set 24th, 2008 by webmaster |
Quattro jet montati direttamente sulle spalle, dando la direzione con i movimenti del proprio corpo. E poi la traversata della Manica da effettuare in volo, 99 anni dopo Louis Blèriot, il primo ad avventurarsi a bordo di un aeroplano dalla Francia all’Inghilterra, attraversando il canale che separa l’isola dalla terraferma.
E’ questa la missione di Yves Rossy che giovedì alle 12.00 si prepara a prendere il volo con un paio d’ali artigianali sulle spalle (e quattro razzi sotto le braccia).
‘Fusion man’, questo il soprannome del pilota elvetico, sarà portato in quota da un velivolo che lo sgancerà a 10 mila piedi. Per l’uomo-jet previsione di velocità di crociera di 190 km/h e arrivo intorno alle 12.15, con un quarto d’ora di volo. Poi atterraggio su Dover, grazie ad un paracadute speciale.
Un elicottero seguirà tutta la trasvolata, mandando in diretta le immagini di fusion man su National Geographic Channel e in diretta streaming sul canale web di NGC. continue reading » »
ago 28th, 2008 by webmaster |
Italy’s government said on Wednesday it would welcome Air France-KLM buying into a reshaped Alitalia, hoping to woo back the French carrier after helping scupper a previous deal between the two airlines.
Italy has managed to find 16 domestic investors to invest in a restructured Alitalia to keep it in the air for now but needs to attract a foreign partner like Air France-KLM or Lufthansa for the longer-term.
Alitalia, which has not posted a profit since 1999 and whose shares have been suspended since June, has been on the auction block for 20 months. Italy’s two previous attempts to sell it failed.
“If Air France-KLM would like to collaborate with the ‘new’ Alitalia, we would be pleased,” Infrastructure Minister Altero Matteoli said at a conference in Rimini, adding an alliance with Lufthansa or another foreign airline would also be welcome.
Alitalia adviser Intesa Sanpaolo was expected to meet Air France-KLM representatives on Wednesday to outline the latest plan to rescue Alitalia, a source familiar with the matter said, in what could be the start of a formal approach. continue reading » »
ago 27th, 2008 by webmaster |
An Air France passenger jet landing from Paris at Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport missed the runway slightly Tuesday afternoon, ending up with the nose wheel parked on the grass alongside the tarmac.
“The plane overshot the runway,” said Const. Laurent Gingras of the Montreal police. “It got stuck at the end of the runway.”
There were no injuries among the roughly 500 passengers and crew on the wide-bodied jet.
Emergency vehicles raced to the site of the landing but there were no problems. Passengers were evacuated from the aircraft safely and shuttled to the airport in groups.
There was no apparent damage to the aircraft, most of which sat on its landing gear on the runway. Only the nose and its landing wheels were off the runway. continue reading » »
Quattro jet montati direttamente sulle spalle, dando la direzione con i movimenti del proprio corpo. E poi la traversata della Manica da effettuare in volo, 99 anni dopo Louis Blèriot, il primo ad avventurarsi a bordo di un aeroplano dalla Francia all’Inghilterra, attraversando il canale che separa l’isola dalla terraferma.
