KLM lets you Delft yourself
Ever wanted to get your face on an airplane? KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is giving you that chance. At the very least, you can create your own virtual Dutch Delft tile of yourself, complete with a frilly...
View ArticleWorld’s largest (model) airport opens in Hamburg (Daily Mail)
Knuffingen Airport only cost around $5 million and took six years to build and yet is the world’s largest airport. OK, model airport. Knuffingen, based on Hamburg’s airport, just opened to the public...
View ArticleAlaska Airlines rolls out Portland Timbers Boeing 737
OK, we’ve gotten over the fact that Seattle-based Alaska Airlines is sponsoring Portland’s Major League Soccer team, the Timbers. But, in rolling out its Timbers-themed Boeing 737-700 Friday, did...
View ArticleBored Russian pilot shaves volunteer with helicopter (Russia Today)
This, apparently, is what happens when Russians get bored. To overcome his malaise, a Siberian helicopter pilot decided to perform a series of tricks, Russia Today reported Tuesday. Watch to see him...
View Article‘Jetman’ flies over Grand Canyon
Switzerland’s Yves “Jetman” Rossy flew for eight minutes above the Grand Canyon on Saturday using his jet-propelled wing, sponsor Breitling announced Tuesday. After dropping from a helicopter at 8,000...
View ArticleLeopards, panthers, monkeys and bear found in suitcase
Thai police caught a man attempting to smuggle baby leopards, panthers, a bear and monkeys out of that country in his suitcase Friday, according to the FREELAND Foundation, an anti-trafficking group...
View ArticleFed-up flight attendant Steven Slater writing memoir
Legendarily fed-up flight attendant Steven Slater is writing a memoir, MSNBC reported Monday. “Diary of a Mad Flight Attendant” will give readers “a glimpse behind the galley curtain,” Slater told...
View ArticleCIA declassifies photos of Area 51 spy plane crash
Area 51 still doesn’t officially exist, but photos of a crashed A-12 spy plane do after the CIA declassified several photos from 1963. National Geographic posted a gallery of the photos from the famous...
View ArticlePiece of Boeing 787 history could be yours
Want to own your own big piece of Boeing 787 Dreamliner history? Bidadoo auctions is offering up this MaxMove 787 aircraft engine loader on ebay. The loader was built in 2007, has capacity to lift...
View ArticleTornado derails train with Boeing 737 fuselages
A tornado derailed train cars carrying Boeing 737 fuselages from Wichita, Kan., to Renton Monday, according to The Wichita Eagle. The incident, near Hamilton, Neb., damaged at least one of the...
View ArticleBoeing 747-8 Flight makes ’747′ over U.S.
Boeing’s fifth flight-test 747-8 Freighter is flying a “747″-shaped path over the country Tuesday, according to FlightAware. The jet took off from Paine Field, in Everett, Wash., at 7:08 a.m. and is...
View ArticleFlight attendant launches online fashion museum
Local aviation writer Harriet Baskas has a profile of KLM Royal Dutch Airlines flight attendant Cliff Muskiet, who has put his collection of more than 1,000 female flight attendant uniforms online at...
View ArticleBoeing 787 brings innovation to cup holders
Boeing likes to boast about the bigger windows, extra humidity and higher cabin pressure a composite fuselage enables on its 787 Dreamliner. But a couple of much simpler plastic innovations caught my...
View ArticleA coffee table with a Boeing heritage
Looking for a new coffee table? How about this one, made from a Lycoming R680 nine-cylinder radial engine taken out of a U.S. Army Boeing Stearman PT-13. London’s Decoratum acquired the engine from the...
View ArticleAnother airplane engine coffee table
Thought Tuesday’s airplane engine coffee table post was a one-time feature? Think again. Following up on that table, made from a Lycoming R680 nine-cylinder radial engine taken out of a U.S. Army...
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