Does packing a tennis ball in your carry-on actually help on long flights? Let’s find out (Picture: Maria Astardjieva)
Around the five-hour mark of my long-haul flight from London to San Francisco, everything hurts.
My lower back is throbbing, my leg muscles are stiff, and I’ve exhausted every possible sitting position, none of which are comfortable enough for longer than a minute.
Stuck in…
Inverness Airport has reopened following an emergency involving an inbound aircraft that prompted the temporary closure on Sunday. Highlands and Islands Airports Limited (HIAL) announced shortly before 2pm that the airport had been closed due to an ‘ongoing incident’, with operations expected to be suspended until approximately 4pm. Passengers were advised to contact their airline […]
Arrangements have been finalised for the return of 119,000 Pakistani pilgrims who performed Hajj under the government scheme, official sources said. According to sources, the post-Hajj flight operation will commence on June 1, with 22 flights scheduled to bring pilgrims back to Pakistan. A further 23 flights are expected to arrive on June 2, carrying […]
A new neuroscience study found that virtual reality “flying” with wings altered how participants’ brains processed body imagery, suggesting immersive VR experiences may partially reshape the brain’s sense of embodiment, identity, and functional body representation.
Continue reading “Can’t Keep My Eyes from the Circling Skies”: VR Researchers Teach Humans to Fly at The Wild Hunt.
Australia’s Qantas was forced to divert a flight bound for the United States over a disruptive passenger, with local media reporting the man bit a flight attendant.
The flight from Melbourne was headed to Dallas on Friday when it was forced to make a stop-off in Papeete, the capital of French Polynesia, due to the disruptive passenger.
The man was restrained by fellow passengers, with local…
A 41-year-old man struck and killed by a plane taking off at Denver International Airport was intending to end his own life when he scaled a remote fence and walked onto a runway, authorities said Tuesday.
Does packing a tennis ball in your carry-on actually help on long flights? Let’s find out (Picture: Maria Astardjieva)
Around the five-hour mark of my long-haul flight from London to San Francisco, everything hurts.
My lower back is throbbing, my leg muscles are stiff, and I’ve exhausted every possible sitting position, none of which are comfortable enough for longer than a minute.
Stuck in…
On 12 April 1961 Yuri Gagarin in Vostok 1 completed one orbit of Earth. He was the first person to travel into Space in a flight which took 108 minutes. Yuri Gagarin was a pilot with the Soviet Air Forces. He was born on 9 March 1934 in the village of Klushino, in the Western Oblast, near […]
Loganair, Royal Mail, and BETA Technologies (NYSE: BETA), a U.S.-based electric aerospace company, have successfully completed the U.K.’s first electric flight demonstration program across Scotland’s regional air network. Over 10 days, BETA’s ALIA CTOL (conventional takeoff and landing) electric aircraft completed 23 flights across the UK, including 18 Scottish legs connecting Glasgow, Dundee,…
Comedian Red Ollero shared his unpleasant experience as a passenger on a budget airline, as he sought assistance after the flight meant to take him back to the Philippines from Thailand was disrupted. The stand-up comedian said on Monday, March 23, that they were scheduled to fly from Bangkok to Manila via Cebu Pacific on […]
The post ‘Penge naman konting urgency’: Comedian recounts flight delay…
Last week, Loganair made UK aviation history by being the first commercial airline to fly an all-electric aircraft across its network. The BETA ALIA CTOL is a battery-powered fixed-wing aircraft. The flight on Thursday 19 March is part of a two week programme working alongside BETA Technologies, a U.S. electric aerospace company, where the electric aircraft will be used across Loganair’s network…
Airfares are rising and travel disruption is spreading as the ripple effects of the US-Israeli war on Iran widen (Picture: Getty Images)
If you’ve got big summer plans — specifically the kind that involve getting on a flight — you’re likely to pay a fortune for the pleasure. Airfares are climbing as you read this.
Drivers are already paying more at the pumps due to the US-Israeli war on Iran…
Airfares are rising and travel disruption is spreading as the ripple effects of the US-Israeli war on Iran widen (Picture: Getty Images)
If you’ve got big summer plans — specifically the kind that involve getting on a flight — you’re likely to pay a fortune for the pleasure. Airfares are climbing as you read this.
Drivers are already paying more at the pumps due to the US-Israeli war on Iran…
When a teenager went a week without talking as part of a school project, he noticed a surprising side effect: Instead of rehearsing a response to what other people were saying to him, he was focused on listening — and feeling smarter as a result. Plus, a flight attendant is irritated by a certain term […]
Most high school shop programs produce birdhouses and bruised thumbs. In Sandpoint, Idaho, students spent their Saturdays building two full-scale aircraft, earned FAA airworthiness certificates, and then watched one of their own take them into the sky.
The morning of October 4, 2025, marked a turning point for the North Idaho High School Aerospace Program.
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By Bernie Bell. Mike’s brother is researching the family tree, and Mike received an email telling him that their maternal Grandfather was stationed in Orkney, at Walls, at some time between 1914 and 1920. Well, well, well. Flight Lieutenant Arthur Leslie Russell was a pilot with the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War, […]
SAS pilot mistakes taxiway for runway hitting 125mph before emergency abort. 165 terrified passengers safe as plane ends on grass with overheated brakes.</p>
Oh, and I forgot to mention, because we went inside the arctic circle to make a great arc, we had a 6 hour sunset on the flight! It was a beautiful one too :)