Fear and Flying, Then and Now

11-18-2015 • bretigne.liberty.me

In 1988, I fled college without having graduated, saved a little bit of money and got on an airplane for Taiwan.

Two U.S. Flights To Paris Diverted By Bomb Threats

11-18-2015 • Prison Planet

America is on high alert for terrorist threats after a spate of safety scares including two flights to Paris being diverted by bomb threats, a Muslim family being ejected from a Baltimore plane and a bomb squad being called to a Chicago airport.

The Dubai 2015 Air Show Has Plenty of Glitz, Metal, and Sunshine

11-17-2015 • http://www.wired.com

The five-day extravaganza is the industry's biggest players show off their latest technology and broker epic deals. The last show, in 2013, drew more than 60,000 people who placed more than $162 billion worth of orders on the first day alone.

Billionaire's Supersonic Jet Advances With Factory Plans, Airbus

11-17-2015 • http://www.bloomberg.com

Aerion, the supersonic-jet maker backed by Texas billionaire Robert Bass, plans to choose a manufacturing site during the first half of next year as it targets delivering the first faster-than-sound business aircraft in 2023.

Putin Confirms Egypt Plane Crash Due To Bomb Explosion, Offers $50 Million Reward For Info...

11-17-2015 • http://www.zerohedge.com

On Terrorists. The world may have moved on from the tragic terrorist attack that took place just three weeks ago above Egypt's Sinai peninsula, which killed all 224, but for some inexplicable reason Russia refused to admit what was obvious to most fr

Cobalt Valkyrie: A Super Sleek Personal Aircraft

11-16-2015 • http://techcrunch.com

Valkyrie is super sleek and built for speed. It's the fastest in its class (single piston engines), with the ability to travel up to 260 knots, as opposed to the typical 242 knots.

Time to close the TSA

11-12-2015 • Boston Globe

Agents posing as passengers were able to smuggle weapons and mock explosives through 67 out of 70 TSA checkpoints -- a failure rate of 95 percent.

Flying the seaplane of the future, the Icon A5

11-11-2015 • theverge.com

The Icon A5 seaplane glides over the George Washington Bridge connecting New Jersey with Manhattan, high enough to keep drivers from getting nervous, but low enough that I can distinguish the colors of license plates.

World's only JetPack flies in New York

11-07-2015 • https://www.youtube.com

Exclusive video of the world's only real JetPack flown in New York around the Statue of Liberty. Website: http://jetpackaviation.com/

Watch Dudes In Jetpacks Play With An Airliner Over Dubai

11-06-2015 • popsci.com

It's a bird, it's a plane, it's two dudes with jetpacks and a plane!

Putin Suspends Flights To Egypt As World Blames ISIS For Plane Crash

11-06-2015 • Zero Hedge

Over the course of the last several days, it's become increasingly clear that an explosion was the likely cause of the disaster that caused a Russian passenger plane to abruptly stall and then plummet to the ground at 300 miles per hour last weeken

The Spaceship Engineers who Built Their Own Planes

11-05-2015 • Motherboard

It's 6:30 AM in Mojave, California. Hundreds of windmills normally churning the air are still, a silent audience as pilots Elliot Seguin and Justin Gillen pull out their experimental airplanes from private hangars.

This Hypersonic Plane Concept Could Cross Atlantic In Under An Hour

11-04-2015 • popsci.com

Flight of fancy

China's first large passenger plane aims to compete with Airbus and Boeing

11-03-2015 • http://www.businessinsider.com

China revealed their first large passenger plane which seats 174 passengers and is scheduled to enter service in 2019.

Want to fly at 2,500mph? BAE Systems does and is willing to pay £20m for it

11-03-2015 • telegraph.co.uk

Defence giant BAE Systems to buy a stake in Britain's Reaction Engines, which is developing revolutionary SABRE engines for ultra-fast aircraft

Want to fly at 2,500mph? BAE Systems does and is willing to pay £20m for it

11-03-2015 • telegraph.co.uk

Defence giant BAE Systems to buy a stake in Britain's Reaction Engines, which is developing revolutionary SABRE engines for ultra-fast aircraft

Satellite detected heat flash at time Russian jetliner went down

11-03-2015 • cbsnews.com

Mystery and confusion surrounded the final moments of a Russian jetliner that plummeted suddenly from high altitude to the Egyptian desert, killing all 224 people aboard.

Russian Jet Likely Broke Up Midair Over Egypt, Officials Say

11-01-2015 • http://www.bloomberg.com, by Deena Kamel

A Russian airliner that crashed in Egypt's Sinai peninsula killing all 224 people on board appears to have broken up in midair, scattering debris over several kilometers of rugged terrain, according to senior aviation officials who visited the cras

Is this proof ISIS shot down Russian plane killing all 224 on board?

11-01-2015 • http://www.dailymail.co,

Is this proof ISIS shot down Russian plane killing all 224 on board? Terror group releases chilling video as experts say jet did NOT lodge SOS call or have 'any faults' that would have caused crash

After Successful Flight Test, World View Ready For Next Phase

10-27-2015 • http://www.popsci.com, JoAnna Haugen

The stratospheric tourism company is setting its sights high

United, in turmoil, reports drop in revenue (VIDEO)

10-22-2015 • CNN Money

United Continental has hit another rough patch...The airline said Thursday that sales in the third quarter were down from a year ago and profits missed forecasts.

Frog-Eyed, Emissions-Free Plane Set To Fly In 2016

10-20-2015 • popsci.com

What a gorgeous, improbable plane

What's in a Boarding Pass Barcode? A Lot

10-18-2015 • https://krebsonsecurity.com,

The next time you're thinking of throwing away a used boarding pass with a barcode on it, consider tossing the boarding pass into a document shredder instead.

What's in a Boarding Pass Barcode? A Lot

10-18-2015 • https://krebsonsecurity.com

The next time you're thinking of throwing away a used boarding pass with a barcode on it, consider tossing the boarding pass into a document shredder instead.

The Future of Flight

10-18-2015 • https://www.youtube.com

Planes will change a lot in the next 50 years. This is look at the developments in airplane technology that are likely in the future of aviation.

U.S. Will Require Drones to Be Registered

10-17-2015 • http://www.nbcnews.com,

The federal government will announce a new plan requiring anyone buying a drone to register the device with the U.S. Department of Transportation, NBC news has learned.

Airbus A350-900ULR to fly world's longest commercial passenger route

10-16-2015 • http://www.gizmag.com, DARREN QUICK

Any masochists who think spending just under 17 hours on a flight from Dallas/Fort Worth to Sydney just isn't long enough are set to get a chance to test their endurance further.

It sounds crazy, but next year, millions of Americans might have to start using passports ...

10-15-2015 • http://money.cnn.com

To fly on domestic flights. A decade ago, the U.S. government issued stricter standards for state-issued IDs, including drivers licenses. But four states have refused to comply: Louisiana, Minnesota, New Hampshire and New York.

Teen's discovery of skeleton-filled fuselage in jungle could be MH370

10-14-2015 • http://nypost.com, By Emily Saul

A teenager hunting for birds in the jungle of a Philippine island claims to have stumbled upon a fuselage "full of skeletons" and a Malaysian flag, and authorities believe it could be from missing Flight MH370.