Films for your in-flight entertainment? That's for the plebs, daahling. No, for real classy onboard diversions to compliment your caviar and bubbly, you want an art gallery. Always one to cater to the discerning champagne-swizzling first-class passenger, Virgin Atlantic is adding actual, real-life art galleries to some upper-class lounges. Read More >>
Featured comment by ispy:
"wow. together that just looks like a monumentally shit bar. well, i would say that because i like the pub which is for the old man innit." More »
Parachuting is already scary enough for most people, but no! Red Bull needs MORE ADRENALIN! Which is why they decided to send some poor unfortunate parachuting, and then somehow defy physics and hover a stunt plane right next to him. Any sane person should be shitting themselves right about now.Read More >>
While soaring high above the clouds sounds like a complete dream to many, taking the plane is not everyone's favourite past time, especially frequent fliers. And now those lucky individuals checking into business or first class with British Airways can expect a privacy invasion too. BA's rolled out its 'tailored' service where it'll actually google you to create a dossier on each of its passengers. Read More >>
Featured comment by Friar:
"How can this possibly work? I mean, if you Google my name you just get pictures of balding men and the occasional toddler. None of which are me. Heck,..." More »
This is Aviation Machinist's Mate 3rd Class Christopher Cogar. He's testing a F-414 jet engine's afterburner aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington. And spectacular view, no doubt, which made me wonder: Read More >>
Featured comment by Bakes:
"The cost/benefit would be massive. When that afterburner's going, it's using about a gallon of jet fuel every second. Fit twenty jets with two engines..." More »
Thanks to the Queen we got two extra days off this weekend, and many of us braved the rain to go wave a flag somewhere. One of the most impressive parts of the celebrations was the Battle of Britain Buckingham Palace flyby, which included this awesome Lancaster Bomber. Read More >>
Virgin's just rolled out in-flight calling, provided AeroMobile, which will set you back about the same as your regular roaming provider. Finally, you'll be able to make that crucial in-flight call to your mates, to find out what the hell caused you to get that effigy of Sir Richard Branson tattooed on your back when you were blind drunk last night. Read More >>
Featured comment by flynndean:
"Good to know I'll have a method (admittedly an expensive one) of saying my final goodbyes the next time some nutter tries to blow-up a plane..." More »
Yesterday we heard that Channel 4 and the Discovery Channel deliberately crashed a 727-jet plane into the desert. Now there’s a terrifying eyewitness video to show you just how horrific that really was. There’s no way you’d come out of that alive, surely? Read More >>
Featured comment by The Doctor:
"Actually, plans designed 40 years ago are considerably more sturdy than planes today. Back then materials science was much less understood and so safe..." More »
This is the new LCD display in the cockpit for the new revision F/A-18E/F Super Hornet. It looks like an awesome 90s arcade videogame. One that doesn't allow you to insert a coin to continue when you die. Read More >>
Featured comment by klinkenberg:
"Wow that is really interesting. I was once told the same thing by a vaccuum physicist who worked with the american military. He too said that the mi..." More »
After collecting scrap for two years and melding it into the homemade monstrosity you see above, Li Jingchun’s self-built plane is finally finished – at least on the outside. Read More >>
Featured comment by stonemanty:
"To be fair, this doesn't seem any more weird to me than people who build whole flight sims in their spare room - and wear the pilot uniform!" More »
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