Flying

“Nation on the Move” is the magnificent second episode of the America Revealed PBS series. Interestingly, the show is British-made.

Francis Fukuyama builds a drone. Yes, that Francis Fukuyama.

Today: a world where big stuff can never get done.

Conrad Black, facing more jail time, remains irrepressible.

The reprap, a self-replicating 3d-printer. Most mind-boggling thing ever.

Fox News slideshow from the 49th Paris Air Show.

Al Schwimmer, founder of Israel Aircraft Industries, dies at 94. Haaretz obit.

GAGA-1, a hobby balloon satellite.

O reason not the need — give us the Immersive Cocoon.

Over at The Atlantic, this is perhaps the piece and subsequent conversation in the comments on applying the Israeli airport security method in the USA. “I’d say, as a generalization, screeners here possess above-average intelligence, whereas your average TSA screener seems to be a working stiff.” Yes, and working stiff seems an overstatement.

Climategate so far.
Just how close were we to catastrophe at Copenhagen?

EasyJet begins Luton-Tel Aviv flights in November, 2009. With a suitcase, the all-inclusive cost of a return flight is £135, less than half of current prices!