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NEWS Portland International Airport removes carpet. People revolt; Foot Selfies and Tattoos
Portlanders have a tradition when visiting their Oregon airport: taking pictures of their feet. It’s not to show off their shoes but rather what’s under them. They are documenting the famous PDX carpet: a loud, decidedly ’80s geometric pattern over a vast sea of teal. The carpet, it is said, is based on the way…
NEWS After Plane Crash, Harrison Ford to Narrate Airplane Documentary
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Harrison Ford, who recently crashed his vintage airplane on a Los Angeles golf course, is returning to the skies — at least with his voice. National Geographic Studios announced Thursday that Ford will narrate a documentary being released next month called “Living in the Age of Airplanes.” The giant-screen film that…
Father And Daughter Fly American Airlines Plane As Captain/First Officer
UNITED STATES – A father and daughter team flew together for the first time in an American Airlines commercial airliner from Chicago to Dallas and then to Orange County on Wednesday This was the first time this has ever happened for American Airlines and in the United States. READ FULL STORY Father/Daughter Fly Commercial Airliner
NEWS Bombardier breakup may be best prescription for a revival
A breakup may be Bombardier Inc.’s best option for gaining liftoff. Shares of the US$3.5 billion maker of planes and high-speed trains have slumped almost 40 percent in a year, while rivals such as Boeing Co. and Airbus Group NV rallied. Delays and cost overruns and delays on the new CSeries jetliner dragged Bombardier to…
NEWS Russia developing Supersonic Heavy Transport with 200 ton payload!
In the future, a fleet of heavy transport aircraft will reportedly be capable of moving a strategic unit of 400 Armata tanks, with ammunition, to anywhere in the world. And probably at hypersonic speed, enabling Russia to mount a global military response. According to a new design specification from the Military-Industrial Commission in Moscow, a…
NEWS Korean Air launches codeshare with Aerolíneas Argentinas
Korean Air, the flag carrier of South Korea, has announced a new codeshare agreement with Aerolíneas Argentinas on the Seoul-New York-Buenos Aires and Seoul-São Paulo-Buenos Aires routes. The new codeshare on the route via New York will commence on March 25th 2015 and the route via São Paulo will take effect after April upon obtaining…
NEWS @easyJet flights did some turns to allow passengers to watch the #eclipse2015
On easyJet flights U26747 from Belfast to Reykjavik and U21805 from Manchester to Reykjavik, the pilot took a diversion and circled above the ocean so the passengers could have a good view of the solar eclipse. well done @easyJet for letting the pax take a look at the #eclipse2015 en-route to Iceland pic.twitter.com/vhF0r27aQ6 – @NikPhillips666 — AirLive.net…
VIDEO Lufthansa flight #LH1307 from Beirut, brutal explosions due to bird strike in left engine
The bird strike occurred moments after the Airbus A321 took off from Beirut’s international airport en route to Frankfurt.The plane was carrying 148 passengers when it lost power in one of its two engines and was forced to turn around and make an emergency landing in Beirut.
NEWS Fire drills on the ISS
Expedition 43 Commander Terry Virts and Flight Engineers Samantha Cristoforetti and Anton Shkaplerov practiced emergency procedures Tuesday, preparing the three crew members for the actions they would take in the unlikely event that they must evacuate the International Space Station. Link
NEWS NASA SOFIA Airborne Telescope is LIVE
NASA airborne science lab with SOFIA telescope flight tracker is live. Link
