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AskMen.com
Steve Richer |
How To: Get A Private Pilot's License We are at a point now where human flight is open to just about everyone, even the likes of flyboys Tom Cruise and John Travolta. Accordingly, it's become painless for someone to get their private pilot's license.   |
Popular Mechanics
December 20, 2005
Davin Coburn |
Sport Pilot In A Week It is possible to earn a sport pilot license in one week. Here's how. |
Search Engine Watch
November 9, 2005
Gary Price |
Real-Time Flight Tracking Want to check on the status of a flight that's currently in the air? The major search engines and other specialized services offer real-time flight tracking services that show you the status of major airline flights. |
Salon.com
July 15, 2000
Phaedra Hise |
JFK Jr.'s fatal mistakes The final report on Kennedy's crash reveals a series of decisions that led him on a spiral crash course one year ago. |
Inc.
July 1, 2002
Rebecca Dorr |
Come Fly With Me The founder of Comnet gets his highs by taking to the skies in a helicopter. |
Aviation History
Laurel M. Sheppard |
Jerrie Mock: Record-Breaking Aviatrix In 1964, an Ohio woman took up the challenge that led to Amelia Earhart's disappearance, and become the first woman to fly around the world solo. She later chronicled her adventures in the book "Three-eight Charlie." |
PC Magazine
October 28, 2003
Alfred Poor |
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 Microsoft commemorates the Wright brothers' first flight 100 years ago with Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight. You can pilot 20 historic flights, including the Wright Flyer's first launch and the first airmail route. |
Outside
September 2005
Brad Wetzler |
Get Your Props Widen the horizons of adventure by taking the controls and becoming a pilot |
IEEE Spectrum
August 2008
Tekla S. Perry |
Airlines: Got Fuel? Airlines are now putting the minimum amount of fuel in planes necessary to reach their destination, but are they underestimating the amount they need? |
PC Magazine
March 17, 2008 |
Guilt-Free Green Travel Here are some tips to green up your next trip. |
Salon.com
September 12, 2001
Phaedra Hise |
Flying with phantoms A pilot waves goodbye to the World Trade Center... |
National Defense
June 2006
Michael L. Wesolek |
Army aviators better trained, but at higher costs The program, called "flight school XXI," began to take shape about five years ago. The program is designed to give students significantly more training in combat aircraft. |
PC Magazine
August 11, 2008
Logan Kugler |
8 Tricks to Beat Airport Delays These Web sites and flight tracking tools will help you get a leg up on other passengers and avoid getting stranded. |
Search Engine Watch
August 2, 2006
Chris Sherman |
Search Tools for Air Travelers If you're planning to fly somewhere, these sites can enhance and supplement your experiences with online travel search engines. |
Salon.com
July 28, 2000
Elliott Neal Hester |
Out of the Blue Lies in the sky: An inside look at United Airlines' abysmal service. |
Popular Mechanics
March 19, 2009
Kim Grzybala |
Have Our Flying Car Dreams Come True? Yesterday, Terrafugia, Inc. announced its spot in flying car history -- a proof-of-concept, road-ready aircraft's successful test flight. Could this be the start of a new era? |
InsideFlyer
January 2014 |
60 Seconds with Matteo Sarzana, CEO & Founder, avionerd.com Avionerd is a new mobile app with the goal to connect frequent flyers who have elite status with other travelers so that the elite members can share their status privileges with the not so frequent flyers. |
Popular Mechanics
August 2007
Jeff Wise |
Fly Your Own Plane for $30,000: Backyard Aircraft Flight Test Two-seaters represent the most affordable way for recreational pilots to get airborne and take a friend along. To tap into this market, plane makers have come up with cool machines that cost about the same as a base-model SUV. |
InsideFlyer
April 2009 |
Delta and Cincinnati Delta is enticing members to fly into or out of its Cincinnati hub by offering up to 25,000 bonus miles on roundtrip nonstop flights completed by May 12, 2009. |
BusinessWeek
June 5, 2006
Christopher Palmeri |
Snarl In The Sky Private jet traffic is creating commercial flight delays, safety concerns, and calls for small planes to pay more into the system. |
Popular Mechanics
December 15, 2009
Matt Molnar |
Boeing 787 Dreamliner Finally Gets Off the Ground Boeing today sent its new 787 Dreamliner on her maiden test flight, marking the first time a mostly composite airliner has taken to the air. |
The Motley Fool
March 10, 2005
Brian Gorman |
Delta Grounds Paid Food Delta's paid food service probably won't be missed. Price, not amenities like food, free or otherwise, will continue to be the overwhelming factor when it comes to ticket-buying decisions. |
Wired
December 22, 2008
Carl Hoffman |
The Ultimate Flying Machine: Sexy as a Sports Car, Portable as a Jet Ski The Icon A5, designed to thrill and a breeze to fly. |
Fast Company
June 2006
Susan Stellin |
The Last Stand Many airlines now let you pay to jump the standby line. Here's what you need to know to get home sooner. |
Salon.com
August 23, 2002
Patrick Smith |
Ask the pilot How hard is it fly an airliner? And why can't I keep my tray table down during takeoff? |
