Great Recounting - SR-71 In-Flight Disintegration from 1966

Test Pilot Bill Weaver tells about a Mach 3.18 in-flight breakup of an SR-71 Blackbird. Very entertaining reading. (www.barthworks.com) More...

Color Photographs of the Hindenburg

It ain't the Concorde...but it was a bit roomier... (www.retronaut.com) More...

The Deamliner's Flight Across Japan

Engadget does a quite tasty job describing what we will come to expect from Boeing's new 787 Dreamliner by tagging along on an ANA flight across Japan. (www.engadget.com) More...

Airplane Window Time Lapse - SFO to CDG

"The video starts at take-off and ends on landing; however, it is noted that the beginning and ending of the video are 3D models that were rendered because of restrictions that are set in place prohibiting the use of electronic devices during these stages of flight, though there is a lot of debate over the truth of those statements..." Very nice piece of work here, IMO. (cultex.us) More...

Air Pacific's New A330

First looks at the fist airline design for Fiji by Fiji...makes me want to ride in it! (flymefunky.com) More...

NASA's Flying Telescope

Great piece in Wired about the refurbed 747 that is flying an advanced infrared telescope. (Video) (www.wired.com) More...

Luxe Private Flying - Skyacht One

Maybe a bit luxe for this crowd ;-) but it's fun to dream...no views of the flight deck, though... :-( (www.skyachtone.com) More...

How Big Data Optimizes Commercial Flight

Maybe not as alluring as a near-crash or a newly minted jet but this article about the business of commercial flight was refreshingly unique and interesting. (www.ozy.com) More...

Engineer Upcycles A Retired Boeing 727 Into A Home In The Woods

It's what you always secretly wanted to do. Bruce Campbell, a 64-year-old former engineer, spends half of each year living in what seems like a picture from a surreal dream or a mystical film set – a Boeing 727 situated in the middle of the woods. (www.demilked.com) More...