All Entries in the "Air" Category
Skydive With NO Parachute Stunt and SURVIVES!
A STUNTMAN: Gary Connery, 42, from Oxfordshire, England has made aviation history by becoming the first skydiver to land without using a parachute. He leapt from a helicopter 2,400ft from a helicopter while wearing a specially made “wing suit” and swooped towards a “runway” of 18,600 cardboard boxes in an Oxfordshire field above Henley-on-Thames in [...]
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 [...]
