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CuriositiesBrawl in the Santa Monica Airport
Los Angeles, USA - During the awards arranged by a well-known US magazine
A room of the Airport of Santa Monica (California), the Barker Hangar, hired for the "Vibe Music Award", turned into a saloon when for not clear reasons, a part of about 1000 people in attendance at the... more
CuriositiesSeveral Ufo were seen recently in Russia
Moscow, Russia - The last case was singular: a group of patients in panic called a lady doctor in order to show her the Ufo they had sought
It seems to be really many the Ufo's sights occured in Russia recently: Vladivostok rather than Volgograd, Togliattigrad rather than Rostov reported at least a testimony in this sense. The last and most... more
CuriositiesShane Filan, singer of "Westlife" bought an helicopter
Dublin, Ireland - There is only one problem: the boy does not have the patent
Shane Filan, singer of "Westlife", the famous Ireland group which has recently pubblished its new album "Allow us to be Frank" bought an helicopter: there is only one problem he does not have the patent.... more
CuriositiesQueen Elisabeth prefers travelling by rail rather than flying
London, United Kingdom - And asks for the realization of a USD 45 million modern train
Last novelty from Windsor is the request made by Queen Elisabeth who wants a really modern train of EUR 45m value for her and for her family, to use instead of the plane: the Windsor would like that a... more
CuriositiesContinental Airlines employees dedicated a B-777 aircraft to Chairman and CEO, Gordon Bethune
Washington, Usa - In his honor for ten years of career and his retirement next December
Continental Airlines has unveiled a new look for aircraft No. 001, one of the carrier's 18 Boeing-777 aircraft. In honor of Chairman and CEO Gordon Bethune's more than ten year career and pending retirement... more
CuriositiesKorean Air can use stun guns: it is what claimed the US' Tsa
New York, Usa - The Korean carrier is the first to use the new dispositive against terror attacks
Tsa (Transportation Security Administration) of the Usa gave the authorization to the Korean Air to use on board of its planes operating in the Usa the new dispositive against terror attacks, the Taser,... more
CuriositiesUSA: naked pursued an airplane to climb into wheel
Los Angeles, USA - He was intent to go to Australia but he could not supply a valid credit card
A Canadian man intent flying to Australia would have stripped off his clothes, run naked across Los Angeles Airport lay-by trying to climb into the wheel of a moving Qantas plane leaving the gate. The... more
CuriositiesBomber Vulcan XL-391 on-sale
London, United Kingdom - It's the notice published on the well-known Internet site eBay
A British collector has offered for sale on the Internet site eBay, a Bomber Vulcan XL-391 made in Great Britain during the cold war time to transport nuclear bombs. "It's a piece of the aviation history"... more
CuriositiesEmirates Airlines sponsors the Arsenal Gunners
London, United Kingdom - The new ground of the club will be named as the Dubai's airline
The Emirates Airlines has signed a GBP 100m sponsorship deal with Arsenal club, a United Kingdom's Premiership football team: it is the biggest agreement in the British soccer history. Within such sponsorship,... more
CuriositiesFiumicino: Brad Pitt stopped some time at the Roman's air station
Rome, Italy - The actor of Hollywood creates a sort of panic even in some employees of the airport
The American actor, Brad Pitt, who was directed to London, landed yesterday at Fiumicino's air station for a couple of hours: just the time to drive his fans crazy, including some employees of the air... more
CuriositiesSpanish Air Force C-101 surpassed by racer
Madrid, Spain - It was steered by the 250cc world champion Fonsi Nieto
The Aprilia RSV 100R factory of the Spanish biker 250cc world champion Fonsi Nieto have surpassed a Spanish Air Force C-101 during a 1,000 metre range challenge contended at "Academia General del Aire"... more
CuriositiesUnited Kingdom: capitan Kirk of the tv series "Star wars" is in the list to make a tour in the space
London, United kingdom - The tour in the space has been proposed by Richard Branson
Richard Branson, chairman of the disco industry and airlines Virgin seems to be projecting the shuttle Virgin Galactic Spaceship, an aircraft which would transport tourists to 110 kilometres of altitude... more
CuriositiesDucati challenges the Starfighter
Grazzanise, Italy - A race along the runway between the bike which won the SBK World Championship and the Italian Air Force's fighter
Grazzanise Italian air base (Caserta), where the Italian Air Force's 9th Fighter Wing is located, was involved by an unusual race along the runway between a F-104 Starfighter airplane and a sport competition... more
CuriositiesUSA: on board computers endowed of neurons?
