Less than a tenth of China's pilots meet international aviation English standards. picked by kxmk 2 years ago

A Swiss daredevil's bid to cross the English Channel propelled by a jet-powered wing strapped to his back moved a step closer with a successful 36km test flight over Switzerland.(with video of flight over Alps) picked by Bornbad 1 year ago

This guy launches a paper airplane off the 30th floor of a building in the financial district of New York City. The flight it goes on without crashing is pretty amazing. picked by misswinkle 2 years ago

20th November 1998 saw the deployment of the first part of the International Space Station. 10 years on, it is still not finished, the merits of the science it embodies are in question and today it transpires they've recently lost a spider and a tool bag.

But happy birthday, anyway. picked by pocksucket 1 year ago

Halfway during the flight, a middle aged man left the lavatory covered in his own fecal matter.

At that point the flight attendant tried to move passengers away from him and ordered the man to clean himself. picked by suebe 11 months ago

The inability of pilots to speak English well gets them their walking papers. Don't you think that this would have been part of the job interview? picked by sfeldner 3 years ago

MORE pet ads? Yes, 10 more crazy, funny, clever, right on pet advertisements, just waiting in the wings for the laughter and applause to subside from the first ten of Lady Bee's Hilarious International Pet Ads last week. picked by Bornbad 1 year ago

Horses were first domesticated on the plains of northern Kazakhstan some 5,500 years ago -- 1,000 years earlier than thought -- by people who rode them and drank their milk, researchers said on Thursday. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

"The FBI agents actually cleared our names," Inayet Sahin, one of the family members kicked off the flight, told CNN. "They went on our behalf and spoke to the airlines and said, 'There is no suspicious activity here. They are clear. Please let them get on a flight so they can go on their vacation,' and they still refused." picked by muppet 11 months ago

US Marine brings bomb making materials and handgun aboard flight, gets through security. Doesn't get caught until plane lands, way to go TSA. picked by scantron27 7 months ago

Did you ever wonder about your own "fight or flight" response? Here's is a young man discovering that his response is most definitely "fight." How would your primitive brain respond? picked by ogri2003 2 years ago

Before that full flight, the crew put on pink feather boas and sang for its couple hundreds passengers, she said. "Even the pilot was wearing fairy wings and got into it," Williams said. picked by misswinkle 2 years ago

Pilots eating junk food perform better on flight tests than those eating healthy. I didn't believe it either! picked by meggysue 3 months ago

Flight Simulator geeks are flying around the world in the 2007 Round-The-World Flight Simulator Race. The race pits teams from AVSim, FlightSim and Sim-Outhouse against each other in a race around the world with special rules, conditions and bonuses. All teams were given the rules 24 hours in advance of the start of the race (10a EST on Friday). The rules include route requirements (such as two a... read full post picked by dfelteau 3 years ago

Amusing article, although the page is wayyy too busy. I'm pretty sure witty Plimates could add more to the list. picked by gnikgnok 3 years ago

Since man first invented the wheel and then found himself trapped in traffic jams, we have dreamed of finding a way to leave the gridlock behind.

Well dream no longer, for the world's 'first flying car' has made its debut flight, soaring over the skies of the U.S.A. and turning concept into reality. picked by duphregne 8 months ago

Captain Scott Oltman, 54, and First Officer Dillon Shepley, 24, dozed off during the brief midmorning flight from Honolulu to Hilo, on Hawaii. picked by muppet 1 year ago

Air New Zealand is launching what it calls the worlds' first matchmaking flight — an overnight trip from Los Angeles to Auckland, New Zealand. picked by bornbad 6 months ago

Why did these well-paid pilots feel they should risk throwing their careers away? They felt their $9 cab fare was excessive. Nine Dollars picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

This time lapse image shows air traffic flight patterns over N. America from space.

(I'm not sure of its authenticity since the popular "power grid" photo turned out to be a fake). picked by ogri2003 2 years ago