Tag: flying

Watch Mind-Blowing Footage of Actual Jet Suit Flying Between 2 Fast Moving Royal Navy Boats

Armed with a wild idea and a team willing to help make it reality, a former British Royal Marine has launched an actual flying jet suit that is now being trialed by the Royal Navy. Jaw-dropping footage of a test run at sea shows just how real this technology has become. Richard Browning, chief test…


Earn Your Wings: Learn to Fly

Here’s a scenario we’ve all experienced: While sitting in a traffic jam, a small plane passes overhead. Watching it make its way, presumably in a straight line to its destination, not tethered to roadways, it’s easy to wonder what it would be like to be at the wheel, watching the world pass by from above….


Wally Funk’s Lifelong Journey to the Stars

Commentary Mary Wallace “Wally” Funk always wanted to fly. She had her first flying lesson when she was nine years old and grew up making wooden planes, building treehouses, riding horses, biking, hunting, and fishing. As a young girl growing up in the 1940s and 1950s, Wally recalls, “I did everything that people didn’t expect…


Airports Step Up Mental Health Assistance as Passenger Anxiety Soars

ATLANTA—Robin Hancock gently played her steel tongue drum with a pair of mallets, producing a set of soothing, mystical tones. They blended with the soft sound of chirping birds and bubbling creeks pouring from a Bluetooth speaker. Her warm voice invited the two visitors in the dimly lit room to slip into a nature setting…