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Who Needs A 'Knee Defender' If Passengers Can Just Recline Their Airplane...
The Knee Defender is back in the news again. That’s the guerrilla comfort device that, when surreptitiously inserted in the crook of the seat in front of you, prevents said seat from reclining.The Knee...
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The Best Airports In America To Get Stuck In
It’s fair to say that nobody actually looks forward to a layover. But rising prices make it tough to find an affordable nonstop fare, so layovers are becoming part of a typical travel itinerary....
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Here's How To Determine If You Should Buy Your Thanksgiving Flight Now
With the unofficial end-of-summer now past, this is a time that many would-be travelers start thinking about Thanksgiving flights. If history serves, more people will book flights for Turkey Day in...
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Airbus Wants To Patent A Sensory Isolation Helmet For Passengers
While the initial sketches look like something out of your local hair salon or beauty clinic, Airbus has a proposal for in-flight virtual reality sensory isolation headgear which controls the...
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Boeing May Crank Up Top-Selling 737 Production By 2018 (BA)
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Boeing Co. appears increasingly likely to boost production of its top-selling 737 jetliners to 52 a month starting in 2018 after the head of its commercial airplanes business spoke...
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THE BONEYARD: Here's Where The Air Force's Birds Go To Die
Air Force boneyards appeal to the child in us. The rows of rusted out planes look like old, forgotten toys, which a child could reach out and grab and lift into the air again.The feeling is even...
View ArticleHere's Why You Shouldn't Panic When An Airliner Loses An Engine In Flight
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Free Satellite Tracking Will Improve Ability To Locate Lost Planes
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Aireon LLC, a provider of satellite-based aircraft monitoring, said on Monday it will offer its tracking data for free to help authorities search for future missing planes.The...
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If You Have $200,000 And Can Wait 4 Years, This Sports Car Of A Plane Can Be...
With a dramatic flair true to the company’s style, Icon Aircraft unveiled the first production copy of its A5 light sport aircraft in July at EAA AirVenture, the world’s biggest general-aviation air...
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This Giant Solar-Powered Plane Is Going To Circumnavigate The Earth
According to Bloomberg, it's as big as a Boeing 747 but weighs only as much as a "family car."It's the Solar Impulse, an aircraft that powered by light — but that can still soar in darkness because it...
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Lufthansa Pilots Could Go On Strike For The Fifth Time This Year
BERLIN (Reuters) - German pilots' union Vereinigung Cockpit said it was planning further industrial action at Lufthansa after talks over early retirement measures once again broke down.The union, which...
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Here's How Planes Navigated Before There Was GPS
Flying in my little single-engine Cessna, my yoke mounted GPS unit gives me my exact position anywhere on the face of the earth, as well as a host of other valuable information and is a marvel of...
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Boeing Dreamliner Flying From US Makes Emergency Landing In Scotland
LONDON (Reuters) - A Boeing Dreamliner flying from Chicago to Poland made an emergency landing at a Scottish airport on Friday at its pilot's request, a spokesman for Glasgow airport said.Emergency...
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Forget Comfort — These Are The Real Advantages Of Private Jets
Which is more valuable? Time or money? As it turns out, if you can save one, you can save the other.Private jets are a way to make that win-win happen.Sure, private jets are swanky. But if you can...
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Those Terrible Bag Fees Are Keeping The Airline Industry Afloat
The global airline industry should see record-breaking profits in 2014, and the key sources of revenue are the myriad fees that annoy passengers so much.Called ancillary fees, they're what you pay when...
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US Air Force Jet Crashes In English Countryside
A US Air Force F15D crashed in the English countryside on Wednesday.According to the BBC, the US Air Force has identified the downed aircraft as an F15D belonging to the 48th Fighter Wing based at RAF...
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22 Firefighting Planes Grounded After Deadly Crash In California
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California's 22 firefighting airplanes were kept out of the skies for evaluation on Wednesday, a day after an air tanker crashed in flames while helping quell a wildfire in...
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Chicago Air Traffic Center Back Online After Fire
(Reuters) - Full operation was restored on Monday at a Chicago-area air traffic control site that was shut down in September by a fire allegedly set by a field technician, forcing extensive flight...
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You Now Have Even Less Reason To Panic If A Plane Loses An Engine In Flight
Engine failures on commerical aircraft do still happen.We reported on a recent incident back in August involving a twin-engine Boeing.However, as terrifying as they may be for passengers, an engine...
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For $100 Million, You Can Install A Wall Of Water In Your Custom Boeing...
VIP Completions has announced that its latest custom jet interior will feature a world’s first: a flowing-water display backlit with LED lighting, known as a bubble wall. The owner is able to...
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