Perhaps this is more #avgeek than anything, but I’m always curious about interesting flights and “lines” (one of the basis of the Dots, Lines, and Destinations podcast). Perhaps the most common group of interesting “lines” is the 10 longest flights. Over the past few years, these have changed a bunch! I wrote about Emirates taking…
10 July 1918, the United Kingdom’s Royal Air Force came into existence. And you may ask, how did the Royal Air Force mark their 100th birthday? With one of the most spectacular flyover parade in memory.I’m sure you’re imagining a simple flyover like the Superbowl (like this perhaps):Cut to 1:05 or so (and yes, I…
The Daily Mail reports a plan to do something crazy. To do something perhaps even more crazy than what Solar Impulse set out to do. Fly to the edge of space! Goal: To Fly to the Edge of SpaceThe Perlan Project, supported previously by pioneer Steve Fossett, before his untimely passing, and now supported by Airbus,…
Courtesy of the Times of India, a Jet Airways crew of 5 “airhostesses” (I’m not sure what that really means), were suspended, after allowing Bollywood Artist Sonu Nigam to serenade passengers on a chartered flight from Jodhpur to Mumbai on Jan 4.Apparently the suspension comes at the request of India’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA),…
Earlier today (Saturday), Pope Francis received a short tour of the cockpit of his American Airlines 777-200 aircraft, enroute from JFK to PHL. It’s a short video, but, pretty cool none-the-less, considering so few folks get to actually see the cockpit nowadays (let alone in flight).If you’re curious about the route they took, you can…
On an idle Saturday, I happened to be scanning twitter, and I saw this from @AirlineReporter:From the Idaho Statesman – and believe me, the title of their article is poorly done, but here it is – Passengers evacuate plane at Boise Airport after fuel leak sparks fire fearIt appears that the reason they decided to…
Courtesy of Business Traveller, Singapore Airlines has unveiled a very cool and colorful looking livery (on not one, but two A380s!), meant to celebrate Singapore’s “Golden Jubilee” (which, if like me, you didn’t know off hand, celebrates the country’s 50th anniversary).It’s not a surprise when you think of how tied Singapore Airlines is to its home…
A good friend of mine will use any excuse to get out on the water, and the Blue Angels show over the US Naval Academy is a better reason than most. So, rather than watching from land, a few friends, along with, what seemed like every other boat in Maryland, anchored out just off of…
H/T to World Airline NewsIn what is, perhaps the coolest livery ever known to Jedi, Wookie, or Man. ANA has announced that they will be flying a Star Wars R2-D2 livery on its newest 787-9 Dreamliner. This begins a 5 year project/agreement between ANA and Walt Disney (who now own Star Wars.. still trying to…
I’m not at the Aircraft Interior’s Expo (#AIX15), but I’m certainly following Twitter on it. For those of you who may not be familiar with #AIX15, its the largest aircraft interiors trade show of the year. So for a lot of folks, its kind’ve a big deal.I probably should’ve lowered my expectations for the show’s new…