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Hokkaido company to start balloon ride service to the stratosphere
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Master Blaster
Feb 28, 2023 - Tweet
- Japan
- (balloons • business • flying • Hokkaido • Iwaya Giken • Open Universe • space tourism • stratosphere • T-10 Earther • technology • travel)
New adorable, two-color Vulpix airplane will take you to Hokkaido, not even for a limited time
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Dale Roll
Nov 11, 2021
- Japan
- (anti maskers • coronavirus • COVID-19 • face mask • face masks • flights • flying • mask • masks • Peach • planes • travel)
Let your cosplay soar: Make it look like you’re really flying with this awesome, simple trick【Pics】
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Scott Wilson
Aug 17, 2016
Businessman ‘wins’ 4-year battle with Singapore Airlines after being downgraded to economy class
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Jamie Koide
Jun 24, 2015
Anyone who is a frequent traveler has probably had their share of ups and downs when flying. But just how far would you go to make an airline pay for a minor inconvenience?
One Mr. GRK Reddy, an Indian businessmen, felt that he was so damaged by Singapore Airlines’ sudden decision to downgrade him from business to economy class back in 2011 that he decided to take legal action against the airline, demanding compensation of approximately US$83,000.
Four years later, Mr Reddy has finally been awarded his compensation, but it’s slightly less than the amount he originally requested…
Aerial athletes compete in the 2014 Wingsuit World Flying Contest in China
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Krista Rogers
Nov 12, 2014
Introducing wingsuit flying, perhaps the most daring, adrenaline-inducing extreme sport ever to be performed on this planet.
“Wait, that kind of thing actually exists? Where can I join in the fun?” is what some of our more adventurous readers may be thinking right now. Well, we can confidently say that the sport exists – and already has quite the following, for that matter – though we’re not so sure about the fun part. Either way, you may want to check out just how crazy the competition is before you sign up for next year’s world event…
Six habits of first class “business elites”, according to one cabin attendant
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ロケットニュース24
Oct 8, 2014
If you’re like us here at RocketNews24, you probably don’t spend a lot of time sitting in first class on airplanes. The cabin attendants always seem so grumpy when they have to come around with brooms and shoo us to the back of the plane where our seats are.
Aside from the legroom and complimentary champagne (or whatever first class fliers get), there is one other big difference between sitting at the front and in the back in economy: Your fellow passengers. Now, don’t get us wrong, everyone cramped in the back with us is great…but have you ever wondered what those fancy-shmancy passengers are like? Well, wonder no more! A Japanese cabin attendant has dished on the top six things she’s noticed about the wealthier passengers. And none of them are what you might be expecting.
- Internet, Japan
- (cabin attendants • first class • flying • wealth)
It’s time to bid goodbye to discomfort while flying.
Chinese airline Cathay Pacific is considering starting an online auction program where customers could place bids to upgrade their seats, according to the South China Morning Post.
With shades of Minority Report, Japanese security services company SECOM unveiled an autonomous flying crime-prevention robot to the press on December 26. Basically a flying surveillance camera, the robot is the first of its kind in the world to be offered for private security use. Shuji Maeda, SECOM’s president, said he hoped to make the device available in 2014.
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- Japan, Uncategorized
- (Crime-prevention • flying • robots • Security)
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