Midnight Mike
2007-08-09, 09:47 PM
Virgin America In-Flight Gadgets That Should Be on Every Flight
We’ve gone inside Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner and the jumbo Airbus A380, but now transportation pioneer Richard Branson is taking on the high-tech heavy hitters of the U.S. skyways with Virgin America, which launched its inaugural flights yesterday. From lavatory lounge music to LED mood lighting that mimics the phases of a Space Age sunset, Virgin has decked out a fleet of Airbus A320’s to make them the sexiest commercial aircraft yet—and maybe the smartest.
By Laurel Donaldson
Published on: August 9, 2007
http://www.popularmechanics.com/technol ... tml?page=1 (http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/transportation/4220225.html?page=1)
We’ve gone inside Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner and the jumbo Airbus A380, but now transportation pioneer Richard Branson is taking on the high-tech heavy hitters of the U.S. skyways with Virgin America, which launched its inaugural flights yesterday. From lavatory lounge music to LED mood lighting that mimics the phases of a Space Age sunset, Virgin has decked out a fleet of Airbus A320’s to make them the sexiest commercial aircraft yet—and maybe the smartest.
By Laurel Donaldson
Published on: August 9, 2007
http://www.popularmechanics.com/technol ... tml?page=1 (http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/transportation/4220225.html?page=1)