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Watch An Australian Air Force Cargo Jet Fly Casually Among Brisbane’s Skyscrapers
The Brisbane Festival is an annual three-week arts extravaganza in Queensland’s capital, traditionally ending with some military flyovers before a lot of fireworks are set off in an event called Sunsuper Riverfire. This year, like in 2018, that included a C-17A Globemaster, looking pretty spry as it made it’s way among the city’s skyscrapers.
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The Middle Plane Seat Of The Near Future May Suck Less
In the push to cram more seats into planes, it can seem a little bit like the Federal Aviation Administration has totally forgotten about the poor economy class passengers trying to make their way through the world on a budget. And as more and more airlines start charging you extra for prime seat selections, the…
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World’s Largest Plane Takes Off For The First Time
The ultra-wide double-plus-big Stratolaunch dual-fuselage aeroplane took its first flight test Saturday morning from a desert runway in Mojave, California. The plane weighs half a million pounds, and is intended to be a launching mothership for space rockets.
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Here’s Why Airline Fatalities Went Up In 2018
It’s been a record year for air travel. In 2018, airlines transported 4.5 billion passengers on 45 million flights—both pretty damn impressive numbers on their own, and ones that have exceeded the number of passengers and flights in past years. But with increased flights comes increased danger. Airline fatalities have increased by 900 per cent…