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For These Ladies, Paragliders Offered The Ultimate View Of Iceland. (Video)
May 1st, 2012 at 5:30PM: Paragliding pilots have the ultimate perch to get out and see the world. For two Icelandic women, a planned camping trip to the highlands of their country turned into one of the most mesmerizing videos I've come across.
In July 2011 two girls borrowed a 4x4, filled it with camping gear and paragliders and drove up to the Highlands of Iceland.
They experienced a new side of their own country, ...
Video of the Day: flying like a bird
Mar 21st, 2012 at 6:00PM:
We all want to fly. We have all wanted to since we were children who realized that humans do not fly and birds do. Today's video of the day features Dutch engineer Jamo Smeets successfully flying like a bird. Our concept of travel, and the related transportation necessary, is basically based on the bird. Humans aren't born with wings so we invented the airplane. Because of the airplane we have ...
Flying a dream: Urban Side
Feb 13th, 2012 at 7:30AM:
In this flying video we see Jean-Baptiste Chandelier who has been a paraglidiing pilot since 2004 and wants to inspire us all.
"My goal is to share my paragliding universe with my videos, for make everyone dream of flying," says Chandelier on his website.
Specializing in acro flight, Chandelier flys through Peru, France and Chile using a variety of aero-acrobatic maneuvers and ...
Video of the Day: Flying People in New York City
Jan 30th, 2012 at 6:30PM:
Imagine if you could fly. Not in an airplane or a helicopter. I mean, you could fly like Superman. How amazing would it be to soar through cities and observe everyone from above. Well, imagine looking up and seeing three people flying around New York City. That's what must have happened when people saw these human-shaped remote control airplanes circling around New York. It looks like it might ...
Flight museum offers a ride to the past
Nov 14th, 2011 at 10:30AM:
Galveston features a number of attractive features for travelers. In the Texas island town over the weekend for the US debut of Carnival Cruise Lines new Carnival Magic, Gadling got to sample a few of them. One that stands out as a must-do for aviation buffs is the Lone Star Flight Museum. This rare collection of restored war aircraft ranks as one of the finest and most rare in the world. ...Whoa. My Travelblog is Evidence.
Nov 7th, 2011 at 2:00PM:
On Monday, September 22nd, 2008, I boarded a flight for JFK. I'd been invited to cover Conde Nast Traveler's World Savers Congress on Twitter and CNT was picking up the tab. They'd booked my ticket, airport limo, and a shoebox room right off Times Square. Wendy Perrin had invited me to dinner; I was starry eyed over the whole thing. It's a pretty fancy day for an independent blogger when ...MondoWindow: a new way of looking at in-flight entertainment
Nov 4th, 2011 at 1:00PM: Imagine being bored on a plane. It isn't hard to do.
First, you're flipping through the in-flight magazine or the Skymall catalog. Then, maybe you watch the movie or whatever 90s-era sitcom the airline has chosen to pump through the In-Flight Entertainment (IFE) system to your seatback screen. If you're lucky, you brought along your smartphone or tablet, which is stocked with music and ...Comfortable and Stylish on the Airplane? Ladies, It's Possible
Nov 4th, 2011 at 9:00AM: I've been told I can't wear my jammies on the plane. I've done so anyway, though with certain limitations. I wear the penguin flannel pants and a long sleeved t-shirt; I don't go for the full on two piece set with the pink elephants. I change on the plane -- and I change back into my street clothes before we land. I wear jammies on long haul flights only. I bring slippers, too; I toss my shoes up ...5 strategies for beating jet lag
Nov 1st, 2011 at 1:00PM: When traveling, jet lag can really put a damper on plans. Instead of struggling to make it through the day and spending sleepless nights tossing and turning in your hotel room, try these five strategies that help to beat jet lag.
