Articles in the “links” category

Get on the Bus

Posted 2 days ago, in the early evening

Flying on Airbus. Safe or not?

Photographing Space

Posted Thursday, last week

How cameras were an after-thought for John Glenn, but now they’re launched on every mission.

Secrets and Features of iPhone OS 3.0

Posted 1 month ago

Jesse Hollington for iLounge:
Announced on March 17th, then promised for worldwide release on June 17, Apple’s iPhone OS 3.0 upgrade was officially released for public consumption earlier today. The third major release of the iPhone OS brings a number of features that many will likely feel have been too long in coming to the iPhone [...]

Air France 447 rerun in a simulator

Posted 1 month ago

The aircraft shakes and buffets violently. The G force on the [pilot display] reads +5 but the instructor’s panel shows +8. The aircraft breaks up in flight around 20,000 ft.

The Miracle of US Airways 1549

Posted 1 month ago

“Brace! Brace! Brace!”