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Briefs

Monday, September 5th, 2016

In this report on Ryanair’s service between Budapest and Eilat, anna.aero lists the low-cost airlines flying to Israel. All the others fly to Ben-Gurion. So that’s Eilat to Budapest in February roundtrip for 85€!!!

Monday, July 18th, 2016

Life meets Goblin. Franky Zapata flies his Flyboard Air in Monaco during the Grand Prix on May 29th, 2016 [via my Dad].

Thursday, July 24th, 2014

Some strategic implications for Israel of Hamas’s tunnels and rockets by JCPA.

Sunday, July 15th, 2012

The stuffed former pet cat looks eerily alive reborn as a remote control helicopter. I just don’t know what to think or feel or say about this.

Wednesday, May 9th, 2012

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

 

Friday, February 17th, 2012

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

Saturday, October 8th, 2011

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

Monday, September 26th, 2011

Conrad Black, facing more jail time, remains irrepressible.

Thursday, August 11th, 2011

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

Thursday, June 30th, 2011

Fox News slideshow from the 49th Paris Air Show.

Sunday, June 12th, 2011

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

Wednesday, April 13th, 2011

GAGA-1, a hobby balloon satellite.

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

Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

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.

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009

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

Friday, July 31st, 2009

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!

Monday, September 22nd, 2008

Replacing Heathrow with a 24-hour artificial island-based airport in the Thames Estuary.

 
 

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