Commercial Flights: Home of the Germs and Disturbed…

Original source : http://www.unmotivating.com

Posted : December 2014

Author : Charlene

Ok, why is it that on almost every commercial flight, there’s always a weirdo on board? Maybe not a weirdo, but something we’d probably never see in our every day lives - yet, we see on board a commercial flight. Random! There’s always that one person, to make everyone else wonder. Here is a hilarious collection of the strangest things ever seen on a commercial flight.

Old Airplanes Converted Into Buildings

Original source : http://www.unmotivating.com

Posted : December 2014

Author : Charlene

How would you feel about living inside a real airplane for the rest of your life? Or enjoy your stay inside an airplane that has been converted into a hotel? Well, as outrageous as it sounds, it’s a real thing! All around the world, there have been airplanes converted into buildings and they are workable, livable, hospitable places. They may look odd from the outside, but they meet their intended purpose at the end of the day.

Unusual Proposal of Convair Kingfish

Original source : http://woondu.com (& http://en.wikipedia.org)

Posted : 

Author : the admin

After the U-2 entered service in 1955 the CIA already planed its eventual replacement. The result was the Lockheed A-12 Blackbird and later the larger Lockheed SR-71. But Lockheed company were not the only company the CIA approached to developed the U-2 replacement. The second company Convair came up with an unusual and innovative proposal known as the Convair Fish and Kingfish, but it never entered operational service.

Navy Fighter Jet Crashes Into Apartment Complex, Could Anyone Survive?

Original source : http://stories.cbn.com
Posted : 
Author : the admin

On Good Friday 2012, A Navy Jet doing routine practice exercise crashed down into an apartment complex in Virginia Beach, VA. What happened next has become known as the "Good Friday Miracle." 

India Orders Jet Airways To Suspend Pilots After Mid-Air Dive

Original source : http://www.therakyatpost.com

Posted : August 2014

Author : the admin

NEW DELHI, Aug 14, 2014:

India’s civil aviation regulator said on Thursday it has ordered Jet Airways to suspend two pilots after a flight to Brussels dived 5,000 feet, forcing air traffic controllers to issue an emergency warning. The Times of India said the captain was on a scheduled rest break when the plane dropped almost 5,000 feet over Turkey, putting it at an altitude assigned to another aircraft. Air traffic controllers in Ankara had to issue an emergency warning to the co-pilot on duty, who the paper said “did not notice that the aircraft had lost altitude” because she was using her tablet computer at the time.

Weirdest Highway Accident Ever

Original source : http://webjunk.info
Posted :
Author : the admin

A small plane made an emergency landing on a highway when it ran out of fuel and was struck by a car . Fortunately, nobody was seriously hurt but the incident cause a big traffic jam.

Strange Looking Soviet Plane

Original source : http://en.wikipedia.org

Posted : October 2013

Author : the admin

The Bartini Beriev VVA-14 Vertikal`no-Vzletayuschaya Amphibia (vertical take-off amphibious aircraft) was developed in the Soviet Union during the 1970s. Designed to be able to take-off from the water and fly at high speed over long distances, it was to make true flights at high altitude, but also have the capability of 'flying' efficiently just above the sea surface, using ground effect. The VVA-14 was designed by Robert Bartini in answer to a perceived requirement to destroy United States Navy Polaris missile submarines.

China Tests New Hypersonic Vehicle

Original source : http://theviralpost.com
Posted : January 2014
Author : the admin

China has successfully tested its first hypersonic missile delivery vehicle capable of penetrating US missile defense system and delivering nuclear warheads with record breaking speeds, Pentagon officials have confirmed. The new hypersonic glide vehicle (HGV), dubbed the WU-14 was allegedly spotted flying at record-breaking speeds during a flight test over China on January 9, an anonymous Pentagon official told the Washington Free Beacon.

Ex-CIA Pilot: No Planes Hit The Twin Towers

Original source : http://adguk.com

Posted : March 2014

Author : the admin

A former CIA and civilian pilot has sworn an affidavit, stating that no planes flew into the Twin Towers as it would have been physically impossible. John Lear, the son of Learjet inventor, Bill Lear, has given his expert evidence that it would have been physically impossible for Boeing 767s, like Flights AA11 and UA175 to have hit the Twin Towers on 9/11, particularly when flown by inexperienced pilots:

‘No Boeing 767 airliners hit the Twin Towers as fraudulently alleged by the government, media, NIST and its contractors’, he stated in the affidavit.

Prepare For Landing: Awesome Airport In Germany

Original source : http://arteinsky.blogspot.co.il
Posted : 2011
Author : Greq Arteinsky

Seen here is the small runway/airport known as the Farrenberg aerodrome (FAR1). It sits atop a hill of the same name in the Baden-Württemberg region of Germany. You can see the tiny airport and runway on Google Maps by entering the following coordinates: 48°23’8.49″N 009°04’37.76″E (interestingly, in the Google Maps link you can see a handful of sailplanes preparing for launch).

