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CuriositieseBay.it: a PZL helicopter worth EUR 180,000
Cagliari, Italy - The dead-line for the best offer on the on-line auction web site is August 28
A used helicopter worth EUR 180,000 on eBay.it. You can purchase it by August 28, as the dead-line of the auction. It deals with a Polish-made PZL Mi-2 aircraft with a yellow-blue livery manufactured in... more
CuriositiesAsterix to decorate SN Brussels Airlines plane's livery
Brussels, Belgium - A homage to the new episode that will be presented at Brussels
In occasion of the release of new episode of Asterix, the famous toon created by Goscinny and Uderzo, two airplanes of SN Brussels Airlines will be decorated, starting from September 25, with the image... more
CuriositiesHarrison Ford aids youngs to fly
Washington, USA - "Our mission is to use aviation as a way to inspire and educate young people"
The known American actor is an avid pilot so he has been confirmed for other two years as Chairman for the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA), the program that introduces children to flying. The announce... more
Curiosities"Stealth", the movie: that is to say, what happens if the the X-45C gets nasty
Washington, USA - The significant Boeing's contribution to the film which also includes the presence of a completely invented aircraft, the F/A-37 Talon
Cinema accustomed flight-addicted people to everything, both with realistic and accurate portraits and with some quite related to imagination. The latest forthcoming US movie devoted to military aviation,... more
CuriositiesTom Cruise's helicopter landed in Caserta on "Mission Impossible 3" set
Caserta, Italy - Royal palace's architecture will replace Vatican's environment
Helicopter carrying aboard Tom Cruise landed on Italian Air Force’s runway near an armoured Caserta’s Royal Palace yesterday at 10:30am, selected as set for the third episode of "Mission Impossible". Palace, whe... more
CuriositiesThe first scheduled flight flown by three brothers
Hong Kong, China's People Republic - They come from England
Captain for the Airbus A-330/300 by Cathay Pacific, departing from Hong Kong bound for Sydney, announced to 234 unaware passengers before leaving they were starting a flight destined to go down in history... more
CuriositiesStrained by metal detector got undressed in airport
Barcelona, Spain - Barcelona's President did it
An incensed Joan Laporta, well-known as Barcelona’s owner, staged an unexpected strip last Saturday at Barcelona Airport after security system’s alarm sounded three times. President of one of the most tit... more
CuriositiesAir France A-330 hit a cow while was taking off
Port Harcourt, Nigeria - Incident would have not caused results
It happened around 4:30am local time today in the Nigerian airport of Port Harcourt: an Airbus A-330 aircraft belonging to the French flag airline, carrying about 196 persons, would have hit a cow shortly... more
CuriositiesSukhoi fighters do "not watch" over Mikhail Pogosyan's house
Moscow, Russia - The well known Russian aerospace company's leader robbed at night
If a time when Sukhoi’s leader must have firmly desired to be protected by his Su-27/37 fighters exists, it should have occurred just on last Wednesday, when some thieves went into his house at night t... more
CuriositiesUltralight landed on a running car and overturned
Berlin, Germany - Porsche was running at high speed on the runway at Bitburg's aerodrome
An ultralight aircraft in landing stage at Bitburg aerodrome -a former US Air Force base in South-West Germany- fell on Porsche’s sun-roof while car was carrying out a test drive at the speed of over 1... more
CuriositiesCrossing Atlantic Sea by a wooden-cloth made plane
Dublin, Ireland - A new air adventure for the billionaire Fossett
Steve Fossett with his co-pilot Mark Rebholz landed safely at Clifden, Western Ireland, yesterday: it was the destination of the latest extravagant challenge of the adventure sixty year old man who took... more
CuriositiesRapper P.Diddy chartered a plane to greet Philadelphia's Live8
Philadelphia, USA - The hip-hop icon defaulted the event at last minute
US rapper Sean Combs, known to his fans as P. Diddy, was invited on Philadelphia stage to sing at global concert for changing Africa’s history, but he declined the appeal launched by organizers and the w... more
CuriositiesLow-cost tickets in supermarket close to snacks and detergents
Berlin, Germany - Customers will save some EUR 50 respect to regular fares
The idea comes from Germany where State Railways had already offered one million of discounted tickets in a known chain of supermarkets some weeks before. No-frills Air Berlin airline intended to follow... more
CuriositiesPiece of plane hitting Twin Towers offered for sale
Sydney, Australia - But the Association of victim's families blocked the auction
An Australian man would have attempted to sell by auction a piece from one of the airplanes that crashed into the World Trade Centre in September 11, 2001, on eBay. "A piece of turbine blade belonging... more
CuriositiesHow much do "Flying Prince" maddest things cost UK subjects?
