Exploring the Potential for Very Light Jets (VLJs)

The weary bands of commercial jet travellers become even wearier at the prospect of even bigger airports, even bigger jets, longer check-in times and longer delays. The joy of turning up at the local airfield with your little band of passengers, your destination another small airfield up to 1,200 miles away, is now spreading.

Lowest Online Airfares

The best way to find low airfares online is to be aware of all the good travel websites, then search for prices on different routes and departure dates and compare airfares across several airlines. Narrow down the sites to a few sites with special offers and low airfares and then make a decision quickly. These low airfare offers on the Internet do not last very long and are quickly picked up so it’s best to act fast.

New Orleans Airfare

Online air ticket vendors are vying with one another to offer travelers cheap fares to New Orleans. This is one of the economic implications of a city getting wiped out by a hurricane. Travelers have been less inclined to visit New Orleans and need some sort of incentive to pick it as a destination.

Politics and Airport Parking

The whole scope of airport parking was changed forever on September 11, 2001. Now there are security issues to be considered as well as traffic and parking issues for any airport. But if you think that airport parking is just a pain for airline passengers, you’re wrong - it affects airport personnel, people living near airports and even politicians. Here’s an example of how airport parking and politics and interrelate.

How To Save Big With Discount Airfare

Whether it's for business or pleasure, the cost of airfare can really add up. Many travelers are constantly searching for discount airfare prices before they take to the sky. The best way to find a bargain is to plan your trip on a budget. This will allow you to get the most out of your trip and save some extra pocket money see the sights or afford other travel expenses upon arriving at your destination.

The B-50 Superfortress

While not many were ordered, the B-50 Superfortress was the ultimate expression of the B-29 family and one of the last piston-engined bombers built. The B-50 was retired from its main role as atomic bomber in 1955 and was removed completely from inventory ten years later. No flying examples exist today, although several can be found in various air museums.

The Challenges of Air Travel With Children

Learn how to make air travel with children a little easier.

Losing My Virginity - To Virgin Atlantic Premium Economy

Humorous review of Virgin Atlantic Airways Premium Economy Class cabin.

Flights Offer Costs that Aren't in the Initial Bill

People take flights each and every to destinations around the world

C-119 Flying Boxcar

The C-119 Flying Boxcar was a twin-engine, twin boom, twin tail cargo and troop transport that could carry up to 62 fully-equipped troops or a 30,000 pound cargo load. Paratroopers of most countries in the western world jumped from a C-119 at one time or another during the fifties and sixties.

Airfares Nudge Up Price of Living

An increase in the price of airfares has increased the cost of living and hiked up inflation...

How to Get the Lowest Airfare Possible

Everyone knows that air travel can be expensive and we are all looking for ways to get it a little cheaper. With all of the added fees and such, there is little left to the imagination of the extreme costs that come with this form of travel. There are however ways that one can ensure they are getting the lowest airfare possible without having to go into the poor house to do it.

Traveling? How can 2 Tickets Be Cheaper than One?

Ever wondered why the person seating next to you in the same flight and same class paid so much less than you? Why the hotel room across the hall was much cheaper? For a long time, airlines, hotels, and restaurants has used a system in making profits, filling up empty seats and room with their evolved methods of pricing.

Accelerating Moisture Absorption in Fuel Cell Aircraft Using Static Energy

Gathering fuel in-flight for aircraft, which run on a fuel-cell maybe possible using accelerated absorption techniques. What if we used the static electricity which occurs from the air moving over the wing, as it trades electrons, then collected that and charged the skin of the aircraft made out of carbon nano-tube construction to adhere to rain droplets as it flew thru clouds and collect all the moisture?