25 Cool Aircraft Paint Jobs

Original source : http://list25.com

Posted : July 2013

Author : Josef

See also http://afkra.blogspot.com/2014/05/pilot-projects-8-artistically-painted.html

Ever since the Wright brothers invented the plane in 1903, it has gone through many different changes, shapes, and sizes over the modern years. Today, many airlines proudly show off their planes with some unique art work and designs but some airlines decide to go that extra little bit further and produce some stunning paint jobs. Below are 25 of such planes which grace the skies with color and majesty.

Pilot Projects: 8 Artistically Painted Airplanes And Jets

Original source : http://www.planet-virall.com

Posted : April 2014

Author : Andrijadurlanac

Airlines large and small are artistically painting their aircraft in flying colors to ensure the view from outside is as nice as the one from your window seat.

10 Mysterious Airline Disasters

Original source : https://my.entertainment.yahoo.com
Posted : April 2014
Author :

With Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 still missing and shrouded in mystery, here are 10 other strange and unexplained airline disasters.

America's 10 Scariest Airports

Original source : https://travel.yahoo.com 

Posted : August 2012 

Author : Caroline Costello

What keeps pilots awake at night? Reduced visibility, congested runways, raging weather, and sharp turns. These are just a few of the conditions that trouble pilots in some of the most challenging airports in America. While all major hubs in the U.S. are considered safe (in the words of pilot Patrick Smith, "There is no such thing as an unsafe commercial airport"), some hubs are far more hazardous than others.
We interviewed several professional pilots to find out which spots are particularly demanding for even experienced aviators. Here are 10 U.S. airports where pilots - and passengers - are in for hair-raising takeoffs and landings.

10 Famous Space and Aviation Innovations Of 2010

Original source : http://listphobia.com
Posted : January 2011
Author : Ahsan Mukhtar

As the year 2010 finishes, it brought many innovations and technologies which will change the shape of the future. These innovations are the dawn of a new era of autonomous power where technologies will run our daily life thus making our work more efficient. 2010 has turned out to be one such year, when people from around the world have achieved their groundbreaking innovative milestones.

Compiled here is a list of ten most famous space and aviation innovations of 2010 which will surely widen the scope of aviation and space exploration.

A Plane In The Arctic Captivity

Original source : http://englishrussia.com

Posted : January 2014

Author : the team

Several aircraft met their fate on Graham-Bell Island in Russia. This pictorial study is about one of them which had been there for dozens of years. It had been identified as an Antonov AN-12BP, registration number CCCP-11994, which crashed on 6 March 1973 (Phill McGinn).

Airplane Oops! Situation

Original source : http://www.funonthenet.in/
Posted : February 2008
Author : 

Better on the ground than in the air

Short of the actual crash, most of the accidents depicted here occurred without loss of human life, and thus can be described as "Oops". There is a site "Aviation Safety" where many troublesome situations are listed and discussed, with full background information for each. What you will see here is a collection of images from various such occasions, sent to us by readers who found them or even witnessed the events.

Breaking The Sound Barrier

Original source : http://www.scientificamerican.com

Posted : March 2002

Author : Tobias Rossmann

What is the sound barrier?

The sound barrier, in aerodynamics, is the point at which an object moves from transonic to supersonic speed. The term, which occasionally has other meanings, came into use during World War II, when a number of aircraft started to encounter the effects of compressibility, a collection of several unrelated aerodynamic effects that "struck" their aircraft like an impediment to further acceleration. By the 1950s, new aircraft designs routinely "broke" the sound barrier

(http://en.wikipedia.org)

The 10 Most Sketchy-Sounding Airline Names, In Order

Original source : http://www.huffingtonpost.com

Posted : November 2013

Author : Suzy Strutner

Budget airlines like Ryanair and EasyJet are known for skimping on everything from reclining seats to airport check-in in an effort to cut costs and bring us the cheapest tickets in the industry. One element that costs zero dollars, however, is an airline's name. Even though they cost nothing to think up, the names of budget airlines always manage to sound, well, cheap. Here are the sketchiest ones we know of, in order.

World's Best Airlines, Flight Attendants In 2013

Original source : http://ca.finance.yahoo.com

Posted : July 2013

Author :

Where are the friendliest, most helpful and efficient flight attendants in the world found last year? Overwhelmingly on Asian airlines, according to passengers from 160 countries, who completed 18 million customer satisfaction ratings of their favorite airline cabin crew. Here are the the 10 best in 2013.

WHERE ARE THE friendliest, most helpful and efficient flight attendants in the world found? Can you guess by the uniform above? Although Malaysia Airlines took the title in 2012, this year they were displaced by the flagship carrier of Hong Kong. Click on to see the 10 best cabin crews in the sky.