airplanes
England Ashed Out
Max Read · 04/15/10 02:19AMFly Girls Can't Find its Floating Device
Robyn Caplan · 04/08/10 03:43PM13 Things Not to Do on a Plane
Hamilton Nolan · 04/08/10 02:46PMYou Know What Would Be a Good Metaphor Right Now? Plane Crashes.
Hamilton Nolan · 01/12/10 12:38PMA Rocket Should Not Get That Close to a Plane
Mike Byhoff · 12/11/09 01:37PMWatch this Chinese rocket fly just a few miles away from a commercial airliner. You can tell the people were anticipating it, because cameras start clicking immediately upon its arrival. Fireworks sure are a big deal over there.
Congress Will Only Get Four Brand-New Jet Planes for Christmas
John Cook · 08/11/09 09:45AMComing Soon: Airplane Air Bags
Hamilton Nolan · 06/30/09 01:59PMThe Salvage of US Airways Flight 1549
Hamilton Nolan · 05/13/09 11:29AMBefore We All Forget the Photo-Op Terror of 4/27
Richard Lawson · 04/27/09 03:01PM'We're Going to Be In the Hudson'
Richard Lawson · 02/05/09 01:27PMWell, maybe "creepy" isn't the right word. But there's something both comforting and unsettling about how calm all involved seemed to be, even as Captain Chesley Sullenberger said that the aircraft couldn't make it to an airport runway. I guess maybe there just wasn't time to panic. Though something tells me that if I'd been up there, I'd have made the time.
Are the Google boys flying their jumbo jet?
Nick Douglas · 08/09/06 12:43PMThe Hindu Times, reporting on an India visit from Larry Page, says the Google co-founder "flew down to Madurai by a special plane." Just how special?
Google boys are "sofa king" rich
Nick Douglas · 07/11/06 05:20PMNo wonder the Google founders tried to seal court docs in a lawsuit over their jumbo jet. The juicy stories in there outclass the argument over Sergey's mile-high king-size bed. As the Mercury News gleefully points out, these docs reveal some ludicrous discussions between Larry Page and Sergey Brin, as told by the jet's former designer.
How Larry and Sergey's jet stacks up to other men's
Nick Douglas · 07/10/06 09:36PMThe Google jet being custom-fitted for founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin is a monumental achievement in the size wars of Silicon Valley billionaires. Larry and Sergey's Boeing 767 outclasses all other corporate jets in length. As shown above, its impressive girth also dwarfs those of lesser moguls.