Armchair Travel

Posted by Paul Raven @ 08-06-2006 in Science Fiction • Technology

Barring the invention of a stupidly cheap and non-polluting superfuel (or better still but more unlikely, some kind of antigravity propulsion system), the age of cheap and ubiquitous air travel is going to have to end, by choice or otherwise. Continue reading “Armchair Travel”

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Aircraft incident causes big ripples in blogosphere

Posted by Paul Raven @ 31-12-2005 in General

Jeremy Hermanns blogs his experience in a cabin depressurisation incident

A few days ago, a blogger named Jeremy Hermanns was on an aircraft that suffered damage before take-off, and subsequently had to go through emergency procedures. Jeremy took photos with his handheld, and blogged the incident; his blogging was then picked up by big media. Continue reading “Aircraft incident causes big ripples in blogosphere”

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