Flight of the Day

I have listed some interesting news and ideas for you to start your flight of the day.

1. Will Heaven on the B-2 Stealth Bomber at The Telegraph. The role of the B2 in the current Libyan uprising - that 25-hour flight's just unbelievable.

2. Darren Quick on SmartBird flying robotic seagull at gizmag. An  autonomous ultralight flying robot that flies like...what else, a bird!
3. David Parker Brown on the possiblity of electronic gadgets interfering with aircraft avionics, at Aol Travel. Better turn off that cell phone of yours before flight.

Another Boeing Aircraft

way to go, Boeing
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At last Boeing has an aircraft that can ably compete with the Airbus A380, albeit late in coming. And yet the new Boeing B747-8 Intercontinental passenger plane has already accumulated 33 orders and more is expected. It can seat 467 passengers as compared to 555 for the A380, depending on the configuration. Its immediate predecessor is the B747-400 but it utilized new technologies that are incorporated in Boeing B787, another new Boeing aircraft soon to have its first delivery. The B747-8 freighter version has already 76 orders.

Way to go! for Boeing. Check out test flight of the passenger version on HeraldNet.