Tag: Flying

Virgin Blue Holdings has seen stocks soar this morning following a return to profitability for financial 2010 and confirmation of a major linkup with Etihad Airways.

The agreement will see VBHs international arm - V Australia - launch direct services to Abu Dhabi in 2011, with the two airlines subsequently offering a joint network of more than 100 destinations.

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Daring young men and women, not always with the greatest of ease, are taking flying trapeze classes to give their fitness workouts a jolt.

Enthusiasts, who swing, jump, flip and fly through the air, say "flying" builds muscle strength, stamina, balance and coordination. Then there's the mind thing.

A new study may inspire aeronautical engineers to be more flexible with their designs. Thats because the bends and twists in locusts flexible, flapping wings power the insects extraordinary long-distance flights, a Sept. 18 Science paper reveals.

Even though researchers have been studying how insects and other creatures fly for a long time, we still dont completely understand the aerodynamics and architectures of wings, comments Tom Daniel of the University of Washington in Seattle, who was not involved in the new study. The new work, Daniel says, uncovers the flight signatures of flapping, flexible wings.

If you think Halloween is the only time you can wear wacky costumes, think again. Wingsuit flying combines the adventure of skydiving and BASE jumping with the style of a flying squirrel.