London, United Kingdom - Planes, helicopters...the Duke of York doesn’t worry about expense
Buckingham Palace has released the annual report on Royal Family expense yesterday which indicated that each English citizen spends EUR 1 a day (61 pence) for maintaining the Royal Family. Her Majesty’s t... more
CuriositiesUSA: a 14-year-old boy lifted a tourism plane
Washington, USA - He intended flying for a stroll only
A 14-year-old boy without fliyng experience, got into an unlocked Cessna tourism airplane left on the runway in a Fort Payne (Alabama) airport late in the evening and put at the controls for made a flight... more
CuriositiesMobiles aboard to disturb e-telescope's reception
Washington, USA - The alert called by astronomers don't trouble cell companies
There is a new chapter in the matter of cell use on airplanes. It seems that the National Academy of Science demanded to stop studies on mobiles’ use because cell phones may disturb frequencies of signals r... more
CuriositiesMBDA and Thales successfully tested the Aster missile naval version
Paris, France - An anti-ship missile has been destroyed about 10 km far from its target
French Navy recently successfully tested the launch of an Aster 30 missile jointly developed by MBDA and Thales. The guided rocket intercepted and destroyed an anti-ship missile flying with a sea skimming... more
CuriositiesBrazil: "UFOs often visited out country"
Brasilia, Brazil - Brazilian Air Force unveiled some secrets carefully concealed for decades
Unidentified flying objects remain a mistery but Brazilian military authorities are now unwilling to deny or conceal they have been registering their presence for decades. Brazilian Air Force decided in... more
CuriositiesNorth Korea: "The first missile? We designed it more than 1000 years ago"
Pyongyang, North Korea - Auto-propulsion-based weapons would have been designed and used in war even in the VII Century
The old North Korean nuclear matter constantly alternate talks resume to threats, stages when diplomatic and commercial requests, warranties concerning security and even traditional regime propaganda demonstrations... more
CuriositiesMigratory birds flying following ultra-light route
Orbetello, Italy - It is time to come back North
A cloud of Bald Ibis passed the Winter by the WWF Oasis in Orbetello (Toscana Region, Italy) after being arrived in Italy from Austria last Autumn, trained by a group of Austrian searchers and pilots who... more
CuriositiesVirgin Atlantic launched the Frequent Flyer Card for dogs and cats
London, United Kingdom - Pet accumulating air miles give a free ticket to their owners
Considering that Virgin Atlantic carried more than 1000 animals last year, the Flying Paws Card is available also for dogs and cats which are regular customers of the British airline starting from this... more
CuriositiesFrogs retired: space travellers on a mission get relax with the nightingale's song
Moscow, Russia - The new music record will be sent within June 17th
Sing a different song on board of the space aircraft involved in the space mission. The news comes from Russia; it seems that after passing six months in the space, the Russian astronaut, Salezhan Sharipov,... more
Curiosities6000 thousand fans will fly to Instanbul on Wednesday to assist "Champions League"
Milan, Italy - Malpensa airport ready to assure efficiency
Malpensa airport is ready to get on 6000 thousand milan supporters direct to Istanbul to assist on Wednesday the Champions League Competition, Liverpool- Milan, involving their favourite football team.... more
CuriositiesTexan planes offer romantic and hot flights
Washington, USA -But Castroville airport authority rise up
Blue flights appear to be in vogue, or they are simply a business. Few months before a small airline located in Redcliffe (Australia), offered travels on Beech 18 including strawberries and champagne (see... more
CuriositiesAirlines and funeral services agencies stipulate agreements
Washington, Usa - Frequent flyers programmes for the undertaker's
It is clear that the deceased transport represent an important business both for undertaker’s agencies and airlines who encourage initiatives to award the funeral services agencies organizing the transports. J... more
CuriositiesUndertaking on glade flying from Italy to Cape North in 15 days
Rimini, Italy - Two Italian expert pilots accompanied by a dog will fly over nine European countries
Achille Cesarano and Maurizio Radi will be the protagonists of an undertaking without precedent next month: they intend flying over nine countries by glade, from Italy to Slovenia, Austria, Germany, Hungary,... more
CuriositiesSolar radiations pollute the air: testing has been carried out on ultralight aircraft
Rome, Italy - Details from a research which has been conducted for two years in Val Padana
A study made by researchers from Boulogne University, Finland’s Kuopio University, Garmisch’s Research Centre Karlsruhe and Research Centre Aachen (Germany), unveiled that sun would contribute to pollute the... more
Curiosities"Sportiva Latina" Fiat: car or aircraft?
