United Airlines livery

Thank goodness! United’s appearance has annoyed me for a while now. Flying on some of their planes is like time traveling back to the late 80’s. It seems United has had issues with deciding if they want to update their fleet or not.
Not too long ago they re-painted their fleet in a stormy [...]

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I love making fun of Rynair, because they are a bunch of Turkeys!

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone. I hope everything had safe and uneventful holiday travel and that you are having a better meal than this United Airlines turkey sandwich!
I might be in a food coma this weekend, so no promises of a bunch of big [...]

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British Airways Boeing 737 G-LGTE stops traffic at Gibraltar Airport.

Gibraltar is a British territory located just south of Spain and is less than three square miles. The Gibraltar Airport is the closest airport to a city center (only about 1/3 of a mile) in the world and only five airlines currently serve the airport.
What [...]

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Ricardo's TaxiBot prototype in action.

Normally an airliner is pushed back from the gate with an airplane tug.  Once the aircraft is cleared of any obstacles, the tug disconnects and the aircraft moves on its own power down the taxi way and takes off. When there are back ups on the taxi ways, airlines waste fuel [...]

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Not for those who have a fear of flying, this video showed the 1984 crash test of a Boeing 707. The video has multiple angles of the test, along with commentary on what happened. The goal was to conduct research on improved crash protection and reduce post-crash fire hazards.
The Boeing 707 was remote controlled and [...]

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Safi Airways Boeing 767 (YA-AQS) in the Netherlands in March 2009 taking the President of Afghanistan to a conference

This livery is unique, but it seems confused. I like the nice silver base and the blue strips on front. However, the red/orange font doesn’t go too well and the tail seems confused with having strips, gradient, [...]

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Cockpit of Virgin America Airbus A320

Senator Jim DeMint (R from South Carolina) is looking to change the rules about airlines being able to access recordings from the cockpit. He is currently working on a bill, called the “Pilot Professionalism Assurance Act,” that allows airlines to review the cockpit voice recorder when there are cases against [...]

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Flying over London

Some people just can’t handle themselves on a flight.  Back in October, James McLaughlan was on a special tour group flight from Glasgow to Turkey when he told his seatmate, “It’s going to crash. We’ll all be dead.” Normally not the quality conversation one hopes to have with the person sitting next to [...]

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Apolo Ohno getting off the plane with his face on the side.

The Winter Olympics in Vancouver, B.C. are right around the corner. Alaska Airlines (based in Seattle, WA) is celebrating the Olympics with a special themed Boeing 737-800 displaying a picture of Apolo Ohno on the side. Ohno is one of the most decorated speed skaters in [...]

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Air Austral Boeing 777-300 (F-OSYD) with a 3-class layout

Air Austral announced at the Dubai Airshow that they plan to buy two Airbus A380 superjumbo jets and configure them with all economy class, fitting about 840 passengers aboard. The airline is planning to fly the sardine-like-airplane between Reunion, France and Paris. They are the first airline [...]

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