Cargo planes that fly only a few meters up. Useful if you want to fight a winter land war in Asia, or cross large inland seas. "An “ekranoplan” literally “screen plane” is a vehicle resembling an aircraft, but operating solely on the principle of ground effect. Ground effect vehicles (GEV) fly above any flat surface, with the height above ground dependent upon the size of the vehicle."

"WANDERING EARTH MOUNDS AND GRAVEL PATHS"

mapping tool

there goes concorde AGAIN

wendell berry, contrails, flu pandemics

lb: this one is bigger...

Tracking the movements of planes in and around the 'black world' of western AF bases. Totally amazing. kev: you will love this!

Chris Burden/Fiona Banner

maps of the highways in the sky

"A more notable instance of this behavior was demonstrated in his interruption of a performance of The Merchant of Venice, in which Clare verbally assaulted Shylock." In one of his poems, he mentions an 'aeroplane.' I'd love a citation. (He died in 186x)

"There is no place within 100 miles of New York City where you can buy land for less than a bazillion dollars." ---> I'm posting this bc. of use of the word 'bazillion'

Leahb & BLDGBLOG speculate on aviary micronations