Tag: AIRTRAVEL

Share Oh, the humanity! The world's largest airship, called the Bullet 580, is set to take off on its maiden voyage later this year -- and it will do Thomas Pynchon proud. The craft measures 235 feet long by 65 feet in diameter, and reaches an altitude of 20,000 feet. The bulbous blimp can be flown with or without a crew, carrying up to 2,000 pounds of cargo and/or passengers. But jumbo-jet it ...

We all knew the failed Christmas day bombing attempt on a Detroit-bound Northwest flight would result in stricter airport and airplane security, but recent reports about the shape of those new measures has many digital road warriors fuming and others scratching their heads. According to a statement from the TSA, "These measures are designed to be unpredictable, so passengers should not expect ...

We've lately covered a number of interesting firsts on the Twitter site, including the first novel tweeted, the first NBA player to start posting, the first baby tweeting device, and the billionth tweet tweeted (a tweet, by the way, is the term for those little statements you send out to all your Twitter followers, which are generally just status updates about what you're doing at any given ...

We've seen no shortage of batteries exploding, whether they be in cell phones or laptops. It didn't take long for the FAA to institute bans for certain types (and quantities) of batteries for gadgets, and after an incident on a plane heading for Manchester, England, the U.K. travel administration may want to think about instituting a similar ban. The battery on an electric wheelchair was found ...

It's not clear what the exact problem is, but every major airport in the country is currently experiencing flight delays because of an FAA computer problem at a facility south of Atlanta. All that's being said is that the system that processes flight plans is having troubles, but that all flights currently in the air are fine and should land safely. Given that a single FAA computer failure has ...

Bizarre as it may seem, the future of air travel may lie in the past. The past few years have seen a resurgence of interest in dirigibles (like blimps) as a way or carting passengers around the world. According to a report in the Guardian, Germany is getting ready to test the Zeppelin NT -- built with an endowment left by the builder of the original Hindenburg -- by flying tourists over London ...

The world's obsession with thin and light gadgets isn't limited to cell phones, laptops and cameras. Check out this miniature airplane that's suddenly showing up all over the Internet (even though it was designed in the 1970s). At 12.8-feet long and with a wingspan of 16.1 feet, the Cri-Cri is billed as the world's smallest twin-engine airplane. The French-designed, build-it-yourself kitplane ...

United Airlines is giving you a little more for your money -- if you're flying International First or Business class, that is. For $2,500, you can now bask in the comfort of a United gadget-encrusted 'lie flat' seats. Both Business and First class have picked up some leg and elbow room, as well as filled up the new space with a 15.4-inch LCD screen that features 150 hours of on-demand TV and ...