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To those who have been in deep love with air travel, the Airplane Hotel at the Teuge Airport in Netherlands seems quite attractive. The luxury hotel is transformed from a Cold War-era East German Airplane but features something new and modern, including 3 flat screen TVs, a sauna, 24/7 hostess, a Jacuzzi, and a Blu-Ray player.

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Anthony Toth is a 42-year-old global sales director at United Airlines, and the biggest success in his past forty years, in my opinion, may be the vintage Pan Am first-class cabin built in his garage. It has cost Mr. Toth 20 years and 50,000 dollars to build a Pan Am cabin, which includes almost everything a plane in the late 1970s and 1980s, would have, such as pairs of red-and-blue reclining seats, original overhead luggage bins and a curved, red-carpeted staircase. In addition, Mr. Toth has built a few economy-class seats, too. And in the near future, wished Mr. Toth, his garage could be turned into a cabin museum.

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At present, it is really boring to go on a long-distance trip, especially for those passengers in economy plus. However, this situation will be ameliorated soon, due to the new flex-seat designs. As shown in the pictures, this product will ensure passengers more headspaces and allow them to have a good sleep. If so, even long trip will become comfortable, right?

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Limited by the consideration of cost and profit, airplanes couldn’t spare too much space for every passenger. To solve the problem, Netta Shalgi has recently designed the new seat, adjustable and comfortable. Equipped with four buttons, you can easily control the back, pad, brace and others to find a needed position.

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This is designed by Belarus aeronautical engineers. At first glance, you may think that this is just a weird thing without any utilitarian value. However, it is pretty useful. In addition to make the plane more sustainable, the air vortexes on the sides of the wings can increase its power by about 30%.

This watch is based on solar system. The central red part is sun and the two planets rotating around is used to indicate hours and minutes. With the black background, this mini solar system is more vividly. [Read the rest of this entry...]

I bet you won’t believe that a man who can afford a private airplane will care about the tiny space of airplane storage. Maybe they do, however.

This foldable airplane is design for these weird millionaires. Because of the foldable wings, it can save much more room than a conventional private airplane. It is soooo cool. But I’m afraid that this guy will retract the wings while flying in the air, and then…OH, My God!

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Although the first-class cabin is absolutely more comfortable than economy class because of the higher price, we still hope to be happier. This Cozy Suite is going to be installed in all Boeing 777 and 767 economy class aircraft by 2010.

Because of the staggered layout, it can increases privacy and rest your head when you are tired.

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Hong Kong real estate tycoon Joseph Lau has just ordered a Dreamliner VIP. Although it’s impossible for us to take a plane like this, we could still see the picture. It’s pretty cool. [Read the rest of this entry...]

This is a new BMW 787 business jet. I can’t imagine that what the feeling of taking this kind of plane.

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This might be the world’s lightest RC plane. With transparent plastic wings and carbon fiber skeleton, it’s only weight 3.6 grams, which is less than a sheet of paper.

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It’s very common to see or hear something about solar-powered car. However, have you heard about solar-powered aircraft?

This Pathfinder is a plane powered by solar which is from NASA! It can stay aloft all day, powered only by sunlight. Sure, there is a backup battery system. So, don’t worry.

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