New aircraft series

I'm starting a series of articles on specific models of aircraft, which include history and specs. The first one is about the Beechcraft Bonanza.

The Aviator looks promising

An early review is in for The Aviator, Martin Scorcese's biography of Howard Hughes, starring Leonardo DiCaprio. You can watch the trailer at the official site. It sounds like an improved version of The Amazing Howard Hughes.

New air speed record set

NASA's unmanned X-43A Scramjet set a new air speed record of almost 7000 mph (Mach 9.6) Wednesday.

GPS articles posted

I just posted several new articles on GPS: How GPS Works, GPS Technical Description, Sources of GPS measurement errors, Techniques to improve GPS accuracy, and GPS Applications.

Branson show starts tonight

The billionaire founder of Virgin Airlines, Richard Branson, hosts a reality series starting tonight on FOX (8 pm Eastern). Supposedly the winner of The Rebel Billionaire will become the president of Virgin's worldwide operations.