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Salon.com
June 28, 2002
Patrick Smith |
Ask the pilot Do pilots sweat bullets during wind-whipped landings? And why are those darn windows so small?   |
Entrepreneur
December 2004
Chris McGinnis |
Keep In Touch Flying on a plane used to be one of the few places where you could disconnect from the world. But with technology pushing its way onboard, staying in touch with terrestrial matters while flying at 35,000 feet will soon be routine. |
Salon.com
August 9, 2002
Patrick Smith |
Ask the pilot When airplanes collide, who is responsible? Are we doing enough to prevent such disasters? |
Salon.com
September 27, 2002
Patrick Smith |
Ask the pilot How could a pilot not be trained for fog landings? And how is "Jet Smarter" author Diana Fairechild like Ralph Nader with a tray of peanuts? |
Salon.com
August 2, 2002
Patrick Smith |
Ask the pilot Can it really get too hot to fly? And what was it like to be in the air on Sept. 11? |
AskMen.com
April 1, 2003
Harry Marks |
6 Ways To Make A Plane Ride More Enjoyable Whether you're taking a much-needed family vacation or heading to a business meeting, flying is still the fastest and safest way to go. And best of all, it doesn't have to eat away at your senses. |
Salon.com
July 18, 2002
Patrick Smith |
Ask the pilot Do airlines cut down the flow of oxygen in the cabin to save fuel? Can wind shear rip off a plane's wing? |
The Motley Fool
March 10, 2005
Brian Gorman |
Delta Grounds Paid Food Delta's paid food service probably won't be missed. Price, not amenities like food, free or otherwise, will continue to be the overwhelming factor when it comes to ticket-buying decisions. |
IEEE Spectrum
December 2011
Philip E. Ross |
When Will We Have Unmanned Commercial Airliners? Unmanned planes dominate the battlefield, yet airliners still have pilot - -and copilots. |
Salon.com
September 12, 2001
Phaedra Hise |
Flying with phantoms A pilot waves goodbye to the World Trade Center... |
CRM
January 2013
Marshall Lager |
Flying Colors? Consider what your flight attendants can control before giving them attitude. Airline travel makes me think about customer experience. |
Salon.com
August 23, 2002
Patrick Smith |
Ask the pilot How hard is it fly an airliner? And why can't I keep my tray table down during takeoff? |
Salon.com
October 25, 2002
Patrick Smith |
Ask the pilot Flying Beech 99's, ogling Gulf Air's stunning stewardesses and other career highlights. Plus: What are the scariest airports? |
Popular Mechanics
August 7, 2009
Michael Belfiore |
The Truth About Airplane Turbulence If you're like some of the 26 injured passengers on Continental Airlines Flight 128 last Monday (or the two people on Delta Airlines Flight 2871 last Tuesday) and you're not buckled in during turbulence, you could meet the ceiling with unpleasant results. |
Salon.com
November 16, 2001
P. Smith |
Turbulence can kill Investigators are suggesting that Flight 587 may have become fatally entwined in the jet wake of another plane. Stranger things have happened... |
AskMen.com
Steve Richer |
How To: Get A Private Pilot's License We are at a point now where human flight is open to just about everyone, even the likes of flyboys Tom Cruise and John Travolta. Accordingly, it's become painless for someone to get their private pilot's license. |
InsideFlyer
January 2010 |
60 Seconds with Alan Lias, Head of Loyalty & Business Development, Virgin Atlantic Airways Virgin Atlantic is making a strong effort to reach customers in front of a computer. |
Salon.com
September 20, 2002
Patrick Smith |
Ask the pilot What happens when you drop dry ice into an airplane toilet? And are regional pilots just rejects from the big airlines? |
Salon.com
March 8, 2002
P. Smith |
How safe is your airplane? After the crash of American Airlines Flight 587, some pilots requested that all Airbus A300 planes be grounded. But they're still aloft... |
Salon.com
September 13, 2002
Patrick Smith |
Ask the pilot Can an airliner get a speeding ticket? And, isn't it a bad thing when an engine bursts into flame? |
Salon.com
September 22, 2000
Elliott Neal Hester |
Wham! Bam! Rocky times in the skies Turbulence strikes while I'm in the lavatory, and I become a virtual Peter Pan. |
Popular Mechanics
July 2006
Jeff Wise |
Flying Off The Drawing Board New technology is poised to transform aviation, finally making Personal Air Vehicles possible. |
InternetNews
January 19, 2011 |
The Top iPhone & iPad Downloads of All Time Apple reveals which free and paid apps have been downloaded the most for the iPhone and iPad. |
Popular Mechanics
September 2007
David Noland |
10 Plane Crashes That Changed Aviation Here are eight crashes and two emergency landings whose influence is felt -- for the good -- each time you step on a plane. |
PHONE+
October 5, 2009
Tim Ursiny |
How to Focus, Not Flounder, in Trying Times With proper techniques and motivation, we can decrease our stress, increase our productivity and focus while others flounder. |
The Motley Fool
August 28, 2010
Daniel Bailey |
App Store Crosses 250,000 Apps It's been little more than two years and Apple's app store is receiving some 600 new apps every day. |
