Tag Archives : aircraft

For some reason, helicopters are in, and they comfortably fit into the lifestyle of the rich and the famous who have luxury at their disposal. And so although the Bond’s chopper was recently sold, and the Sikorsky X2 and Eurocopter X3 are still under production people are already awaiting the Eurocopter X4. People who are looking forward to buying [...]

Virgin America is finally coming to the Chicago O’Hare International Airport and it is some great news. Virgin America had announced that it would be beginning with the Chicago flights in early 2011 and they have promptly followed up on their promise. Chicago – LA and Chicago – San Francisco routes will be the first to be covered beginning [...]

China announced the first order of C919 – its first commercial flight – a day after submitting an original-sized prototype of the aircraft during the air show in Zhuhai, in southern Afghanistan.  The C919, designed to compete with the Boeing 737 and Airbus A320, represents a threat to the business of both companies in China, a market that [...]

As is known, in recent decades China has grown rapidly, becoming an economic powerhouse. In fact, China is now the second largest economy. Of course this growth has brought benefits and forced the local government to invest in infrastructure to accommodate the millions of workers moving to the thousands of factories wide spread by large cities. There [...]

A Kenyan geek without any knowledge or experience in aviation has decided to build his own airplane. And failed. He plans to soon make the first flight over the city of Kitengela on the outskirts of Nairobi. The site AVWeb said last Wednesday the story of Gabriel Nderitu, 42, a technology expert who decided to make an airplane. In the biggest hacker, [...]

An Australian scientist who invented the recording equipment flight data known as “black box” has died at age 85, defense officials said on Wednesday. David Warren, whose father was killed in a plane crash in 1934 in Australia, was a scientist of the Aeronautical Research Laboratories in Melbourne. He had the idea of machine capable of [...]

Can you imagine what you can do if you had the entire airplane with you to decorate your house with? It is difficult but Moto Art has some ideas. You could create a coffee table with the nose cowl. The inner flaps could give you the option of creating a bed a mile high. The engine inlets could come in handy for making a cowling reception desk. If you [...]

The human spirit of overcoming limits and barriers impelled us to overcome our limitations and it looked for means for us to reach the sky. An example of that desire is the interesting history on Daedalus and Icarus, told in the Greek mythology. The Daedalus and Icarus’ dream were persecuted by the Italian genius Leonardo da Vinci who designed, in [...]

Brooklands Museum in Surrey, UK has a unique experience awaiting for its visitors. The long grounded Concorde can be experienced again, and that too for free! However, you won’t really be flying but its a simulation and this experience comes to you for free. I would say, it isn’t a bad idea to check out how the Concorde felt when flying [...]

If you had enough money, you wouldn’t be spending it on a racing game or flying planes on some cranky old simulator. To get the real thrill of flying, you must go buy yourself the real deal. Bonhams is well known for auctioning off some strange products. One lucky person managed to buy himself a two seater aircraft from the Bonhams auction at the [...]