Barcelona, Spain - The automobile presented in advance at the Car show of Barcelona
A car, new born of Fiat, which has more of an aircraft than of a common automobile, starting from the wheel that it isn’t, but a kind of airplane cloche inclusing several buttons that activate all the e... more
CuriositiesSchumi does not consider the "Red" enough, so he flies by the Falcon's wings
Rome, Italy - The jet has been characterized by particular inner devices
"Michael wants to visit his wife Corinna and his sons every time he can between a race and another one" Willi Weber stated, as the manager of the Formula 1 German champion Michael Schumacher. So, according... more
CuriositiesUSAF: Protestant proselytism among the cadets
Washington, USA - It would have been revealed by some studies and authorities would be trying to verify if violations on religious freedom have been made
Recent studies in the United States would have shown that US Air Force Academy is suffering for a certain "Protestant proselytism" maybe promoted by violating religious freedom. In fact, it would seem... more
CuriositiesEven air tickets to try to gain the Olympic Games 2012
Rome, Italy - London announced it has 20 million pounds which will be converted into benefits for competitors
The different countries have been fighting the match in order to win the Olympic Games 2012 even by means of benefits, besides the various initiatives. The last announcement concerns United Kingdom, where... more
CuriositiesBeijing Airport birds do not understand the English language
Beijing, China - In order to scare away the winged animals by an US device, they have to translate overseas bird calls
China imported an United States-made machine to scare away the birds at Beijing Airport: the American scarer device is scheduled to send out calls and noises like those released from birds believed enemies,... more
CuriositiesDisabled woman involved into a weightlessness flight
Arezzo, Italy - Elma Schippa is 30 years old and suffers from reduced mobility
Elma Schippa, a 30 years old Italian woman who was born in Umbria (Italian central Region) and lives in Cortona (Arezzo), has been the first disabled woman who flew weightlessness. The event is lead to... more
CuriositiesRussian housewife to threaten legal action against Nasa
Moscow, Russia - The woman asked for USD 325m if the space agency would proceed to bomb the comet Tempe
A Russian housewife seems to have started a legal action against Nasa (US space agency) if it will proceed as it planned to bomb the comet Tempe on July, 4, in the Us Indipendence’s day. The woman will a... more
Curiosities"Edwards Air Force Base? There is a package for you including a F-104!"