Washington, USA - Recent experiments carried out by resorting to some 25-000 mouse's neurons would have already proven satisfying
The United States' Government would be funding an aeronautics programme promoted by scientists from the University of Florida, and based on the possibility of creating linkages between neurons and mathematical... more
CuriositiesEngland: to save Concorde a petition
London, United Kingdom - Over 22.000 signature pick up
Over 22.000 persons have signed in England a petition calling for at least one Concorde to be kept in the Britain skies: petition has handed to Prime Minister Tony Blair. The Save Concorde group claims... more
CuriositiesA Nazi Ju-88 engine exhibited at Italian Museo delle Tradizioni popolari in Val Cavargna
Como, Italy - Plane's remains have been found last summer
The Italian Museo delle Tradizioni popolari in Val Cavargna (Como, near Milan), that is an ethnographic museum, from last June was recovering piece by piece remains of a Nazi Junkers Ju-88 A4, by which... more
CuriositiesRussia: "War" tourism fashion breaks out
Moscow, Russia - Living in barracks, flying on board military airplanes and driving tanks
In Russia the "War" tourism test has been set: it means to spend holidays in barracks in order to live as a Red Army troop, including consequences of bullying attitudes from senior soldiers towards recruits.... more
CuriositiesKarl Rove laid down in front of the wheels of an Air Force One plane
Washington, Usa - President George Bush was watching and laughing at him
"A funny moment during the campaign" it was the comment, at the bizarre and not much understandable gesture that president councillor, Karl Rove, has made in front of the eyes of the American journalist,... more
CuriositiesUSA: candidate to deputy Presidency misses take off
Washington, USA - John Edwards was directed to Baltimora
The Democratic candidate to US deputy Presidency, John Edwards, last week remained blocked to the Cleveland Burke-Lakefront Airport in Ohio: his airplane destined to Baltimora, in the Maryland, didn’t t... more
CuriositiesVirgin become conscious of the customers intimate needs
London, Britain - The new operative plans are focused on differentiation
The spirit of competition seems not have any limit in the delicate situation the big airlines are going through. Diversification seems to be the key word to get costumers choises, as it has been demonstrated... more
CuriositiesParis: a man steals an airplane and buzzes over the city
Paris, France - The aircraft thief has been arrested earlier today
A 40 man, during the night between Tuesday and Wednesday in the last week, stole a tourism airplane, a DR-20, from the Coulommiers airfield, and for an hour buzzed the Paris skies - about 30 metre height... more
CuriositiesAirplanes and helicopters? Let's win them by lottery with prizeWise
Rome, Italy - The new challenge of the e-commerce protagonists against the traditional on-line auction
eBay tried to do it several months ago and it seems it succeeded in achieving a goon success: an on-line auction for third generation combat airplanes such as the Mig-29 Fulcrum, the F/A-18 Hornet and... more
CuriositiesIs the supersonic flight banned from civil aviation? Certainly not
Washington, USA - Two proposals are presently under development in the United States for the production of an executive jet able to reach Mach 2
The supersonic flight would not appear as banned forever from the civil aviation transport sector, at least concerning the executive segment. After the exit of the Concorde, two US companies would have... more
CuriositiesA plane with aboard Blair flies two thousand kilometres only for food suppling inbound from a mission against poverty
London, United Kingdom - From Ethiopia to Kenya and return, to find beef undercut, wine and champagne
A British Airways B-777 leasing from the British government for a Premier Tony Blair mission against poverty in Africa, would have flying through over 2000 kilometres - from Ethiopia to Kenya and return... more
CuriositiesThe shopping trolley-jet in arrival?
London, United Kingdom - A Britain flight trainer is the original creation planner
Curious experiment of a 35 years English man, Andy Tyler, who would have assembled a jet-engine on a shopping trolley fished out from a river. The young is a flight trainer aboard the ultralight aircraft,... more
CuriositiesUE ID even for our friends on four legs
Fiumicino,Italy - It has been done in Fiumicino Airport the first dog check-in
It has been taken at Fiumicino Airport the fist dog owning a UE ID. It is called Teddy and is a Yorkshire three months old, travelling in the way of Budapest with its two owners Thomas and Andrea, to... more
CuriositiesA sixty-seven man falls for the second time into the ocean: he has been saved by a container carrier-ship
Sidney, Australia - He has been stayed in water for fifteen hours
Yesterday a 67 years Australian pilot, Ray Clamback, for the second time in five years, has been saved after he fell with his Cessna plane into the Pacific Ocean, in Australian sea. A container carrier-ship... more
CuriositiesVirgin Atlantic can offer to its passengers a double-suite on clouds
London, England - The long and comfortable bed on board of two of the Virgin airline's aircraft
Virgin Atlantic has given to its passengers the possibility to travel closer together fitting four double suites on board of two of its B-747-400. "We are delighted that the Virgin Atlantic is the first... more
CuriositiesA Boeing 727 turned into a luxury car
Mexico City, Mexico - The last luxury car can whizzing 50 people along the highway, at up to 200 kilometres an hour
It was an idea of a Mexican limousine company to convert a Boeing 727 into a 6-cilinder turbocharged diesel engine. The new luxury six-tonne car has a bar, a dancefloor, a lounge including a romantic space... more
CuriositiesCat Stevens in the USA? It's only a spelling issue
Washington, Usa - The former singer would be succeed to embark himself on a States-bound flight thanks to a phonetic mistake
Cat Stevens, now known as Yusuf Islam (see news AVIONEWS) wuold be succeed all the same to embark himself on plane destined to the States, thanks to a "spelling issue": it seems in fact that the former... more