Success! That is the word for the maiden flight of the world's biggest plane - the Airbus A380.
The four hour maiden flight went without a hitch and touched down near Toulouse in southern France. The plane, designed to carry 555 passengers, but which can accommodate more than 800, will now commence 2500 hours of test flights before it enters service in the second have of 2006.
The double-decker plane carried a six man test crew and landed amid the cheers of thousands of enthusiatic spectators lining the perimeter fence.
Saving the Tigers from extinction It was a hurriedly organized citizen’s meeting at Guwahati Press Club, where serious concerns were expressed at the increasing trend of poaching and killing of wildlife in various parts of Assam.
The EIP factor - what you should learn from it When we grow older, or get older for the sake of the argument, we tend to start seeing the world only from one side. We tend to believe, no, not believe but know, how things are done. If you are smart, you understand that it shouldn't be that way, you understand this is wrong.
Whether we want to admit it or not, even now, in year 2012, there are still big gender biases in some fields of life. While it's generally understandable that men should do more heavy lifting than women and knitting fits a bit better for the women (even though I am aware even here there are many people who want to disagree), art is one of those things where our gender really should not play any significant role at all. And within the past decade things have started to change even on this front and even on the more conservative arenas such as Bukowskis - the top Nordic auction house.