BusinessWeek
May 29, 2006
Amy Gunderson |
Arriving On A Jet Plane Plans for sharing private jets aren't cheap, but carriers are offering more options. |
Fast Company
Neal Ungerleider |
Tech Glitches Ground United Airlines Flights Nationwide Domestic departures were delayed more than a half hour because of what appears to be incorrect "dispatching information" in the airline's computer systems. |
Popular Mechanics
July 2006
Jeff Wise |
Flying Off The Drawing Board New technology is poised to transform aviation, finally making Personal Air Vehicles possible. |
Fast Company
May 2006
Josh Taylor |
Airlift, Plutocrat Style A company called US Helicopter has launched a shuttle service that takes you from downtown Manhattan to the American Airlines terminal at JFK airport in a heretofore unimaginable eight minutes. |
National Defense
February 2010
Grace V. Jean |
Teaching Non-Pilots to Fly Predators Requires More Cockpit Hours in Manned Aircraft The Air Force last fall graduated its first class of Predator pilots from an experimental program aimed at training non-aviators how to fly remotely-operated aircraft. |
IEEE Spectrum
November 2005
Rafal Zbikowski |
Fly like a Fly The common housefly executes exquisitely precise and complex aerobatics with less computational might than an electric toaster. Several groups have succeeded in building electronic sensors that mimic the fly's vision and other flight control apparatus. |
InsideFlyer
March 2014 |
Letters to the Editor United Award Trip Woes... M&C Loyalty Club Status Match... Flight Delay Fantasy... |
Financial Planning
July 1, 2007
Ilana Polyak |
High Net Worth: The Jet Set A look at your options for private jet travel: buying a plane, fractional ownership, or chartering a flight. |
Salon.com
May 16, 2000
Elliott Neal Hester |
Eating on the fly Better than anyone, flight attendants know the nightmare that is airline food. |
Entrepreneur
November 2006
Robert Kiyosaki |
Finish First In business, crossing the finish line second is not an option. |
Salon.com
March 8, 2002
P. Smith |
How safe is your airplane? After the crash of American Airlines Flight 587, some pilots requested that all Airbus A300 planes be grounded. But they're still aloft... |
Salon.com
September 20, 2002
Patrick Smith |
Ask the pilot What happens when you drop dry ice into an airplane toilet? And are regional pilots just rejects from the big airlines? |
Popular Mechanics
September 2007
David Noland |
10 Plane Crashes That Changed Aviation Here are eight crashes and two emergency landings whose influence is felt -- for the good -- each time you step on a plane. |
CRM
January 2013
Marshall Lager |
Flying Colors? Consider what your flight attendants can control before giving them attitude. Airline travel makes me think about customer experience. |
Aviation History
September 2005
David H. Grover |
Harrowing 1927 California to Hawaii Flight The accomplishments of two pioneering civilians -- Emory Bronte and Ernie Smith -- who piloted a Travel Air across the Pacific in 1927 have been largely overlooked. |
Science News
May 6, 2006 |
Science Safari: Aircraft Photos The Dryden Flight Research Center's Web site contains images of many of the research and experimental aircraft flown at the test facility, from the 1940s to today.. |
AskMen.com
April 1, 2003
Harry Marks |
6 Ways To Make A Plane Ride More Enjoyable Whether you're taking a much-needed family vacation or heading to a business meeting, flying is still the fastest and safest way to go. And best of all, it doesn't have to eat away at your senses. |
Popular Mechanics
August 2007
Barbara S. Peterson |
End of Flight Delays? FAA's GPS Fix Could Bust Sky Gridlock The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has been quietly using Alaska as a testbed for technologies that could radically transform the nation's antiquated air traffic control (ATC) system from ground-based radar to space-based GPS. |
InsideFlyer
January 2006 |
60 Seconds with Mileage-Runner Extraordinaire, Marc Tacchi An interview with this frequent flyer who recently earned 1,003,625 miles in 61 days during The Great Canadian Mileage Run 2005. |
Inc.
November 1, 2009 |
Jet-setting on a Budget A new flight-sharing website for luxury travelers. |
Inc.
November 2003
Robert X. Cringely |
Flight Club Forget the company car. Getting around is faster -- and less expensive than you may think -- in a private plane. |
IEEE Spectrum
January 2008
Willie D Jones |
Dutch Start-up Hopes to Spark Takeoff of Flying Car Market Engineers at Spark Design Engineering have created a three-wheeled personal air and land vehicle that takes off like a plane and lands like a helicopter. |
InsideFlyer
May 2009 |
60 Seconds with Shannon Kenitz The executive director of the International Hyperbaric Association has been selected as this year's American Way Road Warrior. |
Popular Mechanics
June 11, 2008
Joe Pappalardo |
World's Priciest Stealth Plane Takes First Run to Vertical Landing Needing a boost after a negative report leak, Lockheed Martin tested a prototype of its latest Joint Strike Fighter for the Marines today -- a supersonic F-35 that lands like a chopper and thinks like a pilot. |
Salon.com
May 31, 2000
J A. Getzlaff |
Sexual harassment in the skies Frustrated passenger groped flight attendants |
