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Silence! Malaysia Airlines Offers Kid-Free Areas on Planes

Shauna Wright — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 14:00:49 +0000

Anyone who’s ever taken a long flight and tried to relax while children screamed or ran around may put Malaysia Airlines on a list of favorite companies after the carrier announced it’s now offering child-free spaces on some of its planes.

Would You Fly to Space If You Had the Chance? — Survey of the Day

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:00:41 +0000

Last month Virgin Galactic announced it would begin offering commercial space flights later this year. The two-and-a-half hour trip just cracks the space barrier and offers about five minutes of weightlessness. It also comes with a fairly prohibitive price tag of $200,000 a pop. But let’s say money was no object. Would you want to be among the [...]

Penguins Take Flight On A Southwest Airlines [VIDEO]

Tim Gray — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 15:30:40 +0000

Have you ever wanted to see a penguin fly? Well now you can, these normally flightless birds took a flight on Southwest Airlines. Find out more after the jump. On a recent trip from San Francisco to San Diego, a group of penguins being transported for a SeaWorld show, the crew of the Southwest Airlines thought [...]