrifying Runways That Will Stoke Your Fear of Flying

Unruly passenger taped to seat on Icelandair flight

Here’s what the Hobbit-themed Air New Zealand aircraft looks like

Five Hours of Airplane Landings Captured in Thirty Seconds

Hypersonic Flight ‘Breakthrough’ Could Have Us in Tokyo by Lunch

10 Greatest Flying Aces in History
Photographs of Awesome Cockpits

Mathias Rust: German teenager who flew to Red Square

Zeppelins under construction

Sleepy Air Canada pilot thought Venus was a plane

Is there a drone in your neighbourhood? Rise of spy planes exposed after FAA is forced to reveal 63 launch sites across U.S.

Holy smoke: Incredible images of vapour trails and sonic booms created by planes in the sky

Passenger Next to Crying Child Opens Plane’s Emergency Exit Door

x planes is a tumblr devoted to historical aviation, and with a specific interest in experimental aviation.

Is This Insane Low Pass Flyby the Craziest Thing You’re Going To See Today? Most Probably Yes

What Happens When You Eject Out Of A Jet At 800 MPH

Juliane Koepcke: How I survived a plane crash

Look to the skies: Is it time to stop worrying and love the drone?

Passenger forced to stand for seven hours on U.S. Airways flight because of 400-POUND man sitting next to him

Fifteen Planes Enter, Two Planes Leave: The Deadly Dole Air Race

Inside North Korea's Air Koryo, The World's Only 1-Star Airline

The saddest thing I've ever heard on an airplane - The Oatmeal

The Top 10 Craziest Things Caught At Airport Security In 2011

The 12 Scariest TSA Stories of All Time

When does airport security become physical assault?

Sweet dreams? 'Sleep Box' opens at Moscow airport

10 Strange Things People Tried to Smuggle Onto an Airplane

New generation of airships to transport goods around the world

A Look Inside The New Boeing 787 Dreamliner

World’s Worst Airports

Airplane Etiquette

Iranian Pilot Who Saved 113 Passengers Rewarded With Flying Ban

Boeing through the years: 10 revolutionary aircraft

Human-Powered Helicopter to Take Flight

Air France last minutes revealed

Top Secret Technology Demonstrator Aircraft That Are Now Declassified

Airliner restaurant lets you eat plane food without going anywhere

Boeing Debuts Stunning New 747-8I at the Paris Air Show

3 Steps to Not Sucking at Air Travel [CHART]

7 Signs that the Airline Industry is Going Crazy

RyanAir Gives Cardiac Arrest Passenger Sandwich, Charges Him For It

Eight people kicked off planes for ridiculous reasons

Air France to power planes with cooking oil

Top Secret Technology Demonstrator Aircraft That Are Now Declassified

Tampa suspends pilot who used police chopper to run errand

Drunk pilot didn't know where he was meant to be flying his plane

Chinese 'used Top Gun footage' in broadcast on real air force exercise

The Top Six Airline Lounges

14 Airplane Cockpits

7 Fantastic Uses for a Retired Airplane

Could A Layperson Land A Jumbo Jet?

World’s Worst Airports

10 Terrifying Airport Runways

10 Most Terrifying Airplane Hijackings of All Time

5 Simple Ways To Conquer Your Fear Of Flying

13 Things Your Flight Attendant Won’t Tell You

The Beauty of Vapor Cones

Science Explains Why Airline Food Sucks

Fun With TSA

Six Emergency Plane Landings Caught on Tape

America's Meanest Airlines

13 Coolest Airplane Paint Jobs

Splendid Abandoned Airplanes

TSA Enhanced Pat Downs : The Screeners Point Of View

Pat-down fury: The 5 biggest TSA horror stories

The Definitive Funniest TSA Parody Videos, Pictures and More

One Hundred Naked Citizens: One Hundred Leaked Body Scans

Inside the world's biggest private jet with 4-poster beds, Turkish bath... and a place to park the Rolls

