June 28th, 2009 
Malvika Sampat It has the wingspan of a Boeing 747 but weighs less than a small car – and could be the first plane to fly around the world powered entirely by the sun.
This is the Solar Impulse, unveiled in Switzerland, which its inventor hopes will revolutionise air travel and reduce its impact on the environment.…
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Comments Off March 15th, 2009 Malvika Sampat How does the RAF ensure its new Eurofighters can survive a direct lightning strike and stay intact while doing Mach 2 at 65,000ft? By zapping one with 200,000 amps at a top-secret bunker in Lancashire.
Test target: The Eurofighter stands in position at the underground facility
The lead-lined walls (1) of the Electronic Warfare Testing Facility in Warton, Lancashire, are covered in treated foam-rubber cones to prevent electromagnetic radiation leaking out – or in.…
Posted in Tech News Tags: Boeing 747, Carbon Fibre Composites, Electromagnetic Pulse, Electromagnetic Pulses, Electromagnetic Radiation, Electronic Warfare Systems, Eurofighter, Eurofighters, Lightning Conductor, Lightning Strike, Lightning Tests, Mach 2, Mobile Generators, Secret Bunker, Spy Planes, Surface To Air Missile, Target Stands, Test Target, Underground Facility, Warton Lancashire Comments Off February 4th, 2009 Malvika Sampat Just a few days ago, marked the opening of another wacky hotel, the world’s first aircraft hotel in Stockholm. An abandoned Boeing 747 jumbo jet has been saved from being trashed metal to become a 25-room hotel sited in Stockholm-Arlanda airport.
Each room is bare 65 square ft big and furnished with bunk beds, overhead luggage storage and flat-screen TVs (no other choice but flat-screens!).…
Posted in Tech News Tags: Arlanda Airport, Boeing 747, Bunk Beds, Cockpit, First Hotel, Flat Screen Tvs, Flat Screens, Hotel In Stockholm, Hotel Stockholm, Jumbo Jet, Luggage Storage, Reception Area, Room Hotel, Showers, Square Ft, Stockholm Airport, Stockholm Arlanda Airport, Toilets, Upper Deck, Wedding Suite Comments Off January 11th, 2009 Tushar Mathur 
Top celebrities, super-rich business tycoons and heads of state travel in style when they fly. Not for them the hassles of airline travel: They fly in private jets fitted with luxurious cabins to make their flights relaxing, pleasant and productive. Sometimes, the especially rich and famous buy airliners of their very own to make sure that every flight is memorable.…
Posted in Tech News Tags: Airbus A380 Superjumbo, American Airlines, Boeing 727, Boeing 747, Boeing 767, Business Tycoons, Carat Gold Leaf, Donald Trump, Leather Armchairs, Luxurious Cabins, Oil Paintings, Personal Jet, Private Investment Company, Private Jets, Real Estate Tycoon, Rich Nation, Roman Abramovich, Sultan Of Brunei, Travel In Style, Waterford Crystal Lamps Comments Off January 11th, 2009 Malvika Sampat Top celebrities, super-rich business tycoons and heads of state travel in style when they fly. Not for them the hassles of airline travel: They fly in private jets fitted with luxurious cabins to make their flights relaxing, pleasant and productive. Sometimes, the especially rich and famous buy airliners of their very own to make sure that every flight is memorable.…
Posted in Tech News Tags: Airbus A380 Superjumbo, American Airlines, Boeing 727, Boeing 747, Boeing 767, Business Tycoons, Carat Gold Leaf, Donald Trump, Leather Armchairs, Luxurious Cabins, Oil Paintings, Personal Jet, Private Investment Company, Private Jets, Real Estate Tycoon, Rich Nation, Roman Abramovich, Sultan Of Brunei, Travel In Style, Waterford Crystal Lamps Comments Off
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