Jaunted - Tag: Planes

If You Liked the Disney Pixar Movie 'Cars,' You're Going to Love 'Planes'

JetSetCD — 2011-08-23T09:05:03-05:00

From the people who brought you the movie Cars (ah hem Pixar) now comes Planes! It's true—Disney is rehashing the storyline that made them million upon millions in Cars and giving it wings, literally. Just announced this weekend, Pixar's Planes won't be available until spring 2013, when it goes straight to DVD.

The story follows a cropduster plane—"Dusty" voiced by Jon Cryer—who leaves his little town of Propwash Junction (sound familiar to Cars already?) with a courageous spirit and a longing to join the ranks of faster planes, like air racers and military jets.

Check out the trailer (yes, there's already a trailer):

San Francisco: Michael Jackson's Doctor is Still Practicing Medicine...in the Sky

cmb — 2011-04-18T13:17:01-05:00

Michael Jackson's personal physician Dr. Conrad Murray didn't let a little thing like a medical license keep him from helping a fellow passenger who was in distress yesterday. Murray was on a Delta flight from San Francisco to Minneapolis when the pilot made an announcement that one of the passengers wasn't feeling well. Apparently, the man was dizzy and somewhat disoriented.

Despite the fact that his California medical license was suspended earlier this year, Murray helped stabilize the man and made sure that he was well enough to continue on for the remainder of the flight.

Murray is currently facing a charge of involuntary manslaughter for administering a lethal dose of drugs to Jackson in 2009 and is set to stand trial next month. Though he has lost his CA license, apparently he can practice medicine legally in Nevada...and in the skies.

[Photo: Zimbio]

Somewhere Out There, A Solar Airplane is Gliding Silently Across Europe

Omri — 2009-04-28T11:13:22-05:00

Don't worry, this plane's photo op won't freak you out!

We've got solar-powered golf carts. We've got solar-powered buses. We've even got solar-powered vacation lodges.

And now we're going to have solar-powered airplanes. From Wired.com

[Eric] Raymond’s eight-country tour of the continent in Sunseeker II... would be the first trans-European flight in a manned solar plane.The environmentally friendly aircraft developed by Solar Flight will highlight the potential for electric aircraft to shape air travel, and may even point to design efficiencies that could benefit fossil-fueled planes.