Historic flight re-enactment ends up in the poo

7 Awe-Inspiring Aircraft Hangars

Los Alamos Scientist: TSA Scanners Shred Human DNA

50 Secrets Your Pilot Won't Tell You

6ft 7in passenger 'forced to stand for two-hour flight'

J-20 Fighter First Pictures

Polar shift shuts down airport runway in Tampa

Trojan could have caused Spanair plane crash

Shock as shower of sparks burst from plane engine

The REAL Reason Behind Silly Airplane Rules

F11F-1 Shoots Itself Down

Get Some Sleep on an Airplane

50 Secrets Your Pilot Won't Tell You

Air Travel | Cracked.com

Pilot Kisses Death On the Lips and Flies Away

Boeing 787 Withstands Lightning Strike

Spitfire and Typhoon go head-to-head in stunning mirror display

Terrafugia Transition 'flying car' gets go-ahead from US air authorities

The 4x4 that can change into a helicopter in less than a minute

Best Pranks Played by Pilots on Their Passengers

10 Final Recordings of Airline Crashes

Taranis: The £143million unmanned stealth jet that will hit targets in another continent

Solar plane completes historic 24-hour flight

The World’s 10 Scariest Airports

Airships: a second age

Private jets to go on show at Brighton Photography Biennial

Pilot ejects an instant before fighterjet crashes

Meet the Fokker! WWI replica is hand-built and powered by a mower engine

Taranis: The £143million unmanned stealth jet that will hit targets in another continent

F-18 Coming Out of Hyperspace

British passenger wakes up in Canadian hangar

How to Find the Most Expensive Flight

Monstrous Aviation: World's Biggest Airplanes

10 US Military Aircraft That Never Quite Made It

Journey to the Bottom of the (Cold War) Sea and Back

The Pac-Man Ship That Eats Oil Spills

Blind woman abandoned on airplane

Boeing's unmanned Phantom Ray makes dramatic video debut, set to take off this December

Airline 'reuses plastic cutlery 30 times'

New Plane Design Could Use 70 Percent Less Fuel

Behold! The First Pictures of Lufthansa's New Airbus A380

Artifact of Early Antarctic Aviation Found

9 Lost and Found Airplanes

Sully’s ‘Miracle on the Hudson’ Airbus For Sale

United Arab Emirates a380 Luxury Airbus

Virgin Introduces the Necker Nymph ‘Underwater Plane’ aka Submarine

Smelly passenger kicked off flight

The World's 18 Strangest Airports

Celebrities booted by airlines

Iran to ban airlines not using the term 'Persian Gulf'

The 'Boneyard': £22bn 'military cemetery' pictured in stunning Google Earth photos

How to repossess an airliner

10 Awesome Airline Perks

RAF scrambled jets 20 times to intercept Russians

Cell Phones and Airplanes

Airlines losing 3000 bags - every hour of every day

The Comfort Of An Airbus

World’s 10 Fastest Aircrafts – Sky’s No Limit For Them

10 Best Airports to Get Stuck In

You're Doing It Wrong 7.0: Ho-Ho-Horrible Edition

What You Learned in School About How Planes Fly Was Probably Wrong

Low flying Ryanair jet blows roof tiles off roof - puts 82 year old in hospital

10 Coolest Airline Tail Art

The Kopp-Etchells Effect

Amazing and breath-taking aviation pictures

The Mojave Desert’s Airplane Graveyard

Saddam's lost jets found - in Serbia, and in pieces

Crazy Or Brilliant? Plan To Build Giant Floating Airport Off California Coast

Seoul’s jumbo piece of junk

'Distracted' pilots fail to land

Schoolboy has TV aerial confiscated by Government officials for interfering with aircraft signals

Plane passenger accidentally activates ejector seat - and survives

5 Weird Airplanes

Passenger fixes faulty airliner

The 10 Most Annoying Passengers, As Told by a Flight Attendant

The world's worst airports to sleep in

Teenager convinces airline bosses that he is an aviation tycoon

The aeroplane built to launch a ship into space.. with tourists on board

Bargain! Supersonic jet for 5 bucks only

Photos: Airships Fly Again After 71 Years

Plane beautiful: The day the Red Arrows were upstaged by Mother Nature

World's largest aircraft, An-225, emerges to set new lift record

In pictures: 90 years of air travel and from the Big Picture In flight.

