A Flying House

sonja — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 11:45:46 +0000

Do you remember an animated movie Up where two characters fly in a house? National Geographic proved that a flying house can be a reality. Engineers, scientists and balloon pilots used 300 weather balloons to launch a 16’ X 16’ house into the air. They set a new world record for the biggest balloon cluster flight. The house was floating for about an hour, going 10,000 feet high.

The event was filmed from a private airstrip. It will premiere in autumn 2011 in How Hard Can It Be? series on National Geographic Channel.

Top 10 Busiest Airports In The World

euphoria — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 21:48:07 +0000

Top ten world’s busiest airports by passenger traffic are measured by number of total passengers (data provided by Airports Council International and BAA). One passenger is described as someone who arrives in, departs from, or transfers through the airport on a given day. Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta has been the world’s busiest airport every year since 2000 whilst London has the world’s busiest city airspace with 2 of its airports regularly found in the top ten.

1. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport – Georgia, United States

Total Passenger: 20,181,931

2. O’Hare International Airport – Chicago, Illinois, United States

Total Passenger: 15,346,475

3. London Heathrow Airport – United Kingdom

Total Passenger: 15,268,609

Tokyo International Airport – Japan

Total Passenger: 15,180,894

Beijing Capital International Airport – China

Total Passenger: 15,153,600

Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport – Texas, United States

Total Passenger: 12,833,031

Los Angeles International Airport – California, United States

Total Passenger: 12,630,858

Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport – France

Total Passenger: 12,447,664

Denver International Airport – Colorado, United States

Total Passenger: 11,495,033

Hong Kong International Airport – Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong

Total Passenger: 11,098,500

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