Washington, USA - The last F-104D, whose delivery was scheduled in 1959 and never accomplished, has been supplied to the Californian base
Someone could have thought that it had been ousted from the "hangar’s door" but, as it seems, it succeeded to re-entry through some "window", even in one of the most important air bases in the United s... more
Curiosities"Air Force One, USAF orders you to land immediately"
Washington, USA - An embarassing violation of a TFR by the President Bush plane's crew which caused a scramble by two F-16s
The news released by US specialized press certainly appears incredible, but it would seem that someone already feared of it and that occurred. Indications about what happened do not make clear about which... more
CuriositiesBode sends by means of a plane the award conquered as champion of the world of skiing
New York, Usa - Having as result that when he went to retreat it he had it in return in thousands of piece, due to the fact that the mentioned award was a sphere of crystal
Bode Miller, presumably in order to show him being familiar with awards, was protagonist of a singular episode: the Us champion sends by means of a plane, and as a normal luggage, the award which received... more
CuriositiesSportsmen prefer flying by private planes
Rome, Italy - More and more athletes choose charter flights and private jet
It seems that the overpaid sportsmen can’t get out of them for craze or necessity: they use flying by airliner rarely to avoid the check-in lines. Various champions of football or motor racing (the most p... more
CuriositiesTwice awarded as best actress flies with an apple to New Zealand and is punished to pay a penalty
Auckland, New Zealand - It happened to Hilary Swank, unaware of the strict rules which governs the island related to the importation of good in order to avoid the introduction of diseases
Hilary Swank, twice awarded as best actress for her performance into the films "Boys Don’t Cry" and into the more recent one "Million Dollar Baby", had been condamned to pay a 230 penalty of New Zealand d... more
CuriositiesJohn Travolta: making love on board the airplane feels like touching the sky by a finger
New York, USA - Far from the "Saturday night fever": this is high ceiling fever
Travolta, as happily married with actress Kelly Preston, already well known for his passion for airplanes (which he pilots by himself) besides as a good actor, to an extent that his house is provided with... more
CuriositiesA new airline to connect Oxford to Cambridge
London, United Kingdom – From an idea of a Richard Branson’s fan
Martin Halstead, a 18 year old boy, fan of multi millionaire Richard Branson, is going to launch his private airline: it will be named Alpha 1 Airways and operate twice-daily flights between Oxford and... more
CuriositiesLondon-Reykjavik 666 flight piloted by Iron Maiden's lead singer
London, United Kingdom - 192 fans have the opportunity to fly with their favorites bound for Iceland's concert in June 7
Iron Maiden’s lead singer, Bruce Dickinson love flying and piloting Astraeus Airlines aircraft. So he chartered a B-757 leaving from London-Gatwick on Tuesday, June 7 scheduled to land at Keflavik-Reykjavik A... more
CuriositiesQatar Airways announced its new African routes by an unusual event
Rome, Italy - Carrier said this event was "The world’s biggest show"
Last January 28, the skies above South Africa’s cities of Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town were lit up in order to announce Qatar Airways new flights. Five helicopters were used to project starry lights o... more
CuriositiesFight on Transavia flight
Rotterdam, Holland -Eight travelers were arrested
Last Sunday it seems that a fight broke out on a Transavia airline Boeing 737 which was taken off from Gerona-Barcelona Airport destined to Rotterdam, Holland. A passenger would have tried to touch a woman... more
Curiosities"Lost", a TV series on a group of plane incident survivors
Rome, Italy - The Lockheed L-1011 as protagonist of the main scene
Forty-eight survivors of a plane crash fighting to survive on a Pacific Ocean desert island: it is the new series expected on air from Tuesday, March 22, at 9:00pm on Fox, the Italian Sky satellite channel.... more
CuriositiesFossett, the billionaire with a strong passion for challenges, is flying around the world
Washington, Usa - His return, if everything carries on according to plan, is forecast on Thursday morning
A tour around the world alone without any stopover in 80-hour time: Would the adventure sixty year old man Steve Fossett succeed in his initiative? The man, who has a certain familiarity with initiatives... more
CuriositiesDisappointment for "The Aviator"
Los Angeles, Usa - The film received only five awards compared to the 11 expected
"The aviator", the film directed by Martin Scorsese and interpreted by Leonardo Di Caprio, on the Howard Hughes’ life (for more information about the subject of the film see the news edited by AVIONEWS) r... more
CuriositiesPlaying tennis on the helipad
Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Two of the greatest tennis player trained on helicopter platform
Andre’ Agassi and Roger Federer faced each other on a platform destined to helicopter landing of Burj Al Arab Hotel which is located in Dubai (UAE) where the ATP tournament is under way. The American a... more
CuriositiesThe air hijacking on the White House became a film
Rome, Italy - "The assassination" is the story of an aspiring kamikaze aiming to kill Nixon
Onto the big Italian screens it is expected the film about the man who attempted to hijack an airplane on the White House to kill President Richard Nixon. The face of the bankrupt businessman aspiring... more