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I’m not making fun of airline safety or anything, but I’m intensely curious why the U.S. Transportation Security Administration felt the need to single out “Toy Transformer Robots” on their list of what you can and can’t bring in your checked luggage and in your carry-on.

Also, and this is something I didn’t know: It’s okay to bring saline or eyedrops with you, as long as the container is four ounces or less. Mascara and toothpaste are still no-nos, that is, unless you feel like putting them in your pocket.

» View the TSA’s full list of banned stuff here.

A quick look through Fuck Continental Airlines gives the impression that maybe this site needed a marketing budget. There aren’t any stories on it, and heck, you figure it could at least link to the infamous Seat 29E complaint. Was the domain registered in a moment of anger? Did the anger then subside?

It’s too bad, because niche sites like FCA have massive usefulness potential. Think if there were similar sites created for every airline. One could then measure airlines by how many complaints-per-day they were averaging on their particular Fuck site. Oh well

(via Metafilter)

A rabbit takes on an Airbus A380, on the Airbus’ home turf. One photo captures this moment, which will live forever only in the minds of the photographer and the bunny. Check out the photo here, and check out some lively discussion on the merits of Runway Bunny here.

Check it out here: FedEx arrivals in Memphis during thunderstorms.

The New York Times profiles New York’s Flight Club — a consignment vintage sport-shoe store in NYC … check out the article here.

From 87 Bad Predictions About The Future:

«Flight by machines heavier than air is unpractical (sic) and insignificant, if not utterly impossible.» - Simon Newcomb; The Wright Brothers flew at Kittyhawk 18 months later. Newcomb was not impressed.

«Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible.»
Lord Kelvin, British mathematician and physicist, president of the British Royal Society, 1895.

«It is apparent to me that the possibilities of the aeroplane, which two or three years ago were thought to hold the solution to the [flying machine] problem, have been exhausted, and that we must turn elsewhere.»
Thomas Edison, American inventor, 1895.

«Airplanes are interesting toys but of no military value.»
Marechal Ferdinand Foch, Professor of Strategy, Ecole Superieure de Guerre, 1904.

«There will never be a bigger plane built.»
A Boeing engineer, after the first flight of the 247, a twin engine plane that holds ten people.

PaperWorlds.com is an online community for miniature paper models of stuff. Some of this includes paper airplanes — ridiculously complex paper airplanes. This one looks cool on the monitor … it’s three feet long, and takes 70 sheets of paper. No joke. Whoa.

This piece of news lands right in the heart of awesome … my only worry is will soaring gas prices kill this sport? Heck no, this is America. It’s NASCAR in the sky, it’s rocket racing. The exhibition event launches October of next year, and they say the sport league will start for reals in […]

From the wire: New Company Launches With Aim of Colonizing Mars (after Sept. 26 use this link, because yahoo’s will be busted). No joke. They think they can get people up there by 2025 … though, judging by this quote from their leader (and the fact they live in Florida), they might be more than a little crazy. Not that crazy’s bad or anything. Here’s the quote: “If you’ve got freedom in your heart, courage to face the unknown, and discipline to deliver, contact us, and perhaps we can realize our dreams together.”

Would you be interested in getting involved (or do you know someone you would like to see move to a different planet)? Check out the group’s web site here.

Hey, in case you didn’t know, Flight Club is an online community for air travelers. Flight Club (the parent of this blog) has online tools that help members meet other members on airplanes and in airports — basically, we’re fun people that make travel more exciting. Business travelers, recreational travelers, if you fly for fun or for work, if you fly just once a year, Flight Club has a spot for you.

Membership is booming, so if you haven’t thought about joining before, then now is a good time. Registration takes about a minute and you can do it at this page. It’s free, it’s a fun site, uh huh oh yeah.