Published time: 12 Sep, 2017 09:04 Residents of St. Petersburg and other cities in the vicinity were having an average, routine Monday night… except a meteor falling from the skies. The city residents immediately took to social networks to share the videos of the burning meteor. [embedded content] [embedded content] Some joked that the meteor […]
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Blue skies, white houses and stunning beaches: Discover Santorini
GETTY Discover stunning Santorini Arriving from a grey and drizzly London to Santorini’s dazzling white buildings, blue skies and vivid Aegean Sea is a wonderful wake-up call for the senses. This idyllic Greek holiday hot spot is known for its beauty – from its cave-like hotels carved into the cliffside to its stunning sunsets – […]
Russia took a jab at NATO on Twitter for close calls in the skies over Eastern Europe
Russian Military The contentious exchanges between Russian and NATO aircraft above Europe carried over into cyberspace early on Friday. “6 interceptions of @NATO recon planes on our borders last week,” The Russian embassy in the UK tweeted Friday morning. “Transparency, provided for by Open Skies Treaty, not enough?” the tweet concluded. Russian aircraft and their […]
Pry The Friendly Skies ✈️ 😡
Approximately 180 airlines flying more than 300,000 people into the United States every day will have to comply with new “enhanced security screenings” from the Department of Homeland Security and TSA. International and domestic airlines flying into the US from 280 airports across 105 countries will be required to implement the screenings — and if […]
Cute Cats Take To The Skies In Neko Navy
Developer DeathMofuMofu brings us Neko Navy, a game that should satisfy every friend of felines, lover of shmups, and connoisseur of Venn diagrams. Blast off into the sky with the cat of your choice and shoot down, uh, various cute things in environments such as, eh, a hospital and a slaughterhouse. Nonsensical cuteness overload incoming! […]
VPC’s MongoosT-50 joystick: A rare Russian-style controller for skies or space
Enlarge / The MongoosT-50 stick in a Warthog base, left, compared to a standard Thrustmaster Warthog stick at right. (credit: Lee Hutchinson) I had an epiphany when Ars Senior Technology Editor Lee Hutchinson asked me to review the VPC MongoosT-50 flight stick grip, which he had sitting on his desk awaiting its turn at the […]
Sandstorm leaves Beijing with yellow skies & ‘beyond index’ pollution (PHOTOS)
Published time: 4 May, 2017 17:41 A sandstorm blowing into China has shrouded Beijing in smog and pushed its pollution to even more dangerous levels than usual. Children and elderly people have been advised to stay indoors, and dozens of flights have been canceled. Sand and dust began blowing into Beijing from Mongolia and Inner […]
Watch Google Co-Founder’s Flying Car Take to the Skies
Watch Google Co-Founder’s Flying Car Take to the Skies Advertiser Disclosure The credit card offers that appear on the website are from credit card companies from which ThePointsGuy.com receives compensation. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site (including, for example, the order in which they appear). This site does not […]
Take to the skies with a DIY racing drone in an aerial Grand Prix
Interested in getting into the drone racing scene, but don’t know how to get started? Not to worry. These days you can build your own rig with relative ease — though it might be a bit daunting if you’re a first-timer. Therefore, to help you hit the ground (or sky?) running, we’ve put together this […]
Ryanair issue Brexit ULTIMATUM – continue open skies or see NO EU flights from March 2019
Ryanair’s Chief Financial Officer Neil Sorahan and Chief Marketing Officer Kenny Jacobs warned this morning there could be no flights to the EU for a period from March 2019 thanks to Brexit. The budget flight company is blaming an ‘uncertain final outcome’ to Brexit for the problem. During this morning’s Brexit breakfast conference it was […]
