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 clouds […]
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 blogs 🙂 Orig Image: shadowsonclouds
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 probably makes it most unique is having the main […]
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 and create additional pollution […]
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 […]