Click Here To Help Improving This Blog !If you have kids, you know how important (and hard) it is to explain them to cross roads at the zebra-crossing only. What has this to do with aviation ? It’s all about runway markings, kids, and Toulouse Airport…
Someone working for the french ATC told me this story a couple of years ago. A group […]
This post is the first in a series about airport equipment. If you always wanted to know all what these antennas, lights, signs, markings and other stuff are, you landed in the right place.
These orange antennas located in the extended runway axis are transmitting the “Localizer” signal of the Instrument Landing System (ILS). It is […]
Do you know Brownian motion, the apparently random motion animating molecules which constantly move but stay around the same position ? Flying is quite similar…
I logged 348:55 hours in 423 flights. I operated in 39 different airports. Because I swapped seats a lot with fellow pilots, there are 3 airports where I did only land, […]
Flying in and out of Nice Côte d’Azur airport is always a scenic experience. The two parallel runways are on an artificial peninsula on the mediteranean sea. Arrivals normaly overfly the airport and then turn around over sea, overfly the St-Honorat and St-Marguerite islands before landing.
Departures are normally from runway 04, towards Monaco, and then […]
Will you spend Christmas day or New Year’s day in an airliner ? If yes, try not to be a grumpy passenger - away from home for the best time of year.
I know this situation first hand, I was once on duty on the 31st of December evening, starting work at 11PM. Years ago, I […]
Travelhacker is a blog dedicated to travel itself, covering destinations, tips for travellers, and other related topics. Two recent posts about airport security - and how to get through it easily - are particularly good:
Airport Security Cheat Sheet: 25 Tips to Minimize Hassles and Speed Things Up
How to: Get Through Airport Security Without Getting Hassled
Both […]
US Airways decided to give a bonus (100 $… woooow) to their ground staff if they reach two objectives : 60% of flights departing on time, and less than 7 miss-handling per 1000 piece of baggage.
This may sound like a good incentive, and I wish them success, but I hope they have much more ambitious […]
