Tag Archives: Aviation/Space

The Incredible Shrinking Plane Seat

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“Airlines’ push to lure high-paying fliers with flatbed business seats and premium economy loungers is leaving economy-class passengers with less space.  A push over the past decade by carriers to expand higher-fare sections has shrunk the area devoted to coach on many big jetliners. But airlines don’t want to drop passengers. So first airlines slimmed seats to add more rows.  Now, big carriers including AMR Corp.’s American Airlines, Air Canada, Air France-KLM SA and Dubai’s Emirates Airline are cutting shoulder space by wedging an extra seat into each coach row. That shift is bringing the short-haul standard to long-haul flying.”

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304384104579141941949066648

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World View to offer high-altitude passenger balloon flights

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“Tucson-based World View Enterprises is formally unveiling its plans today for developing a system that will transport eight people in a pressurized capsule up to an altitude of 30 kilometers (98,400 feet), where they will remain for up to several hours before descending to Earth under a parafoil. The company expects to begin these flights no earlier than 2016, charging $75,000 a ticket, considerably less than rocket-powered suborbital space tourism ventures like Virgin Galactic and XCOR Aerospace.  The company is marketing the balloon flights on the experience of seeing the Earth from (near) space, offering views for far longer than possible on suborbital rocket-powered flights.”

http://www.newspacejournal.com/2013/10/22/world-view-to-offer-high-altitude-passenger-balloon-flights-regulated-as-a-launch-vehicle/

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Stephen Francis Bukucs ‘aimed lasers at planes’

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“A man in the US state of Oregon has been arrested on charges of aiming a laser pointer at two commercial airliners, authorities have said.  Stephen Francis Bukucs was arrested in Portland on Friday and is accused of aiming the laser at United Airlines and JetBlue aeroplanes on 13 October.  Authorities say Mr Bukucs is the first adult to face prosecution for such charges in the state Oregon.  He pleaded not guilty in a court appearance on Monday.  The private security guard, 39, ‘knowingly aimed the beam of a laser pointer’ at the aircraft, according to court documents.”

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-24618830

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Pilot puts aviation career on hold to work on Bitcoin startup

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“Sammel Nigel, a Singaporean pilot and data privacy advocate, is the founder of Find Your Bitcoin Sweden (FYB-SE), the European base of a Bitcoin trading platform founded and located in Singapore. It serves the Nordic nations of Northern Europe.  He has a diverse professional background: after graduating with a computer science diploma from a local polytechnic, he went on to become a fitness trainer before transferring over to the aviation sector as a pilot.  At the beginning of 2013, he put his flying career on hold to take his Bitcoin preoccupation full-time.”

http://www.techinasia.com/pilot-puts-aviation-career-hold-work-bitcoin-startup/

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To Avoid Jet Lag This Summer, Travel Like a Scientist

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“Scientists are studying a wide range of strategies to help long-distance travelers avoid the dreaded feelings of jet lag. Frequent fliers often have sworn-by practices to combat jet lag, whether it’s adjusting a sleep schedule days before a trip, taking the hormone melatonin, seeking out bright light at certain times, or forcing the body to eat and sleep on local time immediately upon arrival.  What works best? The news from most researchers appears to be that the best formula is a combination of all of these tactics.”

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323336104578503663495599972.html

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During the shutdown, some scientists can’t talk about science

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“I’m a guest of honor this weekend at the Dallas’s Fencon this weekend, and I’ve just learned that some of the other speakers won’t be able to talk, thanks to the government shutdown. They’re government space scientists, and the 143-year-old Antideficiency Act makes it a crime (punishable by fines and imprisonment) for government employees to volunteer to do their own jobs (which, in their cases, includes talking about science to the public). The law dates back to the Lincoln administration, and was aimed at stopping fraudsters who did ‘government’ business, then presented a bill for services that hadn’t been contracted but had nevertheless been performed.”

http://boingboing.net/2013/10/04/during-the-shutdown-some-scie.html

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BlackJet, the Uber for private jets, takes off

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“There’s been a rise in the number of companies aiming to provide a more efficient, and more affordable way to fly private.  Into that new environment comes BlackJet, a company co-founded by Uber co-founder Garrett Camp that started flying today. And while it’s hard to compare a car service to one providing seats on private planes, BlackJet is hardly shying away from that comparison.  At its core, BlackJet is about letting people very efficiently book travel aboard chartered planes between any of ten cities across the U.S., and at a cost not that far off from first-class commercial tickets. Indeed, the company promises the ability to book a seat in just ten clicks.”

http://news.cnet.com/8301-10797_3-57569541-235/blackjet-the-uber-for-private-jets-takes-off/

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First Open Source Airplane Could Cost Just $15,000

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“There’s an open source airplane being developed in Canada, and now its designers are  turning to crowdsourced funding to finish the project. The goal of Maker Plane is to develop a small, two-seat airplane that qualifies as a light sport aircraft and is affordable, safe, and easy to fly. But unlike other home-built aircraft, where companies or individuals charge for their plans or kits, Maker Plane will give its design away for free. The group behind the project consists of pilots and engineers who are designing the airplane, allowing it to be built using the kind of personal manufacturing equipment somebody in the maker community might already have at home or can easily purchase.”

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2013/07/open-source-airplane-design/

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Top 10 Busiest Airports in the World

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“In this modern world, airway is the most convent medium of travel in terms of time and safety and its global presence. The number of people travelling by air is constantly rising every day and so is the number of aircraft and airports. There are more than 40,000 thousands airports around the globe used for civilian and cargo transport. This list is gives the top 10 busiest airports in the world in terms of the total annual passenger transition registered. Naturally this kind of list always changes, what we listed below is as per the data of the year 2012.”

http://top-10-list.org/2013/09/09/top-10-busiest-airports-in-the-world/

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NASA: Voyager 1 becomes first spacecraft to leave our solar system

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“NASA’s Voyager 1 probe has now left the solar system and is wandering the galaxy, US scientists said Thursday. The spacecraft was launched in 1977 on a mission to explore the outer planets of our solar system and to possibly journey into the unknown depths of outer space.  US space agency scientists now agree that Voyager is officially outside the protective bubble known as the heliosphere that extends at least eight billion miles  beyond all the planets in our solar system, and has entered a cold, dark region known as interstellar space.  Voyager’s instruments will have to shut down permanently in 2025, Science reported. NASA spends $5 million per year to operate the twin spacecraft.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/09/12/nasas-voyager-1-becomes-first-spacecraft-to-leave-our-solar-system/

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