airports
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Reports Of Drones Flying Near Airports Ground Flights Yet Again, This Time At Newark Liberty
In an incident similar to ones which shut down the UK’s Gatwick Airport before Christmas last month and another at Heathrow in early January, Newark Liberty International Airport grounded all departing and incoming flights on Tuesday after two pilots spotted a drone.
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This Hilarious Optical Illusion For Birds Could Save Your Life
Birds and planes are a bad combination, but it isn’t so easy to shoo our avian friends away from airport runways. Thankfully, scientists from France have stumbled upon an ingenious solution to the problem — an optical illusion that appears to scare the crap out of large predatory birds.
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London’s Heathrow Airport Sometimes Has Flights With No One On Them
*Ghost planes still subject to all applicable laws of physicsScreenshot: Half as Interesting (Youtube) Six times per week, an empty plane used to fly from London’s Heathrow Airport to Cardiff, Wales. The next day, the plane would make the return trip without a single passenger. Half As Interesting, the second channel from Planelopnik-approved Wendover Productions,…
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Standing This Close To A Fighter Jet Taking Off Must Sound Unbelievable
Video: A big part of snapping a memorable photo is being at the right place at the right time. So to capture one of the US Navy’s Blue Angels F/A-18 Super Hornets taking off, aviation photographer Norman Graf parked himself at the end of a runway. He undoubtedly got some amazing shots, but the sounds…