Practice before you leave
Before you leave for your trip, begin resetting your biological clock for the time zone you will soon be entering. About three days before ...Knocked up abroad: planning travel with a baby
Oct 25th, 2011 at 9:00AM: Let's get this out of the way: you can travel with a baby. Many new parents feel that once they have a child, their travel days are over, but many parents will tell you that the first six months are the easiest time to travel with a baby. Is it easy? Not exactly, but with enough planning and the right attitude, it's not as hard as you might think. Is it selfish? Probably, but so is most travel. ...Galley Gossip: Elbow attacks and armrest wars (the battle continues)
Oct 13th, 2011 at 4:00PM: Recently a friend shared a story about a woman who accused him of being an "elbow assaulter" on a flight from San Francisco to Dallas. To make a long story short, my friend is 6' 2" and 230 pounds. The woman who sat beside him was, in his words, not petite. During the flight he made various maneuvers in his seat to try and flatten himself against the wall to give her as much room as possible while ...Cockpit Chronicles: One long date with Hurricane Irene
Aug 28th, 2011 at 10:00AM: Plunk, plunk, plunk, went the water as it dripped from the ceiling into a trash can behind me.
"I'd just as soon call it quits here and go to a hotel." the captain said, looking at the latest weather report for Santo Domingo and the radar picture of hurricane Irene which was just northwest of our destination. All of Puerto Rico, where we were contemplating our decision, had just been through ...Carbon footprint study results we can do something with
Jul 5th, 2011 at 7:00AM: Brighter Planet, the environmental group that recently teamed up with MasterCard to offer corporate customers carbon footprint reports, is always looking for a better way to track and impact carbon footprint accounting. After studying more than 9 billion airline passenger departures, Brighter Planet found huge energy efficiency variables on different flights on the same routes.
Brighter ...Strike to cause delays at UK ports and airports tomorrow
Jun 29th, 2011 at 9:00AM: A massive public sector strike planned for tomorrow in the UK will slow down travel in ports and airports.
An estimated 750,000 public sector workers will go on a one-day strike in protest over proposed changes to pensions, and this will include thousands of customs and immigration officials. UK ports and airports will remain open but passengers should expect delays.
Most schools and many ...Paraglider escapes death, barely
Jun 6th, 2011 at 9:15AM:
Warning: Strong language
Paragliding makes the news again. Just last week Gadling reported about two climbers paragliding from the summit of Mt. Everest. This video, totally unrelated, shows a paraglider getting caught in his parachute but somehow pulling it off anyway.
This is one lucky guy.
Paragliding is a recreational and/or competitive free-flying sport where the pilot sits in a ...
Iceland volcano cancels flights
May 24th, 2011 at 7:00AM:
Here we go again.
After last year's misery from the Eyjafjallajökull eruption, now another Icelandic volcano, Grimsvötn, is causing a new round of worries.
More than 250 flights have already been canceled as a cloud of volcanic ash blows over Scotland. Most of Ireland, northern Wales, and northern England will see the ash later today.
Several Scottish airports have been ...Watch out, obnoxious passengers! Kung fu lessons for Hong Kong Airlines cabin crew
Apr 21st, 2011 at 3:00PM: Working as part of an airline cabin crew can be a tough job, just ask Gadling's very own Heather Poole. Passengers get drunk, passengers get rude, sometimes even passengers go on strike. Now the cabin crew of one airline are getting trained to strike back.
Hong Kong Airlines staff are taking kung fu lessons, the Guardian reports. The cabin crew is learning Wing Chun kung fu in order to deal ...Cockpit Chronicles: Flying with my brother (Part II)
Apr 8th, 2011 at 4:30PM: Continued from Part I
We were both tired after arriving at the airport hotel in LA, so we didn't meet up for dinner, as it was too late anyway. Instead we parted to our separate hotel rooms on the same floor and vowed to meet up at 7 a.m. the next morning.
After picking up breakfast in the airport employee cafeteria downstairs, we proceeded up to the luxurious operations in LA.
The fact ...AirTran helps this travel writer put the "fun" back in flying
Apr 8th, 2011 at 10:31AM: Flying is not usually a fun experience, and, as a travel writer, I often dread the drudgery of airport security, limited fast food options and cramped middle seats. But sometimes, you're surprised. After a marathon security line at Baltimore-Washington International airport and a trudge down to the end of Terminal D, I heard peppy music, which I thought was emanating from the rum bar a few gates ...Cockpit Chronicles: Six surreal sights seen by pilots
Mar 11th, 2011 at 12:00PM: I've said it before; the office view from the pointy-end of an airliner is something that can only be matched by an astronaut's view.
But that's not to say we don't get to see a few celestial sights of our own. No, I'm not going to touch on the rumored UFO sightings by pilots, although I promise I'll keep my camera ready, just in case. I'm talking about the stunning sights, both man-made and ...
