On April 13, 2029, a speck of light will streak across the sky, getting brighter and faster. At one point it will travel more than the width of the full Moon within a minute and it will get as bright as the stars in the Little Dipper. But it won’t be a satellite or an airplane—it will be a 1,100-foot-wide (340-meter-wide)…
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Southwest Airlines Says They’ll Purchase ‘Hundreds’ More Boeing 737 Max Aircraft
Inc. magazine describes as “stunning” announcement from Southwest Airlines, “by far the biggest 737 Max customer in the United States, with 34 of the planes among its fleet, and plans for many more. ” Speaking at a chamber of commerce event in Dallas, Southwest chairman and CEO Gary Kelly said Southwest has no plans to abandon the 737 Max. In fact,…
Why do airplanes look like nightclubs now?
Source: https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/4/19/18485015/airplane-blue-lighting-delta-jetblue-united…
The persistent myth of finding love on a plane
Source: https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/4/18/18271556/plane-crushes-the-nanny-bridesmaids-30-rock…
Possible Megacryometeor Shatters Colorado Woman’s Sunroof
One of the strangest natural phenomena I’ve had the pleasure of tracking here at MU has been incidents involving megacryometeors. These anomalous and isolated balls of ice appear to fall from cloudless skies for no apparent reason and have only begun to be recognized by the meteorological community as a genuine phenomenon. Early last year,… Read more » Source: https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2019/04/possible-megacryometeor-shatters-colorado-womans-sunroof/…
Stratolaunch, World’s Largest Airplane by Wingspan, Takes Its First Flight
The crew said it was a smooth maiden voyage for the Stratolaunch, which is designed to carry rockets to blast commercial satellites into space. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/13/science/stratolaunch-first-flight.html?partner=rss&emc=rss…