Hopping into the beautifully-contoured driver’s seat of an
Aston Martin can make any of us feel like James Bond. The luxury British
automaker has a history of fusing impeccable design with serious craftsmanship,
both of which are intended to withstand the ravages of time. Now, you can get
the same incomparable style in the form of a helicopter that truly takes the
marque’s aesthetic to new heights.
The venerable Boeing 737 airliner traces its lineage back to
the 1960s and has been available in VIP configurations for private and
corporate owners as Boeing Business Jets (BBJs) since the late ’90s.
Airships may seem to be anachronisms from the distant past,
but Hybrid Air Vehicles in Great Britain is building a high-tech,
super-capable, modern version dubbed the Airlander 10 (not quite as grand as
the Aeroscraft concept we offered in Ultimate Gift Guide, but much more
feasible).
It was at the 2015 EBACE show in Geneva where Lufthansa
Technik showcased its Mercedes-Benz Style VIP Cabin, which was co-developed
with the German carmaker.
The Boeing 747-8 is known as ‘the queen of the skies’, and
it is not hard to realise why. The 747-8I 2018 is the latest engineering marvel
created by Boeing, and it can be customised to the buyer’s request.
The annual European Business Aviation Convention &
Exhibition (EBACE) in Geneva is one of the year’s most important opportunities
for aircraft manufacturers to generate buzz and excitement for their upcoming
releases.
Back To The Future had nothing on this incredible design.
Don’t take me wrong, I still love that DeLorean and it’s ‘super’ abilities,
although that cool car was already impressive before the Flux Capacitor took it
in a journey through time.
At yesterday’s Space 2.0 Summit in San Jose, California,
plans for the pioneering space hotel Aurora Station were revealed by the
company behind its development, Orion Span.
The Pilatus PC-24 twin-engine personal jet is designed to
take off and land from very short and unpaved runways, making it easier to fly
into smaller airports.
Zepter, the Serbian group headquartered in Switzerland, is
mainly known for its consumer goods business focusing on cooking and cleaning
equipment. A less known part of its business however is ZeptAir, the private
aviation company it started back in January 2011 to rent out its corporate
fleet.