All Entries in the "Air" Category
VIDEO: Twilight Airplane Landing At LAX
This is a cockpit view landing approach of a commercial airliner at Los Angeles airport (30 minutes compressed into 3 minutes, which is 10 X faster than normal speed.) A very colorful and unique perspective of the city lights from the cockpit of a commercial jet as it makes some final turns before landing at [...]
Virgin Galactic Update
Don’t have the $250,000 to secure a spot on one of Virgin Galactic‘s maiden joyrides into space next year? Here’s a look at what you’re missing. We flew in a regular Virgin Air plane over San Francisco right next to WhiteKnightTwo and SpaceShipTwo this week. After a short flight, we touched down next to the spacecraft–the first time [...]
Check Out Truco
Struggling with chunky carry-on bags or a number of bags collectively can be a problem. Well not with Truco. It’s a three-piece carry-on bag which can be separated or reshaped as necessary. The 20-inch bag consists of a small carry-on, a laptop bag, and a personal valuables bag. It uses something called a “click-on system” [...]
4 In One Car
This concept auto, known as the Halo Intersceptor, is one of the most advanced cars ever seen. It’s not just a car, but it’s a plane, a boat, and a helicopter. The way the Halo Intersceptor works is that the car parks and locks itself in a different chassis. Below is a video showing how [...]
Southwest Buy Airtran
Southwest Airlines (LUV) said Monday that it will buy smaller rival AirTran Airways (AAI) for $1.4 billion, in a merger of low-cost carriers whose impact will be felt from fares to the number of flights available to millions of passengers. The merger continues a trend of airlline consolidation, which has seen Continental and United Airlines [...]
Dream Come True: A Flying Car
This is a dream come true. We all come a little closer to reality today with news that the Terrafugia Transition, a flying car developed by MIT-trained aeronautical engineers and MBA’s, will begin limited production in late 2011. The vehicle will be produced in Woburn, Massachusetts. The Boston Herald reports that Terrafugia needs to deliver 30 aircraft [...]
