Furniture and sculpture made out of aircraft parts

Cool post with pictures that describes some of the great artworks and furniture pieces from Moto Art. (www.golfhotelwhiskey.com) More...

This plane is its own checklist (Pictures)

This Kulula 737 has a great paint scheme that labels the different parts of the plane. I guess it helps dozy first officers do a thorough walk-around. Excellent. I want to paint all planes like this. I particularly like the sign for the captain: ‘the big cheese’ and the label for the registration mark: ‘secret agent code.’ Awesome. (www.golfhotelwhiskey.com) More...

Flying a Cirrus SR-22 Turbo Perspective in the Bay Area

First hand trip report and experiences with the new avionics and flying in the San Francisco Bay Area from Matthew Stibbe at GolfHotelWhiskey.com. (www.golfhotelwhiskey.com) More...

Airplane Repo

Inside the weird and dangerous world of the airplane repo men. New post on the Forbes Aviator column. (blogs.forbes.com) More...

Inside the RAF's Royal Squadron

This Forbes article is all about my recent behind-the-scenes tour at No. 32 (The Royal) Squadron. (www.forbes.com) More...

Beautiful HD video of gliding in the alps

This is probably the most beautiful bit of aviation filming I have ever seen. It’s just gorgeous. It’s mostly film taken from a glider in the mountains around Sion in Switzerland at 10,000-21,000 feet. If you’ve never flown before, this film will explain why we do it. (www.golfhotelwhiskey.com) More...

Really Fast VASIMR Rockets Could Be The Key To Private Mars Travel

It’s just not that easy for humans to get to Mars - it's a long, long way away. But astronaut and rocket scientist Franklin Chang Díaz reckons there's a smarter way to get there: the VASIMR engine. So, are we all going to Mars? (www.forbes.com) More...

How To Prevent A 'Gravity'-Like Space Disaster

Space debris could block access to earth orbit and stop our spy, weather, navigation and communication satellites from working. What we need is a space tug to clear up the mess and one company thinks it has the inside track. (www.forbes.com) More...

The US Airlines That Let You Use Electronics During Take-off and Landing

New FAA regulations mean that airlines can let us use our personal electronic devices from gate to gate but are we ready for in-flight phone calls? (www.forbes.com) More...

Practical Jetpacks (Finally) Take Off

Jetpacks have been a staple of science fiction and movies for decades. Now a thirteen-person startup in New Zealand is flight testing a real, practical, honest-to-goodness jetpack for the masses. (www.forbes.com) More...