Category: Airplanes
Emirates flight EK751.
Airline allows the first authorized use of cell phone calls on a commercial flight.
Post date: Friday, March 21st, 2008.
Smintair.
Airline for smokers to begin offering flights in March. (via)
Post date: Monday, October 16th, 2006.
EAPap.
Researchers have created a smart paper that bends in the presence of an electric field.
Post date: Wednesday, June 14th, 2006.
LimoJet.
Business that will chauffeur you around in a jet converted into a limosine.
Post date: Wednesday, April 12th, 2006.
ZERO-G.
Company that operates weightless flights to begin offering them to the general public.
Post date: Tuesday, April 4th, 2006.
JP900.
Researchers have powered a helicopter engine with coal-based jet fuel.
Post date: Tuesday, March 28th, 2006.
Uninhabited air vehicles.
Prototype airplane that is unpiloted and changes direction by ‘blowing air from the trailing edge of the wing’.
Post date: Tuesday, March 21st, 2006.
HIAPER.
Test aircraft that will study rotors, or turbulent whirlwinds produced by airflows over steep mountains.
Post date: Thursday, March 2nd, 2006.
Cormorant.
Stealth jet that is launched from the missle tubes of nuclear submarines. (via)
Post date: Thursday, February 23rd, 2006.
Baggage claim.
U.S. air carriers lost 10,000 bags a day last year. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, February 21st, 2006.
Advanced Tactical Laser.
High energy laser that is able to produce ‘lethal and non-lethal effects on the battlefield and in urban operations‘. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, January 25th, 2006.
Airport Pizza.
Alaskan pizza shop delivers orders to remote regions by plane. (via)
Post date: Saturday, January 7th, 2006.
Dumpster diving.
People are digging through dumpsters to get free airfare. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, December 13th, 2005.
Now boarding everyone.
Unassigned seating gets passengers on planes faster. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, December 13th, 2005.
Top gun.
How to build the best paper airplane in the world.
Post date: Thursday, November 10th, 2005.






