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Microsoft has confirmed when it’s going to release its free-to-play flying simulator, called simply Microsoft Flight, which is now set to be available for download on February 29.
Lots of PC gamers were saddened by the closure of Microsoft Flight Simulator developer Ace Studios a few years ago. Since then, Mic... |
7 February 2012
17:21 GMT |
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Just when they thought they'd never see the day when man escaped gravity, New Yorkers got treated to the sight of three people gliding through the air.
Alas, rather than a dream come true, this was actually a marketing stunt to promote the movie “Chronicle”, which tells the story of three high schoo... |
1 February 2012
09:28 GMT |
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We've all seen – and admired – Bollywood productions for the complexity of their dance routines, but chances are not many of us caught one of them live, on board an airplane. On January 17, this is precisely what happened for passengers on board a Finnair flight from Helsinki to New Delhi.All the fli... |
28 January 2012
06:08 GMT |
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If you didn't know, there is a team working on giving people wings, literally, and it looks like the Human Birdwings project may be nearing success.A video of the first test run (it wasn't exactly a flight) was posted on YouTube.The liftoff was almost immediately followed by a landing, and the people shooti... |
20 January 2012
10:52 GMT |
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The other day, Alec Baldwin was removed from an American Airlines flight after he refused to turn off his phone while the plane was still at the gate. He's now issued an apology of sorts for the incident. During and shortly after the incident, which didn't go down without Baldwin making a huge scene, he kep... |
8 December 2011
09:47 GMT |
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Alex Baldwin is famous for his bad temper and it seems to have gotten him in more trouble, depending on who's side of the story you believe. The actor was removed at LAX from an American Airlines flight after refusing to shut down his iPad at the flight attendant's request.The actor boarded an AA plane at L... |
7 December 2011
09:45 GMT |
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Hummingbirds are capable of performing spectacular aerial maneuvers when flying through the rain. These maneuvers help them eliminate water from their plumage, allowing them to remain aloft even when other birds are grounded.
Scientists were puzzled to find out that this is the case, especially since it is widely k... |
10 November 2011
05:14 GMT |
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Learning more about how each species or group of species evolved over time is a daunting task, especially considering that the fossil record is incomplete. But some time robots can shed light on history, as was recently the case with a robotic bug that got a set of wings. As soon as experts outfitted the tiny bug wit... |
18 October 2011
14:01 GMT |
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Singer Whitney Houston acted like a true diva on a recent flight with Delta Airlines to Detroit, refusing to fasten her seatbelt for the takeoff. She had to be threatened to be kicked off to comply, says a new report.
Various sources (on the plane, presumably) tell TMZ that Whitney threw quite a hissy fit on the ... |
14 October 2011
07:55 GMT |
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Actress Leisha Hailey and her girlfriend were asked to leave a Southwest Airlines flight after reportedly kissing on board and offending the other customers. In a new statement, the star sets the record straight on the kiss that started it all. As we also informed you the other day, after being told to get off the pl... |
28 September 2011
16:01 GMT |
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Southwest Airlines is again at the center of controversy, after actress Leisha Hailey was booted off her flight for kissing her girlfriend. She’s saying she was discriminated against, the airline claims the kissing was “excessive.”Leisha, star of “The L-Word,” boarded the plane with her ... |
27 September 2011
15:01 GMT |
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On a recent flight from Paris to Dublin, legendary actor Gerard Depardieu proved he’d forgotten his manners at home when he relieved himself in the aisle of the plane after being told he had to wait for another 15 minutes before he could use the toilet. A rep for the actor was not available for comment at the t... |
18 August 2011
08:20 GMT |
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In February this year, actor-director Kevin Smith got into a very nasty exchange of words with Southwest Airlines after he was kicked off a flight for being too fat, as he also put it. He’s now going after Virgin Airlines after he missed his plane from New York.As is his habit, Smith took to his official blog t... |
8 December 2010
14:31 GMT |
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They say that the one thing that celebrities have in common is the fact that they’re all complete strangers to the meaning of the word “no.” Though at first sight, the latest incident in which comedian Dave Chappelle was involved could also be explained by the so-called diva behavior, TMZ says there... |
5 July 2010
14:31 GMT |
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Studies of fossilized feathers revealed that the earliest ancestors of modern birds could not readily flap their wings and soar to the air. The research showed that, while the wings themselves were indeed developed, and ready to take the creatures to the skies, the feathers were far from ready to generate enough lift... |
15 May 2010
04:25 GMT |
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Scientists have known for some time now that bees see the world about five times faster than humans do. However, details of this ability have been scarce, until recently. Researchers at the Queen Mary, University of London, in the United Kingdom, managed to infer that these insects have the fastest color vision in th... |
17 March 2010
11:18 GMT |
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Cases of airport staff asking passengers to cover tattoos that they find potentially offensive to other passengers are not unheard of, even though airline officials insist there’s no standing policy on body art. Still, the case of former medic with the 539 Assault Squadron Paul Fairclough, who was told to cover... |
