I just read on the great travel blog Jaunted that Scandinavia’s SAS Airlines may try to save on fuel costs by trying gliding landings. Obviously a major airline isn’t going to shut the engines down without running the concept through the normal series of tests, but they may be on to something. SAS has already found that by flying slower–and increasing flight times by a measly few minutes–they save both fuel costs and CO2 emmissions. Maybe Sully–the pilot who successfully landed the plane in the Hudson River–has a future training SAS pilots.

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