Half Baked:

One of the cool things about living in Seattle is that this freak show of an airplane flew over me on my way home from work today. There is, of course a video of this beast on Boeing's web site. Who needs YouTube.

The first 747-400 Large Cargo Freighter, a specially modified fleet of airplanes that will transport the major components of the 787 Dreamliner, completed its first flight today. The airplanes are being modified by Evergreen Aviation Technologies Corp. (EGAT), a joint venture between General Electric and EVA Air. The second airplane will roll out this fall. The first two airplanes will begin ferrying components for the first Dreamliners in early 2007.

Source: Boeing: Boeing 747-400 Large Cargo Freighter Completes First Flight

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By now, most people have heard about how we 2-upped Google (Bird's Eye imagery being the 1-up) with the 3D imagery in our maps feature, and it was nice to see PC Magazine give us an Editor's Choice award.

For me, what this feature means is an easy way to "visit" the old home town. Most of the imagery is automatically created all the different data sources we have at our disposal, but in some cases, we hand-craft the results, and the results for the State House in Boston are great. Check out the flags.

The cool bird's-eye views were enough of a draw in the previous version, but the 3D is downright addictive. This probably would be enough to please most people even without the local search, maps, and wealth of extra features.