2 March 2010
15:21 GMT |
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Over the weekend, director and actor Kevin Smith, known as Silent Bob to his fans, was taken off a flight with Southwest Airlines after a flight attendant told him he was deemed by the pilot a “safety risk,” which means staff considered him too fat to fit into a single seat. Upset, Smith took to his Twitt... |
16 February 2010
03:56 GMT |
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Southwest Airlines, like many other airline companies, has what is known under the term comfort policy, which means a passenger can be taken off a plane if staff deems him or her too fat to fit into one seat. This was the case with famed movie director Kevin Smith who, according to TMZ and his own tweets, was already... |
15 February 2010
13:31 GMT |
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Among anthropologists and paleontologists, there has been a longstanding debate as to whether feathered dinosaurs, the early ancestors of modern birds, took to the skies by making longer and longer leaps from the ground, or by jumping off tree branches. A recent investigation appears to have what it takes to settle t... |
26 January 2010
04:54 GMT |
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Ivana Trump, the former wife of The Donald, as Mr. Trump is known in the media, welcomed Christmas on a less magnanimous note as she had to be escorted off a plane in Florida. As TMZ informs, Ivana was upset by the noise some children made and started cursing them, which is when flight attendants tried to calm her do... |
28 December 2009
14:41 GMT |
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The Christmases of an estimated 1 million travelers are in danger of being completely ruined if British Airways continues to refuse to negotiate with cabin crew, who are unhappy about some recent measures as regards pay and cutting down expenses by letting people go. According to the BBC, the company is trying to leg... |
16 December 2009
13:21 GMT |
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Flying domestically is no longer a luxury in the UK, where the constant price cuts have made this a habit more than anything else. As plane tickets continue to cheapen, environmental advisors are sounding the alarm on the need to put a green tax on all flights, and in particular on the domestic ones, so that pollutio... |
8 December 2009
16:41 GMT |
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One of the most arduous dreams that spies and secret agencies around the world have is to benefit from invisible observers in all possible situations. One way this can be done, and that, apparently, will become reality fairly soon, is through small, insect-like robots, outfitted with small-scale observation equipment... |
28 September 2009
19:01 GMT |
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Virgin America Airlines has joined forces with CW for a brand-new reality show that will go into production soon, with a premiere date set tentatively for 2010. The new televised series will take viewers many miles up and then to various exotic locations as they “tag along” female flight attendants, learn... |
25 September 2009
13:21 GMT |
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For quite some time now, researchers and naturalists have believed that insects fly best if they keep their wings rigid. This conclusion was brought forth by the fact that mechanics and aerodynamics of insect flight seemed to hint in that direction at first. But a new investigation has proven that it's, in fact... |
30 June 2009
09:58 GMT |
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New insight into how birds develop seems to point at the fact that the size of the flying creatures is not directly determined by the amount of effort they need to make in order to remain aloft, but rather by the necessity to be able to keep their feathers clean at all times. Apparently, this fact is more important t... |
16 June 2009
04:06 GMT |
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Several US and European airline companies have gone on board what is labeled the “fat discrimination” bandwagon, with United Airlines being the latest to adopt the so-called fat tax, which has overweight and obese passengers pay for two tickets instead of just one. According to several reports, the tax is... |
11 May 2009
15:21 GMT |
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Paramount Digital Entertainment has announced the release of Top Gun, a new game for iPhone and iPod touch. Immediately available for download from the iTunes App Store, Top Gun places players at the United States Navy Fighter Weapons School, where instructors Maverick and Iceman will help them compete to become the ... |
8 May 2009
08:59 GMT |
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Having a comfortable flight can often depend on such an apparently insignificant thing as being offered the option of choosing between tens of movies, shows or music tracks. Enter in-flight entertainment systems, which offer customers a wide range of choices. They also expose the same customers to the danger of losin... |
23 March 2009
08:11 GMT |
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These days, the radar-based air traffic network is very old and outdated, since it is a remnant of the one used in the Second World War. The way it is performed and applied causes a major waste of fuel, money and time, while also proving harmful for the environment because of the pollution generated by the unnecessar... |
10 October 2008
05:50 GMT |
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The recent discovery of the Microraptor gui species of dinosaur (translated as “Small thief” or “Small raider”) stands as further proof that dinosaurs are the ancestors of modern birds. The fact that puzzled researchers was its being provided with two sets of wings, which is highly unusua... |
9 October 2008
10:00 GMT |
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Following the creation of DelFly I and II, researchers from TU Delft have now produced their tiniest Micro Air Vehicle to date, the DelFly Micro, weighing a mere three grams and capable of flying much in the same way as a dragonfly. The new MAV is flown by remote control, implies the help of a small camera and image ... |
24 July 2008
11:10 GMT |
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Man's desire to fly is known to have existed ever since the earliest recorded history. To fulfill his dream, man turned to nature and tried to copy the winged creatures, most of the times such attempts ending in disasters. We only have to look at today's flying machines to understand to that we have never r... |
