flight stories

First intercontinental jetpack flight aborted

Wednesday, November 25, 2009 - 11:24am
 
We love jetpacks, but they have issues — one of them being their relatively short range. Swiss adventurer Yves Rossy, known to the world as the non-superhero Jetman, got a reminder about those limits earlier today when he was forced...

Ryanair the second airline to want passengers 'standing' on flights — a developing trend?

Kevin Hall
Monday, July 6, 2009 - 3:47pm
 
Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary (pictured above) usually doesn't need any help coming up with ways to squeeze more out of his passengers. Europe's largest low-cost, short-haul airline has frequently made headlines over the past few years thanks to his austere...

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