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A flight simulator akin to Boeing 747
The flight deck boasts a $30,000 simulator which recreates every switch and sound on a Boeing 747. He has spent eight years and thousands of hours working to make the simulator as lifelike as possible. It must have been hard and frustrating but this man had all the patience and obsession needed. John Davis quotes, “I had to study photographs of a real Boeing 747-400 cockpit on aviation websites to make sure the design was correct. The software has all the landscapes of the world, from the Alps to the skylines of London and New York “” and security procedures mean you can no longer visit the flight deck of a real plane.”
Sitting in his leather flight chair he lifts the undercarriage, switches to automatic pilot and settles back to enjoy the ride. He can even make announcements to his imaginary passengers. John, who holds a pilot’s licence to fly gliders, has now quit his job as a graphic designer to run a flight simulation business from his two-bedroomed terraced house in Tile Hill, Coventry.
Jaguar XF gets pimped with the B&W audio system
Jaguar’s new XF sedan is now provided with an all new system by Bowers and Wilkins (B&W). Jaguar, Bowers and Wilkins showed an advanced prototype of the 2008 XF model at a press conference in New York City. The Bowers and Wilkins worked closely with Jaguar in a three-year intensive programme before the new car was conceived, so the audio suppliers didn’t have to face the catastrophe to adjust and put up with the leftover spaces in the car. The engineers of B&W were provided with enough space to place their 14 speakers in acoustically optimized locations. The mind-blowing innovations of B&W include Aluminum dome tweeters, 9 Kevlar mind/bass drivers and one subwoofer. Each tweeter, mind/bass driver and subwoofer is powered by it’s own amplifier and the system also makes use of digital signal processing to monitor the vehicle’s interior ambient noise levels and amends it’s sound quality to reimburse for changing road conditions.
Shaw’s Painting ‘The Garden of Earthly Delights III’
A colorful creation by Indian artist Raqib Shaw viz. “Garden of Earthly Delight III” not only fetched $5.49 million but set a record for Indian art at the Contemporary Art sale at Sotheby’s here. Demonstrated at the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in New York on 15 October, the painting is the record breaking monumental work ever auctioned by the artist. This is a clear indication of the Indian contemporary art approaching on the global platform.
Complimentary helicopter transfer from Newark
Travelers seeking the quickest way to get between Manhattan and Newark Liberty International Airport now have a new way to cross the Hudson River, as Continental Airlines and US Helicopter Corporation have launched eight-minute chopper service. This fast and easy option will help time-sensitive business travelers coming in and out of Manhattan. Moreover the thrilling experience of arriving in Manhattan by helicopter flying over the city’s famous skyscrapers adds an extra element of excitement and glamour to the journey.
Customers travelling on return tickets qualify for complimentary fares for helicopter transfers in both directions between New York Liberty and Manhattan; those on one-way tickets qualify for a one-way transfer.
English Country Mansion
Till date, we have been making efforts’ unveiling luxurious estates across the globe, thereby bringing beauty before your eyes. Beauty, which will make you marvel its expertise. Today if I say for $95,000,000, English Country Estate in New York can be yours, how would you react? Still!
Yah Folks! Believe it or no, the $95mn price tag is justifiable as the domicile is spread over 263 acres. This delicate English Country Estate positioned in Pound Ridge, New York is a space to 23 luxurious rooms, 8 bedrooms, 10 full baths and four-half baths plus 20,000 sq. ft. of interior space. A further deep peek into the private English Country manor house would take you to Lake Susan, two-barns, pools (indoor-outdoor), itinerant chapel, genuine teepee, and tennis court.
Flavor of Christie: Post-War and Contemporary Art
The period from 1945-1970 is considered as post-World War II period and most memorable period of the 20th century as straddling activities from Abstract Expressionism in New York to Pop Art earned popularity in England and the U.S. As a custom, artistic creation by artists who prospered in the late 1940s, 1950s and 1960s are classically exhibited twice-yearly at Christie’s auction in London and New York.
An established name in the realm of Contemporary Art sales, Christie auction has been beating the record sales. Whilst earlier we have told you about handful of highlights of Post-War and Contemporary Art sale scheduled at Christie from 14-16 October viz. Jeff Koons blue diamond sculpture and also Francis Bacon’s “Study from the Human Body, Man Turning on the Light’, the list requires an updating.
Luxurious English Furniture & Ceramics at Christie’s
A remarkable auction of English furniture and ceramics is scheduled for 11 October at Christie’s in New York. The event would display furniture and ceramics dated back to late 17th-20th century. The basic attraction of the displayed furniture includes countless significant works ranging from late Georgian period.
It includes a pair of George II Giltwood torchres, a suite of George III giltwood seat furniture commissioned by the Earl of Darnley for Cobham Hall in Kent.While the ceramics section flaunts a wide range of services from makers such as Derby, Worcester and Coalport, including several Regency services from two Important Private Collections, and a selection of bocage figures from Bow and Chelsea.
Bernstein Floating Table Fosters Conversation
New York-based architect Robert Bernstein’s clientele is full of party-goers who are born chatters and thus cannot afford to stay tight-lipped. This drives their interest in having a pool of people who can carry on discussions rather than counted dumb figures sitting on an installed rectangular table.
Now question arrives, how to accommodate endless participators’ or visitors in a single-go of discussion. Either divide it into two-groups (is not acceptable) or get home the lately designed table that fosters conversation.
The inlets and peninsulas of this undulating table would allow people to sit in and around the curves, enabling them to feel body-language of the person on the other side of the table. The highlighting factor of the table is that it doesn’t offer any dominant place at the table and the credit for it goes to its democratic nature.
The shape of the table was hand-drawn and won the appreciation and bagged the award among the top 100 sketches. The fabric used to design this table includes 3/16″³-thick painted steel (pieced, welded and painted in Soho loft). With a capacity to accommodate 20 people, this can be perched from the ceiling and attached to the planked floors through with stainless steel cables. According to Bernstein, the cables were placed in replacement of arms.
NY Tech-Driven Penthouse
Wilson Rothman from Gizmodo has peeped into a multi million dollar tech-palace in New York. The penthouse is packed with gadgets and gizmos and it is tech-riven to an extent that the inhabitants even sneeze in a techy style.
The impressive sight of apartment is like a big Apple governed by the Intel’s computing power. Calling all geeks, this penthouse doesn’t come at an easy price and demands $8.5 million.
Three Pablo Picasso Creations to Fetch $90 mn at November Auction
Two out of three works by Pablo Picasso are scheduled up for auction on 7 November at Sotheby’s, a sculpture and a painting of the celebrated women in his life. As a part of Sotheby’s New York “Impressionist & Modern Art Evening” sale, Picasso’s creation is expected to generate $65 million.
Made in 1941, “Tete de femme (Dora Maar-left)” is a 31.5-inch (80-cm) bronze bust that is anticipated to sell for $20-$30 million while “La Lampe” (right) from 1931 features the likeness of his mistress, Marie-Therese Walter, and hopes are alive that it would fetch $25-$35 million. Those who cannot resist to witness Picasso creation can visit Sotheby’s London on October 7-12 and in New York on November 2-7 as the artistic creation would be available there for display.
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