The Future Of Flight: Planes That Never Need To Land
• popsci.comPerpetual flight is going, so get ready for planes that just keep going and going and going...
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6 Awesome Aircraft From The 2013 Paris Air Show
• popsci.comLast week, the airplanes of the future filled the sky over Paris. Here are our favorites.
British Airways To Test Electronic Bag Tags
• popsci.comBritish Airways wants to finally replace paper tags, and maybe save you some time at the check-in counter.
AgustaWestland Project Zero tiltrotor - Paris Air Show 2013
• youtubeAugusta Westland Project Zero - Electric both helicopter both plane Shown at 50th International Paris Air Show - Le Bourget - Paris
6 Awesome Aircraft From The 2013 Paris Air Show
• popsci.comLast week, the airplanes of the future filled the sky over Paris. Here are our favorites.
BOVARD: Transportation security doesn’t include the freedom to molest
Jim BovardPassengers aren’t feeling it for TSA’s invasive scanners
Where Edward Snowden Could Fly Without Getting Hauled Back To The U.S. [Infographic]
• popsci.comSnowden, wherever he is, probably wants to avoid countries that have extradition treaties with the U.S.
LIVING THE WIRED LIFE "INVENTOR"
• Wired.comIt’s just after 10 on a Thursday morning and Chip Yates — whose energy is exceeded only by his imagination — is on his fourth errand of the day. He’s in a small fabrication shop in a nondescript industrial park, with a few minutes to kill.
Lawn chair balloonist’s flight goes awry
• The SideshowA 60-year-old man whose lifelong dream was to take flight in a lawn chair using helium-filled balloons did so on Saturday, though his attempt to set a record didn't go quite as planned. “I've been thinking about this forever," Joe Barbera, an enginee
Lawyers challenge U.S. 'no fly' list in federal court in Oregon
• ReutersA federal judge in Oregon grilled Justice Department lawyers over the government's secretive "no-fly" list, questioning whether those banned from commercial air travel for suspected links to terrorism have any realistic avenue for appeal.
Airlines Could Allow Gadgets for Takeoffs
• youtubeU.S. passengers may soon be allowed to use their electronic gadgets during takeoff and landing, according to a draft report from the U.S. regulator, the Federal Aviation Administration. But there is no mention of allowing phone calls
TWA Flight 800 Cover up EXPOSED | FBi Covered Up That MISSILE Shot Down TWA 800
• youtubeAll 230 people aboard died when the plane exploded and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean. One of the most mysterious, tragic and controversial air crashes in U.S. history —
TWA Flight 800 crash not due to gas tank explosion, say former investigators
• The TicketThe producers of an upcoming documentary on TWA Flight 800—which exploded and crashed into the waters off Long Island, N.Y., on July 17, 1996, killing all 230 people on board—claim to have proof that an explosion outside the Paris-bound flight caused
5 Ways to Keep Your Valuables Safe In-Flight
• technewsdaily.comThink your valuables are safe in your carry-on bag while you're taking a nap aboard a transcontinental flight? Think again.
Hypersonic Scramjet's Final Flight: A Bird's-Eye View
• space.comUnited States Air Force Maj. Andrew Murphy couldn't see the hypersonic vehicle's rocket ignite, but he could hear it — and feel it.
Philadelphia Orchestra delayed on airplane performs 'pop-up' concert
• Mother Nature Network.comWhen a group from the Philadelphia Orchestra found itself delayed on the tarmac for three hours waiting for their flight from Beijing to Macao as part of the 2013 Residency & Fortieth Anniversary Tour of China, a quartet of musicians decided to ....
Ernie finally gets his flying car...
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WORLDS BIGGEST Aircraft Unveiled in Ukraine Antonov An-225 Mriya
• youtubeIt is the largest airplane in the world; it is the heaviest aircraft with a gross weight of 640 tonnes and the biggest heavier-than-air aircraft in terms of length and wingspan in operational service.
Solar plane sets distance record on U.S. tour
• AFPSolar Impulse landed in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas at 1:08 am (0608 GMT) after an 18 hour and 21 minute flight from Phoenix, Arizona, a distance of 1,541 kilometers (950 miles), organizers said. “This leg was particularly challenging because
Saudi with pressure cooker in baggage seeks bond
• APA Saudi man arrested at Detroit Metropolitan Airport after allegedly lying about why he was traveling with a pressure cooker asked to be released on bond. Hussain Al Khawahir, 33, was arrested May 11 by federal agents at the airport in Romulus, Mic
Senators require fingerprinting at 30 airports
• APForeigners leaving the country through any of the nation’s 30 busiest airports would undergo mandatory fingerprinting under an amendment senators added Monday to a sweeping immigration bill.
Emergency Belly-Landing at Newark Airport
• youtubePilot forced to land plane without the use of landing gear.
Airbus Pulls Covers Off New Composite Airliner
• Wired.comAirbus pulled its newest airliner, the A350 XWB, out of the paint booth this week and may well be the big story at the upcoming Paris Air Show.
Saudi Man Traveling With Pressure Cooker Arrested
• voanews.comA Saudi man was arrested at the international airport in Detroit after authorities said he made a false statement about why he was traveling with a pressure cooker.
F.C.C. Advances Plan for Faster In-Flight Wi-Fi
• http://www.nytimes.com, By EDWARD WYATTIt may soon be easier and faster to surf the Web at 30,000 feet.
A Short History of Everyone's Favorite Real-Life X-Wing Fighter
• David S. F. Portree via WIRED.comThe X-15 is a strong contender for the title of “Everyone’s Favorite X-plane.” Conceived in the 1952-1954 period, before Sputnik (October 1957) and the birth of NASA (October 1958), the North American Aviation-built rocket plane was...
Abu Dhabi Airport Has Installed Some Bizarre-Looking Sleep Pods
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Soo KimAbu Dhabi International Airport has installed dozens of bizarre-looking "sleeping pods" that allow passengers to nap in privacy.
TSA collects 25 handguns at airport checkpoints
• Ashley Halsey III via The Washington PostTwenty-five would-be fliers learned an expensive lesson at the nation’s airports last week: It’s not a good idea to pack a gun in your carry-on bag.
A Pilot’s Guide to an Enormous Continent-Crossing Solar Plane
• http://www.wired.com, By Jason PaurBertrand Piccard is somewhere high over central California right now, flying southward in a giant airplane powered only by the sun.
Watch Live As This Solar-Powered Plane Embarks On A Flight Across The U.S.
• Suzanne LaBarre via PopSci.comSolar Impulse will attempt to fly across the United States using nothing but sunlight for fuel.
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