‘It was a nightmare’: why world’s first luxury villa in a plane, in Bali, was so tough to build, according to the Russian entrepreneur who envisioned it

After identifying and striking a deal with the owner – an Australian who bought the Boeing a decade before with the idea of turning it into a nightclub – Demin relocated it to a narrow plot of land he’d leased on the dramatic sea cliffs overlooking Nyang Nyang Beach, on Bali’s south coast. The glass-sided … Read more

Weekend Beyond Cars Roundup January 20, 2024

Brightline high-speed passenger trains operate between Orlando and Miami and hold the unwelcome distinction of being both the first intra-city high speed rail in the U.S. and the deadliest trains in America, by far. After three people died at a single grade crossing in two separate incidents last week it seems the… Read more… Read … Read more

TSA Managed To Find Some Stuff And Other Transportation Stories

Screenshot: Jet Lag: The Game on YouTube If you were trying to get from the northernmost point in the U.S. — Utqiagvik, Alaska — to the southernmost point in the U.S. — Key West, Florida — how would you do it? Chances are you’d hop the next flight to Anchorage and then it’s a hop, … Read more

A Cell Phone, A Door, A Tesla Roadster And Other Stuff We Found Last Week

Image: Via NTSB (AP) An airplane left behind a trail of detritus violently sucked out of the cabin when a giant fucking hole opened in the fuselage this weekend. Thankfully nobody was injured, and the plane returned to Portland for an emergency landing, but little pieces of the flight are being uncovered all over the … Read more

Fastest Private Jets, Most Disgusting Parts Of Airliners, And Elon’s Terrifying Mars AI Realization

Airbus Sold Only One (1) Of Its Worst-Selling Planes This Year Uganda Airlines is in the exclusive club of having two A330-800neo planesPhoto: Nicholas Kajoba/Xinhua (Getty Images) World’s First All-Electric Passenger Plane The Airbus A330-800neo is the European aircraft manufacturer’s worst-selling plane. Only a single order was placed for the mid-size long-haul jet this year. … Read more