Yes! I remember Prodigy, connecting via my Packard Bell MultiMedia 486sx 25Mhz.

The 787 has also received an exemption for 43,000ft in cruise (Docket 2004-19890), but I recognize it is not a production aircraft yet. Embraer's E190 has an exemption as well, but only to 41k.

Somehow Giz ate the text of my comment...argh.

Another nice facet of AAdvantage is the ability to do a Challenge to quickly obtain status. If you have a transcontinental trip coming up, you can apply for a Gold or Platinum challenge, that will let you obtain Gold or Platinum status very quickly (and possibly in just one trip). There's a small fee attached, and…

With American / AAdvantage, miles from other sources will only count toward LIFETIME status, not to annual elite status. In other words, don't think that spending $25k for 25,000 miles will get you elite status for one year. The only way to get status by spending money is by reaching 1 Million Miles (lifetime Gold),…

So for that $15/$20/$35/month, the advertising on the site will be reduced, right? The terrible interstitials gone? ....not holding my breath.

Via link is broken... what separates this from just building a wooden box and mounting the controls on it? So the guy dremel'ed up a broken Xbox?

Dedicated to amusing SSIDs: [www.wtfwifi.com]

After digging, I found out it's only available in BlackBerry's BetaZone (registered users only)... it's also available here for OS6 via OTA download: [www.blackberrycool.com] . Frustrating to not have any useful links in the OP.

No deep link, just a link to RIM's homepage?

@sudo rm -rf /: It's so the pilot can properly position the hook over the person attaching the load. While hovering the helicopter, the pilot wouldn't be able to see the guy underneath without the mirror since there aren't windows in the floor of the cockpit.

@Mike I: I meant the video in the post shoots 360, not your youtube video as "the video above" ... #correction

@sudo rm -rf /: The mirror is for when the pilot is doing "sling loads", or carrying cargo at the end of a line attached to the belly of the helicopter. It allows the pilot to see the hook where the line attaches to the aircraft. The helicopter shown is a Eurocopter A-Star or TwinStar, and those models are frequently…

@Iowa11, sent from my new i7: Brainfarm has a Cineflex V14 HD camera mounted on the helicopter, which is a standard system used for aerial HD filming. The video above is shooting 360 views, so you can pan around the video while it's playing, as well as look straight down. In short, it shoots all directions at the same…

Goddamnit, LET'S != LETS. This drives me nuts to no end.

@rock99rock: Apologies for a mistake in my explanation. All US registrations start with the letter "N", then a number... when I said they start with a number, that's excluding the "N" that's common to all US registrations.

@Michael Scrip: All US-based (N Number) registrations must start with a number, not a letter. N1-N9 are reserved. They can be a maximum of 5 characters, and the last 2 characters may be letters.

@Shivver: He very likely might be flying into HPN, but with a helicopter transfer to JRA, none of the airports are all that far away. Could be a variety of factors... if the plane's management has a fuel contract with an FBO, maintenance, etc. There are some execs that regularly fly out of FRG (where I fly out of),…

One thing people can do is listen to the ATC feeds for his aircraft (Gulfstream reg N2N). Streaming of ATC online is available at [www.liveatc.net] , and all of the possible airports he might arrive at have radio coverage (HPN, LGA, TEB, EWR, KFRG). So, if you've got some time to kill, keep your ears perked for his…

This also happened in 2007 in Texas: [www.foxnews.com] (and a quick Google search for "helicopter deer" turns up lots).