The most expensive car sold at auction was a 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO, which sold in 2014 for $34.65 million. It is one of only 36 such cars made by Ferrari. For the […]
Any In-Flight Movies Available?
The shortest scheduled flight in the world is from Westray to Papa Westray in the Orkney Islands of Scotland. The distance is one and one-half miles, and the flight lasts 74 seconds. […]
You Take the Chicken; I’ll Have the Fish
On commercial airliner flights, the pilot and co-pilot never eat the same meal. This is for the safety of the craft: if the pilot is laid low by food poisoning, the co-pilot […]
The Perfect Aviation Crime
On the night before Thanksgiving, November 24, 1971, a passenger by the name of Dan Cooper boarded a plane in Portland, Oregon, bound for Seattle. Clad in a suit and raincoat, wearing […]
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