Pretty crazy. Even the second try, when they landed successfully, looked scary.

Quoted: This video is worth watching. A Northwest airlines flight landing at SeaTac had a rough, and aborted, landing, due to high winds the other day.

Quoted: An Airfoil Is Not A Wing: I collect old books about aerodynamics and I’ve noticed how some books use the following terms interchangeably: Airfoil, Profile, Airfoil Section, Wing, and Wing Section.

More on airfoils

Quoted: There are two basic factors holding up a wing in flight. The action of bulk air and molecular air.

Quoted: The wings provide lift by creating a situation where the pressure above the wing is lower than the pressure below the wing. Since the ...

hmm...

Quoted: Airbus has been quietly pitching the standing-room-only option to Asian carriers, though none has agreed to it yet. Passengers in the standing section would be ...

Cool. Can't wait to fly in one of these.

Quoted: For the 747-8, Boeing has proposed some changes to the interior layout of the aircraft. Most noticeable will be the stairway to the upper deck. On present 747-300 and -400 models, the stairway is straight, narrow, and runs from the galley area located at door 2 (the second door from the front of the aircraft), to the back of the upper deck, on the left hand side.

New 747 -- probably released to compete with the A380.

Quoted: The new 747-8 Intercontinental and 747-8 Freighter are innovative by design, effortlessly merging state of-the-art technology, function and value. The Shape of the Future.