The Motley Fool
July 30, 2010
Wade Roush |
OpenAppMkt: The Return of the iPhone Web App? Let the apps flow! |
Fast Company
David Lumb |
iPad Glitch Grounds Dozens Of American Airlines Flights American Airlines began issuing iPads with a dedicated app to pilots and copilots back in 2013 to replace heavy paper manuals and flight plans. Yesterday, those iPads crashed. |
InsideFlyer
January 2014 |
60 Seconds with Matteo Sarzana, CEO & Founder, avionerd.com Avionerd is a new mobile app with the goal to connect frequent flyers who have elite status with other travelers so that the elite members can share their status privileges with the not so frequent flyers. |
Salon.com
August 30, 2002
Patrick Smith |
Ask the pilot Airline security. Where are all the female pilots? And how do airliners find the runway in the fog? |
PC Magazine
March 17, 2008 |
Guilt-Free Green Travel Here are some tips to green up your next trip. |
Popular Mechanics
December 2009
Jeff Wise |
How Plane Crash Forensics Lead to Safer Aviation After each plane crash, investigators study the wreckage, analyze flight data and examine clues regarding flight conditions. Once they have determined a cause, they often help create recommendations that prevent the problem from recurring. |
IEEE Spectrum
August 2008
Tekla S. Perry |
Airlines: Got Fuel? Airlines are now putting the minimum amount of fuel in planes necessary to reach their destination, but are they underestimating the amount they need? |
Popular Mechanics
August 2007
Barbara S. Peterson |
End of Flight Delays? FAA's GPS Fix Could Bust Sky Gridlock The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has been quietly using Alaska as a testbed for technologies that could radically transform the nation's antiquated air traffic control (ATC) system from ground-based radar to space-based GPS. |
The Motley Fool
October 3, 2010
Gabriel Perna |
Apps Come Into Their Own Mobile apps are huge, and they're poised to get even bigger. |
Popular Mechanics
January 2006
Jim Gorman |
'We don't have any engines' Two joyriding pilots took a jet to its 41,000-ft. ceiling -- and paid for the stunt with their lives. PM investigates the crash of Flight 3701. |
Wired
Andrew Blum |
Key to Eliminating U.S. Flight Delays? Redesign the Sky Over New York City More than 2 million flights pass over the city every year, most traveling to and from the metropolitan area's three busiest airports: John F. Kennedy, Newark, and LaGuardia. |
Salon.com
July 26, 2002
Patrick Smith |
Ask the pilot Do seat cushions actually save lives? And why don't U.S. airlines fly to Africa? |
Fast Company
Sarah Kessler |
Plugged In: My Month-Long Mission To Beat The Effects Of Technology With More Technology Unplugging, though, can't be the only answer. What if the solution to my tech problems was actually more tech? What if we don't need to hatch elaborate plans to lead analog lives? |
Aviation History
September 2005
David H. Grover |
Harrowing 1927 California to Hawaii Flight The accomplishments of two pioneering civilians -- Emory Bronte and Ernie Smith -- who piloted a Travel Air across the Pacific in 1927 have been largely overlooked. |
InternetNews
March 22, 2010 |
Apple Sounds the Call for iPad Developers Developers can get approval for their apps before the device's official launch - but the clock's ticking. |
Salon.com
June 30, 2000
Elliott Neal Hester |
The ferret in first class It's a zoo up there! You never know what hairy critter you might meet on your next flight. |
PC Magazine
December 14, 2010
Leslie Horn |
IDC: Mobile App Revenue to Jump 60 Percent by 2014 The explosion in the mobile app market has led to 300,000 new apps in just three years, and a Monday report from IDC said revenues from mobile app sales are expected to grow more than 60 percent by 2014. |
Popular Mechanics
March 19, 2009
Kim Grzybala |
Have Our Flying Car Dreams Come True? Yesterday, Terrafugia, Inc. announced its spot in flying car history -- a proof-of-concept, road-ready aircraft's successful test flight. Could this be the start of a new era? |
DailyCandy
February 12, 2005 |
Travel: Surviving Coach in Style Four tips for flying coach - until you can afford to fly first class. |
Financial Planning
July 1, 2007
Ilana Polyak |
High Net Worth: The Jet Set A look at your options for private jet travel: buying a plane, fractional ownership, or chartering a flight. |
BusinessWeek
May 29, 2006
Amy Gunderson |
Arriving On A Jet Plane Plans for sharing private jets aren't cheap, but carriers are offering more options. |
Salon.com
July 15, 2000
Phaedra Hise |
JFK Jr.'s fatal mistakes The final report on Kennedy's crash reveals a series of decisions that led him on a spiral crash course one year ago. |
Popular Mechanics
January 6, 2010
Seth Porges |
Samsung App Store Is Small Step In Battle of Incompatible Apps Samsung plans to offer a single app store designed to distribute apps to a multitude of consumer electronics devices. |
Salon.com
December 13, 2001
Katharine Mieszkowski |
A no-fly zone for terrorism By taking pilots out of the loop, can software prevent planes from being used as bombs? |
