Here's video from a scientifically minded gentleman who decided to find out.
Culture Buzz Your move, Delta. Passengers aboard a Finnair flight to Delhi, India were treated to quite the surprise today as flight attendants joined a dance crew for a Bollywood-themed groove-shakin’ to celebrate India’s Republic Day. I want to go to there. (via The Daily What)
Celebrity Buzz Because he's supposedly allergic to dogs. But we've uncovered shocking evidence that Roker might be providing a 10 day forecast of LIES.
Culture Buzz This is something straight out of Rambo.
Yesterday, the U.S. Coast Guard released footage of a Cessna 310 (N23BT) ditching into the Pacific Ocean while en route to Hawaii from Monterey, California. The pilot notified authorities that he expected to run out of fuel about 35 miles short of his destination of Hilo. He was rescued without injury. (via.)
Celebrity Buzz If you saw the story about Robert “Sandy” Vietze, then you can probably hazard a guess. The French acting icon was on an Air France plane as it prepared to take off from Paris and got into an argument with a flight attendant in front of the lavatory. We'll let Fox News take it from there…
I don't know what's more frightening: Sharing a flight with that unwanted, winged passenger or witnessing a resurgence of Samuel L. Jackson references across the Web.
Plane is super hot on the BuzzFeed Network right now. Here's all the best viral buzz on Plane.
Culture Buzz Photos taken shortly after the emergency landing of a Cathay Pacific plane, which burst into flames mid-flight. Fortunately no one was injured.
Stairway to heaven? Actually, maybe that's not an ideal metaphor if you have a fear of flying. (Via Reddit)
Celebrity Buzz As went Howard Hughes with immense wealth and fame, Katy Perry is slowly going mad. Hopefully, continuing with the Howard Hughes allusion, that's only yellow Powerade in the bottle. More at Celebuzz.
Eye-popping video of an Air France Airbus A380, the largest passenger plane in the world, clipping a much smaller jet on the runway of JFK airport in New York. The smaller plane spins right round baby right round. No one, fortunately, was hurt. Otherwise the flippant '80s pop reference would not have been used.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/29/us-airways-plane...
The hole near the rear of the plane was found after it arrived at Charlotte Douglas International Airport on Monday from Philadelphia.
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?
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Just as Congress and President Obama signed a bill ending the production of F-22 fighter jets, Lockheed Martin announced their new jet today, the F 35 Joint Strike Fighter.
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The low-cost Air Truck was debuted at the Paris Air Show. It is based on the design used by crop-dusting planes, but has been modified to carry two passengers and heavy weaponry.
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