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John Travolta flies a hybrid Boeing jet?

Last night during the Oscar telecast, host Jon Stewart joked to the audience, "Whoever owns the Boeing 707 parked on La Brea Avenue, your landing lights are on." As actor/aviator John Travolta ran onstage and bolted through an exit, Stewart comforted the glitterati, telling them, "Don't worry, it's a hybrid." Now, while John Travolta is a pilot and really does own a Boeing 707 (finished in classic Quantas livery, as seen here, parked at his home in a private "fly-in" community), the company does not make hybrid jets. Boeing is, however, ... Read more →

Friday Humor: The world's fastest port-a-potty Jeremy Korzeniewski

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/environment/Amazing_Picture_World_s_Fastest_Porta_Potty'; We have brought you stories of turning poo into power. We have shown that human waste can be converted to ...

Huh, there's something funny about this funny car ... Jeremy Korzeniewski

Sure, all Funny Cars are a bit different. After all, they are so named 'cause they didn't quite look stock, hence the name "funny", according to the great and all-knowing Wiki. But, this one is even ...

EasyJet ecoJet cuts greenhouse gas emissions in half Jeremy Korzeniewski

Air travel has taken a hit as of late from the eco-friendly community. The problem is that the jet engines that we count on to get us from one place to another quickly dump a lot of unfriendly ...

Defense Department Awards Synfuel Contract Shane Addie

Jets are awesome. But face it - they're not environment-friendly (unless they're blowing up gas-guzzling tanks, Hummers or Ford Expeditions). Another baby step was taken today to falsify that ...


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