Chinese Farmer Uses Scrap Metal to Build Working Helicopter

Photos Of Fighter Jets Breaking The Sound Barrier

Ekranoplans Showcase, Part 2

Chinese Farmer Uses Scrap Metal to Build Working Helicopter

Photos Of Fighter Jets Breaking The Sound Barrier

Ekranoplans Showcase, Part 2

Matt's on a different plane ... and it's surreal

Huge Helicopters

The Mig Factory

Most luxurious aircraft cabins and interiors

Man opens plane door at 33,000ft and jumps out

The first aircraft carrier (17 pics)

7 Burning Questions About Air Travel

Oversized flyers can't spill over, must buy 2 seats

Transformed Airplanes

Smallest Plane in the World

Plane takes off without pilot at vintage airshow

Strangely Shaped Airplanes

Virgin: the world's best passenger complaint letter?

RAF Tornado comes within 30ft of mid-air collision

Woman's airport fury an online hit

Hudson river crash: bank says sorry for seeking refund from its staff on flight

The World's Greatest Aviation Innovations

10 Spectacular Aircraft Photos

Hot Air Balloons

Ryanair set for £8 flights to US

15 Radical Ways to Recycle Airplanes and Parts

Pictured: The graveyard where 'credit crunched' budget airlines send unwanted passenger jets

Slightly Mad Concepts of Early Aviation

Flights From Hell

Worlds Most Bizarre and Intriguing Hot Air Balloons

Antonov. The World’s Heaviest and Largest Jet

Obese have right to two airline seats

Ask the pilot: Can commercial jets fly upside down?

12 Spectacular Aircraft Photos

Airline seeks bald men as walking billboards

World's Biggest Airplanes

Stanford Grads Build Flying Hot Rod

These Strange Things Can Fly

How to Land a Plane in an Emergency

Ore. man completes flight of fancy - in lawn chair

Heathrow is the worst performing airport in Europe

Top 10 most luxurious aircraft interiors

Women face jail after drunken rampage on jumbo at 30,000ft

At JFK Airport, Denying Basic Rights Is Just Another Day at the Office

The US army’s inflatable aeroplane & batman’s skyhook

Top 10 Quirkiest Early Flying Machines

'Heathrow is my home': Meet one of the 100 homeless people who live at the airport

History of Concorde

I wasn't allowed past airport security at Heathrow Terminal 5, as my t-shirt had a picture of a gun on it. It was a picture of a transformer holding a gun.

Plane abandoned at Hanoi airport

Japan's Spectacular Floating Airports

10 Odd Uses for Airplanes

Airline Pilot Speaks Out On Flight Delays

Top 10 Sole Survivors Of A Plane Crash

Convair B-36, the flying aircraft carrier

Dangerous Plane Crashes and Moments

10 Things Your Airline Won't Tell You

Priciest Private Jets

Face scans for air passengers to begin in UK this summer

Jet Powered Flying Jet-Man The Flying Man

Inside the cockpit of the oldest surviving Lancaster bomber

Stranded at the airport? Don’t forget Rule 240

The Plane That Flew Too Soon

Duck!

Phalcon: the weirdest airplanes in the world

Strange Airports from around the world

Russian Aircraft Museum by Night

Hypersonic jet could reach Australia in under five hours

Top 10 Rooftop Helipads in the World

Jumbo jet pilot sacked for ‘fly-by’ at 28 feet

Airline sorry for dead child error

10 ways to get the best airplane seat

Heathrow's Down-and-Out Jet Set

Confessions Of A Flight Attendant

Budget airline Flybe advertised for actors to fly between Norwich and Dublin to boost passenger numbers and avoid a £280,000 commercial penalty

Iron Maiden Land in Toronto

20 Air-Travel Tips from Insiders

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