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Alaska Airlines Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge Airplane
To properly celebrate May 4th, a.k.a. Star Wars day, Alaska Airlines rolled out the red carpet on a special edition Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge Airplane. This Star Wars-themed Boeing 737-890 sports painted illustrations of the Millennium Falcon, a TIE fighter, and porgs. The airplane was designed to be the official…
Airline Seats for the Pandemic Age
Wonder what the future of commercial flying will look like after COVID-19 wreaks its global havoc? Italian company Aviointeriors just came up with two potential solutions to airliner seating for passenger protection. The first one is called the "Glassafe", and it fits into existing airplane seats to create barriers between…
Hero Zero Emission Passenger Plane Concept
If you had asked us a few months ago what our favorite recent project was that renowned designer Joe Doucet of JDXP had worked on, we definitely would have said the Air Co. Vodka that turns excess carbon into a spirit. But now we're going to have to update our…
The Airbus Flying Whale Beluga XL Aircraft Has Taken Flight
Airbus has never been a company to shy away from injecting a bit of fun into their functional airplanes. They also seem to have a thing with animal names and designs--see the Airbus Bird of Prey Concept Airliner--and that's never been as true as it is with the Beluga XL.…
Rolls-Royce Unveiled an All-Electric Aircraft Predicted to Hit over 300 Mph
They might do luxury with absolutely no compromise, but Rolls-Royce has also never been a brand to shy away from accolades and performance achievements. Which brings us to the new ACCEL plane, an all-electric plane that--if Rolls-Royce has their way--will crush the 300 mph barrier and make a run for…
This Cocktail Lounge Is Built Inside an Airplane Cabin
Years ago, we dropped the news that Eero Saarinen's iconic TWA Terminal that was part of JFK International Airport was getting converted into a new boutique hotel that would check all the vintage luxury meets modern convenience boxes you would look for in lodging. But it gets better. There's also…
Airbus Bird of Prey Concept Airliner
The look of commercial airliners hasn't changed much even though the technology within has. This could all change if Airbus' new "Bird of Prey" concept airliner becomes a reality. High-mounted curved wings with individually-feathered wingtips, huge propellers, and a ruddered tail that looks like it was pulled off a giant…
Flying-V Airliner Concept
We lesser beings would be happy with an inch more legroom in airline coach sections, Delft University of Technology (Berlin) student Justus Benad dreamt bigger. Way bigger. He conjured up the Flying-V airliner as a future airplane that would cut down on CO2 emissions by up to 20% thanks to…
MIT and NASA Create a New Kind of Airplane Wing
Think of how a conventional airplane is shaped and how it flies, then throw all that out the aircraft canopy. A team of engineers from MIT and NASA have just created (and tested) a new type of wing that's anything but conventional since it uses hundreds of tiny pieces that…
NASA X-Plane
Why is supersonic commercial travel not prevalent? Simple: Noise. Air transport would be a lot different today if the Concorde didn't produce a sonic boom when in motion, in turn scaring the shit out of everyone below. Instead of encouraging everyone to buy earplugs, NASA wants to tackle the issue…
The Embraer Manhattan Luxury Jet
As if flying private wasn't luxurious enough, Embraer has gone and taken the entire process to a completely new level of luxury with the Manhattan. To put it simply, the Embraer Manhattan jet is flying at its finest. The Manhattan is decked out in deep mahogany wood panels, accented with…
