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New Airbus A30x Planes Look Straight Out Of Coruscant Skies
3:40AM Jesus Diaz | While Boeing is struggling to get the Dreamliner into the skies, Airbus is already planning their A30X next generation aircraft, which include really cool stuff like forward swept wings, u-tails and lower-placement engines. Their five-decker A380 replacement is even crazier. More »
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Inside the $US485-Million Airbus A380 Flying Palace
2:00PM Jesus Diaz | What’s 73 metres long, flies at 1041kph, and has three floors that include a grand staircase, four giant full suites, boardroom with hologram projector, a full spa, concert hall, car garage, and a space-age lift that drops onto the runway? More »
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Every Single Knob and Button In an Airbus A330 Cockpit
12:40AM Jesus Diaz | The sad news yesterday was an A330-200 going down in the Atlantic. Here you can see an extremely detailed video showing its cockpit, with every single knob, button, indicator, and screen. Just watching it makes my head spin. [Flight Global] More »
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Luxury A380 Interior is Just What We Need to Start a Populist Revolt
2:00AM Adam Frucci | With the economy the way it is, I can think of no better time to announce a two-level mansion-like interior for your personal Airbus A380. For when you want to shame the dudes with Cessnas. More »
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Europe Working on SpaceShipTwo Competitor and Hypersonic Passenger Plane
7:20AM Jesus Diaz | It looks like the Europervs got a bad case of penis envy: They are now working on a suborbital plane–in the image–similar to the SpaceShipTwo and a hypersonic passenger plane called SpaceLiner. More »
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Flight Simulation of the Hudson River Waterlanding
11:08PM John Herrman | The BBC commissioned a flight-sim reproduction of the last week’s near-miraculous US Airways incident. So, in case you were wondering, this is what it looks like to pilot a commercial jet onto a river. More »
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Airbus A380s Interior Too Quiet, Eliminates Precious Privacy
12:40PM Wilson Rothman | The last bastion of privacy on airplanes is their blanket of white noise, but that may soon vanish: Pilots are complaining that the Airbus A380 jumbo is so quiet, they can’t get any rest. More »
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Stratos Double-Deck Aeroplane May Be the Future of Aviation
10:20AM Jesus Diaz | The Stratos is one of those commercial planes that actually makes me think “this is how the future will look like”. Rather than just being the same old basic design that has been with us forever now, the Stratos has a large 237-foot wingspan and two massive engines mounted on the back, giving it a way more stylised design than monsters like the Airbus A380. Its features, even compared to the A380, are impressive: More »
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3:00PM Nick Broughall | The Airbus A380 has been flying in and out of Australia for over 12 months now courtesy of Singapore Airlines, but for those of you with a preference for flying Qantas, their first A380 has been flying for a couple of months. Lifehacker Editor and perennial traveller Angus just happened to get a seat on one of the new monstrously large planes on a recent trip to the US, and has reviewed the in-flight entertainment experience in his Road Worrier column. More »
Qantas A380’s In-Flight Entertainment Reviewed
3:00PM Nick Broughall | The Airbus A380 has been flying in and out of Australia for over 12 months now courtesy of Singapore Airlines, but for those of you with a preference for flying Qantas, their first A380 has been flying for a couple of months. Lifehacker Editor and perennial traveller Angus just happened to get a seat on one of the new monstrously large planes on a recent trip to the US, and has reviewed the in-flight entertainment experience in his Road Worrier column. More »
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