What do you get if you mix a lawn chair, 90 balloons, a whole bunch of helium and a fondness for extreme sports? A real-life version of the Pixar movie ‘Up’, of course.
2014 was not a very good year for air travel, so you can choose from these lists of airlines for your next holiday. (We suggest not using Malaysian Airlines or Air Asia for the next little while…)
At least you don’t have to deal with Eskom’s inadequacies whilst flying mile-high, right? Well what if you can’t get off the ground in the first place…
What do you do when those pesky Americans release a movie about how poorly you treat your citizens? Upload a video to Youtube where you pilot a plane like a boss, of course. Watch Kim Jong Un take the reins and demonstrate his inner ‘Maverick’.
I am not the best of flyers (even though I have been in planes since I was a fetus), so all my flights generally start with a handful of Xanax and a glass of Chardonnay, because I don’t want to feel any turbulence.
Stupid people make me feel clever on days like this (end of year, late night last night and the three nights before and only one cup of coffee). Please, keep ’em coming.
Unless you’re flying business class and will actually be asleep should something bad happen during your flight, flying can be traumatic. So imagine being stuck up in cattle class and you see a plane coming right at you.
A pilot flying an Aero Commander 500, who was intending to fly to Columbus, Ohio, reported engine trouble shortly after taking off. Then things went horribly wrong…
An EasyJet pilot saved what looked to be a near-disaster when he tried to land in Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam.
Spending your holiday overseas is just expensive and unnecessary. We’ve got some pretty awesome things on offer right here under the African sun.
There is much mystery and speculation about what happened to Amelia Earhart on her flight around the world. We may be close to the answer.
See the world through the eyes of an eagle… Drones are fast becoming the way to see into your neighbour’s neighbour’s backyard. Alternatively, you can use them to see the world.
They could cut the duration of flights by five minutes if they just assumed everyone knew how to use the oxygen masks. But you know what they say about assumption.
The identity of the mysterious drone controller who caused violence to break out in the match between Serbia and Albania has been discovered.
Attaching LED lights to drones allows Ars Electronica Futurelabs to create gorgeous light displays with those useful quadcopters.
This sounds like a fun airline. Whether it stays in the air or not is another question, but at least most men will be happy, either way, should the hostesses be clad in lingerie.
Not being one for insects or creepy crawlies, I am amazed at how composed this woman stays during what I can only call an emotional ordeal. But she rocks it…
Everyone wants to have a drone. What better thing to attach a camera to and spy on your neighbours. This man took out his drone for a quick flight and ended up having a rather fun encounter.
We don’t know about you, but we have always wondered how the flight attendants on long-haul flights stay awake and bubbly – We have their secret … check this out
There is nothing fun about queueing to board a plane and then sitting for 17 hours in economy class whilst a fairly large person asks you questions about your childhood and hogs the armrests. This new app will change all that forever.
Robin William’s disease revealed. Passenger plane pilot’s arm detaches. Boko Haram kidnaps 100 men. Zuma’s Nkandla response. De Klerk gets a road name. Russians feeling sanction pain. Shareholders sue Steve Jobs’ estate.
Most of you will have had this dream as a child and felt the frustration of being stuck on the ground, flightless. Walking seems so boring, and flying dreams are some of the best ever! Great news, now you can virtually fly in real life.
Emirate’s A380 Airbus offers a business class experience unlike any other. Check out some pictures from the exclusive deck of the fleet.
I’m busy doing my private pilot’s license (here), so the subject of aircraft is top of the agenda. After much research I must say that one particular aircraft has caught my eye in a BIG way.
Tech aficionados at The Verge have put the best drones out there to the test, revealing which quadcopter flies high above the rest.
The Airlander is a the ultimate combination of an air balloon, airplane, helicopter, and a hovercraft, and it’s enormous.
A police helicopter nearly collided with two drones like over the George Washington Bridge, New York City, on Monday.
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to fly through a fireworks display? A YouTuber has now shown us what that would actually be like.
A Hollywood actress says the major water leak on her Qantas flight was “the scariest thing I have ever seen”, when water poured into the cabin aisles.
73 years after Amelia Earhart embarked on her ambitious trip around the world, a young woman has decided to do her namesake proud of full fill the mission once again.