7 July 2008
06:47 GMT |
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It's strange how strong the will to fly is in some of us who would do mostly anything to make our dreams come true. Just like this fellow American who, last Saturday, thought it was a good idea to tie 150 giant party balloons to a simple lawn chair and take to the skies. He was successful in his endeavor and, af... |
7 July 2008
02:50 GMT |
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You would think that with a reputation such as that of Tyrannosaurus rex even their youngsters would be at bay from predators. A new study now says that this was hardly the case, especially in the presence of flying reptiles such as Pterosaurs, a dinosaur living between 230 and 65 million years ago. Prior to the stu... |
29 May 2008
06:38 GMT |
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If the aircraft you're traveling in suddenly experiences some kind of damage while in mid flight, you're pretty much toast. Still, air travel is one of the safest means to get around. In theory airplanes could become even safer if they were built out of materials that regenerate themselves even while in fl... |
21 May 2008
04:48 GMT |
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Today, only bats, birds and insects can fly. But birds detain the most records of animal flight, from speed to height. Some traits in bird anatomy represent their secret.1. Feathers evolved first for ensuring a body insulation and maintaining homeothermy (constant body temperature). Feathers can also make a "camoufla... |
17 March 2008
10:14 GMT |
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There are bats whose diet relies on nectar. To feed on it, the bats have to hover like a bumblebee in front of the flower, while they extract the sweet juice with their long tongue. But current aerodynamic theories say bats are too large for this, but still do it. A new research published in the journal "Science" and... |
29 February 2008
02:49 GMT |
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Only three groups of animals really fly today: insects, birds and bats. Flight requires the use of organs called wings, but their structure and functioning differ enormously from one group to another. Anyhow, all flying animals are heavier than the air and only the wings movement and the use of air currents keep them... |
27 February 2008
09:37 GMT |
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The evolution of bats is still a mystery, as the fragile flying mammals have left few fossils behind. A new study published in the journal "Nature" describes the oldest bat ever and what the fossil has revealed: bats first flew, and after that they developed echolocation. "This new bat [fossil] is clearly a flying an... |
14 February 2008
02:38 GMT |
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Besides birds and bats, the only true flying vertebrates ever were a group of reptiles contemporaneous to dinosaurs, called pterosaurs. They were the first flying vertebrates (appeared 215 million years ago) that had wings make of skin similar to those of bats, but sustained only by one finger. Pterosaurs had the bod... |
12 February 2008
02:46 GMT |
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The flying lemurs of southeastern Asia are the best gliders amongst mammals. They have a patagium (skin membrane like in the bat's wings) that is as large as geometrically possible and can glide as far as 70 m (235 ft) with minimal loss of height, and the maximal glides can be 130 m (433 ft) long, as much as two... |
8 February 2008
04:53 GMT |
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Two things first: 1. Wow! 2. Finally... what took it so long? It looks like the zeppelin commercial flight will shortly resume with the Manned Cloud airship, which will basically be a flying hotel. The French manufacturing company Massaud argues that, when finished, the airship will be able to carry 40 passengers on ... |
4 February 2008
04:12 GMT |
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1. In the depths of the caves, where current airs, temperature and humidity are practically constant, bats seem to know exactly when it's time to go hunting. In fact, when atmospheric pressure decreases (before a rainfall), the insects gather at low altitude and are easier to be preyed. The atmospheric pressure ... |
2 February 2008
07:19 GMT |
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Birds are the only living dinosaurs, and the transition from hatchling to adult appears to be like a transition from flightless dinosaurs to flying dinosaurs. A new research published in "Nature" reveals how young birds must control the wing angles in order to achieve flying.The team led by Kenneth Dial of the Univer... |
25 January 2008
03:14 GMT |
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65 % of the bird species migrate. Some species make very short displacements during winter, like the Finnish rooks which spend the winter in Northern Germany, displacing themselves with just 50 km (30 mi) daily.The longest migration made by any bird is that effectuated by the Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea), which ne... |
20 December 2007
09:38 GMT |
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You know the drill: every time you get in an airplane, you must stop using your cell-phone. For a while, there have been rumors about the possibilities of allowing the passengers to use their handsets during flights. With the changes that AirFrance made, their passengers will be able to send text messages and e-mails... |
20 December 2007
09:22 GMT |
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The holidays always come with a lot of visiting, either you're doing it or you're on the receiving end of it. Either way, it's always good to know at all times the status of the means of transport you might be opting to use and if you're not going by Greyhound, you're probably thinking of air... |
19 December 2007
03:30 GMT |
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How can this be? Inflight email service and instant messaging? Free? What has the world come to? Are there no more terrorist threats out there? Just imagine the way a conversation would go via Yahoo!'s IM between any random Arab terrorist (I'm not racially profiling, it's just that this is how they ar... |
7 December 2007
05:01 GMT |
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