Spring Airlines Wants Passengers To Stand

Oh what a world. Trade magazine Flight International is reporting that China's Spring Airlines has asked Airbus if they can develop a solution that will essentially create a "standing" airline seat.

The goal, unsurprisingly, is to increase aircraft capacity on Spring's fleet of Airbus A320s. The motivation, questionably, is that "We want to have it so more people can afford to fly," says Zhang Wuan, as quoted by Flight.

The approach involves something like a bar stool with a belt. Questions remain if such a system can be certificated. I don't believe in censorship but I hope this story is kept from the eyes of US air carriers like United Airlines.

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Picture Feeds Published

There are always ways to use exciting high definition pictures. There are three new places to track the most recent stock photos published by two high quality stock photography libraries.

For airplanes, air travel, airports, military pictures and related subjects take a look at high definition stock photos and royalty free airplane stock photography.

Seeking that perfect pooch picture? Well, for amazing canine images see this cool feed of dog pictures.

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Steve Fossett Plane Crash Cause Announced

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has announced a finding of probable cause in the plane crash accident that claimed the life of adventurer pilot Steve Fossett.

Read all about it on AeroSpaceNews.com - Steve Fossett Plane Crash.

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Star Trek Online

Trekkie rapture is here. Just kidding. It is just that full Star Trek episodes are now available for viewing online, legally, for free. And that is very cool. Well, if watching Star Trek is cool.

From what I can tell this only applies to the original series and not the later Star Trek TNG (The Next Generation), Deep Space 9, Voyager or Enterprise.

Our site has lead off with the much beloved and famous episode The Trouble With Tribbles.

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TWA Flight 800 Pictures

The sad anniversary of TWA Flight 800 is approaching on July 17. The tragic crash occurred in 1996 when an aging Boeing 747 literally exploded shortly after take-off from New York.

There is still much controversy surrounding the cause of the plane crash but no doubt that this picture is an unusual bit of history. We have a bunch of pictures of the plane that became TWA Flight 800 shortly before the crash and they are available as royalty free stock photography.

Verticals, horizontals, facing the camera, turning away, all taken at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) as the aircraft approached to take off. The shots reveal an aging jumbo jet with wrinkles and missing paint.

View our album of TWA Flight 800 Pictures.

The high definition pictures are available for immediate digital download.

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Machinima Flight Simulator Movies

Wow, pardon the dust, but we've been busy adding new features all over the place. The most recent is a fun section dedicated to the art and science and fun of making Machinima Flight Simulator Movies.

Have you heard of them? Machinima is video making using recordings of video game scenes. Now this can be as simple as what happened when you were playing a game or as sophisticated as staging scenes that are carefully crafted into entertaining, and in some cases breathtaking videos.

People do them with games like World of Warcraft and other combat types, but we are interested in those produced with flight simulator games like the new Flight Simulator X or classic Microsoft Flight Simulator.

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Astronomy For Kids

We've got some cool news about a fun new section of the site just launched all about Astronomy For Kids.

It is part of a larger section of educational videos that will feature the space program and the science of flight. Kid-friendly and free, the place will be a great resource for students looking for information to help them with their school science project.
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