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China Airlines A350

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2014 Abbotsford Airshow – Grumman Tigercat

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Virgin Galactic and Land Rover launch Trip to Space competition

Four aspiring astronauts will have the opportunity to win a once-in-a-lifetime trip to space in Land Rover’s Galactic Discovery competition. The winners will be among the first pioneering travellers to view the earth from space and experience out-of-seat zero gravity. The Virgin Galactic space flight prize was announced to audiences around the world through a […]

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Upcycling airplane leather into shoes and soccer balls

After a recent large-scale redesign of many of its 737 aircraft, U.S.-based Southwest Airlines found itself with an excess of 80,000 leather seat covers—enough to fill the Empire State Building. The replacement of leather seat coverings with a durable lightweight material was done in order to reduce aircraft weight—272 kilograms per plane—and thus fuel consumption. […]

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Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Atlantic touched down at YVR in May 2012.

Virgin Atlantic flights to Vancouver ended October 11, 2014

Virgin Atlantic’s summer seasonal direct service from Vancouver to London Heathrow service ended on October 11, 2014. Virgin previously operated five flights per week from Vancouver, its only Canadian destination. Virgin is also ending service between London and Tokyo’s Narita airport; between London and Mumbai, India, on February 1; and winter seasonal service to Cape […]

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