flying
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Virgin Australia Gets Alexa Voice Check-In, Starting Next Week
There’s no doubt that voice assistants are the future… once we make sure they can’t become self-aware. Virgin Australia announced yesterday how it’s embracing the revolution — come next week, you’ll be able to check into your flights using Amazon’s Alexa.
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Turning An IKEA Chair Into An RC Plane Is Definitely The Cheapest Way To Fly
After miraculously getting a Little Tikes Cosy Coupe toy to take flight, the RC hobbyists at YouTube’s FliteTest challenged themselves to get one of IKEA’s cheap Jokkmokk wooden chairs airborne. Not only did they succeed, they also managed to complete all of the flightworthy upgrades in a mere six hours.
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Watching A Gruelling 11-Hour Flight Whiz By In Minutes Is The Best Way To Travel
Planes are not designed for tall passengers. Even an hour-long flight can be uncomfortable when you’re twisted and contorted to fit in a seat. So watching an 11-hour flight from London to San Francisco take just four minutes in this spectacular cockpit timelapse makes me wish supersonic air travel was an everyday thing.
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Can Piloting A Plane Cure My Fear Of Flying?
As my job requires me to take more and more flights around Australia and across the world, I’ve grudgingly come to accept that I’ve developed a bit of a fear of flying. When I was presented with the opportunity to fly a light plane myself I wondered – could this help ‘cure’ my fear?