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Computer outages across the country leave passengers stuck in airport hell

sudshr47 March 26, 2019

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Tuesday was not a great day to fly. 

At airports across the country, passengers from several airlines complained about long delays due to computer outages. 

@JetBlue the systems down n nobody can’t check in get boarding passes nothin 🤔 wats da hold up . I’m tryna get on a quick lil Vacay..pic.twitter.com/ZLsO00MOY3

— Robby Anderson (@youngamazing9) March 26, 2019

Turns out there is a system-wide computer outage at Charlotte International Airport preventing any flights from leaving. So this is fun.

— Caroline Ballard (@cballardnews) March 26, 2019

On Twitter, passengers stuck in line at JFK, Charlotte Douglas International Airport, Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, and others vented … mostly at their airlines, who pointed it out it wasn’t their fault.  Read more…

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Computer outages across the country leave passengers stuck in airport hell

sudshr47 March 26, 2019

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Tuesday was not a great day to fly. 

At airports across the country, passengers from several airlines complained about long delays due to computer outages. 

@JetBlue the systems down n nobody can’t check in get boarding passes nothin 🤔 wats da hold up . I’m tryna get on a quick lil Vacay..pic.twitter.com/ZLsO00MOY3

— Robby Anderson (@youngamazing9) March 26, 2019

Turns out there is a system-wide computer outage at Charlotte International Airport preventing any flights from leaving. So this is fun.

— Caroline Ballard (@cballardnews) March 26, 2019

On Twitter, passengers stuck in line at JFK, Charlotte Douglas International Airport, Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, and others vented … mostly at their airlines, who pointed it out it wasn’t their fault.  Read more…

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Flying 1,300 mph on airplanes would be great. But future aviation has other plans.

sudshr47 February 18, 2019

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In the year 2044, our cities might be energized by fusion power plants, our sleek cars may all run on electricity, and our doctors might regularly employ gene-editing to cure blindness. 

But our airplanes will probably still fly at the same speeds they did half a century ago: between 550 and 600 mph. 

Supersonic flight — which is to say speeds that exceed the speed of sound (768 mph) and can dramatically slash flight times — died out for civilians in 2003 with the retirement of the narrowly-shaped Concorde planes, which for 27 years cruised at 1,300 mph between the U.S. and Europe. “It failed,” Bob van der Linden, the Chairman of the Aeronautics Department of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum, said in an interview. “It was a technological marvel, but it was too expensive to operate.”  Read more…

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Boom Supersonic nabs $100M to build its Mach 2.2 commercial airliner

sudshr47 January 4, 2019

One Denver-based startup’s long-shot bid to move today’s commercial jets beyond supersonic speeds just got a big injection of cash. Boom Supersonic, which is building and designing what it calls the “world’s first economically viable supersonic airliner,” announced today that they’ve closed a $100 million Series B funding round led by Emerson Capital. Other investors […]

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Airplanes boom supersonic Recent Funding Transportation

Boom Supersonic nabs $100M to build its Mach 2.2 commercial airliner

sudshr47 January 4, 2019

One Denver-based startup’s long-shot bid to move today’s commercial jets beyond supersonic speeds just got a big injection of cash. Boom Supersonic, which is building and designing what it calls the “world’s first economically viable supersonic airliner,” announced today that they’ve closed a $100 million Series B funding round led by Emerson Capital. Other investors […]

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You need to watch this plane perform a wild vertical take-off

sudshr47 May 9, 2018

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In a stunt considered delightful by many (though deeply anxiety-inducing to many others), a pilot managed to perform an almost vertical takeoff with a large Airbus A350 at the ILA Berlin air show in April. 

According to the Points Guy — who took a peek inside the plane at ILA Berlin — this particular plane is often used for fun stunts like this one. And while there were no passengers on board (obviously), the plane is fitted with all the standard seating you’d find on a plane used for commercial flight.

To see the takeoff in action, via video courtesy of Cargospotter, skip ahead to the 0:49 mark.  Read more…

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JetBlue subtly renovates its A320 planes with wider, plushier seats, bigger hi-def TVs

sudshr47 May 2, 2018

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JetBlue’s Airbus A320 has a new look — and while it’s not flashy or super badass, passengers should appreciate some upgraded features with better seats and more in-flight tech options.

JetBlue’s first restyled plane went into service Wednesday on a flight from Boston to Bermuda. That flight saw some of the new features that will eventually make it onto the aircrafts in the coming years. In the seating department JetBlue’s making these and more changes:

  • wider seats at 18 inches

  • cushier cushions

  • adjustable headrests

  • contoured seat backs

  • two plugs on every seat Read more…

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EPA chief Scott Pruitt says his next flight will be in coach, not first class

sudshr47 March 1, 2018

After being criticized for taking expensive, taxpayer-funded first class flights around the country and internationally, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt said Wednesday that on his very next flight, he will be seated a…

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