If this isn't at the top of every airports “to do” list then they don't have their priorities straight.
http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-things-flight-safety-presen...
Flying can be a nerve-racking experience. As if dealing with long lines and TSA agents with a penchant for inappropriate touching aren't bad enough, you also get to quietly wonder if yours is the plane that will malfunction in some horrific manner.
Culture Buzz According to Henry's mother and photographer Rachel Hulin, these are genuine flights, not cut-and-paste jobs. She also says she never throws him and let's him fly the way he wants to fly. That's nice. (via mymodernmet.com)
Culture Buzz It's cool that these dudes flew human-shaped RC planes around the city and all, but can you imagine how you might react if you actually saw human bodies flying through the air on, say, your walk home from work?
All you have to do is substitute “flying” for a trip to the vet and you're set.
Business Buzz Man, it sure is nice to have travel alternatives to this bloated, overpriced means of international transportation! Wait…(Warning: NSFW language)
Malaysia Airlines recently banned babies from flying first class. This is the next logical step.
Movie Buzz The internet is bountiful with nerd stimulant this day. Over 8 minutes of footage from “Green Lantern” popped up online, none of it spoilery, all of it giving a decent flavor of what the film will ultimately feel like. The final clip in particular, called “Parallax,” shows off Ryan Reynolds making some sweet-ass hard-light constructs with his power ring. *squee* Oh, and Blake Lively.
Stunning footage from a news team caught in one of the tornadoes near Oklahoma City. Power poles dance in midair as their vehicle is swept off the road. The crew from KFOR miraculously survived without injury. Others across the region weren't so lucky. This twister was one of more than 30 that struck Oklahoma, Kansas and Arkansas last night. At least 13 people are dead.
http://www.neatorama.com/2011/03/18/the-ethics-of-flying-...
And other ethical quandaries presented by cramped air travel.
Culture Buzz Photos of children in mid-flight after being tossed like so much pizza dough. Or, a more fun way to look at, ninja babies raining down from the sky and brutally savaging the faces of their adult oppressors. Either way, cute.
[Gospel Choir: It! Can! Fly!] Saying “it's not animal cruelty if she asks for it” is sort of a rape-y argument, but in this case, it's true. Also, that looks so FUN!
Culture Buzz A cool find! It appears this plane was flying by just at the right time for a slightly strange/ other worldly snapshot.Now, is it phasing into our dimension or out?
It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Lady Gaga playing piano in the sky! So…this is definitely what hell looks like, right? Because that sh*t is terrifying.
A man in Japan has perfected the art of making schoolgirl panties take flight. I think this guy deserves a Nobel prize and/or MacArthur Genius Grant so that he can continue his research.
The trailer for a new Russian movie that's like a superhero movie, only the superhero is a flying car. This appeals to both my child-like sense of wonder, and my adult sense of awesomeness.
Culture Buzz Somewhere between Iceland and the UK, sheep are being herded on a zip line. Insomniacs, rejoice: you can literally count sheep now.
Air New Zealand has finally figured out a way to make people watch those boring flight safety videos at the beginning of every flight: Nudity.
Whether it's your fear of heights or fear of public nudity, no worries: everything looks bad at this altitude. Let's just hope nothing gets caught in the parachute straps.
Able to fly 500 miles on a tank of gas, the Transition also has wings, and is being tested by a company in Boston. Now let's finally get started on that live-action Jetsons remake.
A 72 second video simulation of the flight path of every commercial flight in the world over a 24-hour period. Pretty.
Check out this video of a human catapult flinging people into a river. I’m sure this is probably really dangerous or whatever, but it sure looks like fun.
High gas prices make his private jet too pricey, says Diddy in his latest YouTube clip, which he made while boarding an American Airlines flight. Man, if things get worse he’ll have to eat at Burger K— oh.
A Chinese farmer takes off and lands in an ultralight plane he made himself. Watch him take-off and fly, then skip forward to the landing. YouTube commenters seems positive it’s all greenscreen.