Yesterday I spent an hour flying this little rocket over the New Mexican desert.
He said that, once airborne, pilots would have to leave the restricted zone, which would take about 25 minutes, rendering it pointless for short helicopter flights or one-hour flying lessons.
Situated as it is at the northern tip of Africa, Morocco is within an hour's flying time from Europe.
That wind was traveling at 120 miles an hour, so we ended up with Felix in the capsule under this 30-million-cubic-foot balloon flying at 125 miles an hour to the east, which is amazing to think about, because at that altitude, it's the equivalent of about a 50-story building.
Furthermore, fliers can't even use their laptops for the first and last half-hour of flights, so unless you're flying coast-to-coast, you may assume that only having an hour or so to surf just isn't worth the hassle.
ENGADGET: 1 in 10 fliers using in-flight WiFi, Aircell 'thrilled' with repeat usage rate
During the peak time, coupons were flying out at 115, 000 per hour.
The Federal Communications Commission, along with the FAA, bans in-flight use because a phone flying at more than 500 miles per hour, six miles above the ground, connects with lots of cell towers, hogging bandwidth.
WSJ: 'Turn Off All Electronic Devices:' And What Happens if You Don't
Leaving the Shanghai gathering in November, Jon Sr. and Peter went to visit it at Flying Geese Mountain Industrial Park in Panyu, one hour's drive from Guangzhou.
For this columnist flying the free, prosperous arc from Tokyo to Delhi means an 18-hour schlepp via Hong Kong and Bangkok.
It beats flying, which is unbearably cramped by comparison, just as pricey, and dumps you an hour from downtown at either end.
After flying into Wenzhou from Shanghai, we had to take a ferry during one part of our hour and a half car journey.
Thompson, who had previously always loved flying, says he cannot explain what came over him on July 1 at Abu Dhabi airport - an hour by car from his home in Al-Ain -- as his family prepared to relocate to the UK from the United Arab Emirates.
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