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Safety Video Saturday – American Airlines (1995)

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It's Saturday evening again, and so that means it must be time to place your luggage in the overhead compartment, stow all tray tables and bring your seat into the upright position as we go to a classic safety video. This week - we go back in time to the heavy days of 1995 with this "classic" of a safety video by American … [Read more...]

Safety Video Saturday – Air France

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It's Saturday, so please stow your luggage in the overhead bin, put away your tray table and fasten your seat belt as we go to this week's safety video. This week - it's the new safety video from Air France. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0N3J6fE-0JI A stylish video here, with a few fashion twists... and a few modern notes. In no smoking, e-cigs are shown as a … [Read more...]

Video Saturday – The Best of Airplane!

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A few of us do like Airplane! The Move. (especially my friends at Heels First Travel) For it's slapstick comedy, the visual jokes and the one-liners - it's just a fun film that has no place of being watched at 35,000ft - rather on the sofa and some popcorn. So instead of a safety video, today it's highlights from one of the one of the funniest aviation movies out … [Read more...]

Video Saturday: British Airways 777 Repaint

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It's Saturday again, so it's time to get the white overalls and breathing masks out as we go and paint another plane. This week, British Airways get one of their Boeing 777-200 aircraft repainted - with artwork by Chinese fashion designer Masha Ma. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDEOOJX5gCA 186 stencils and a lot of man hours went into repainting this plane was done … [Read more...]

Video Saturday – Bombardier CSeries CS300 First Flight

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It's Saturday again, so it's time for some more aviation videos as we settle into the weekend. So please fasten your seatbelt, stow your tray table and ensure your baggage is secured as we go to this weeks videos. This week we're going to take a look at the Bombardier CSeries Aircraft - in particular the CS300 which completed it's first test flight yesterday. To get to … [Read more...]

Video Saturday – Swiss flypast at Lauberhorn 2015

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It's Saturday, so it must be time for an aviation to keep you active. This week, a good came via Swiss International Airlines who prepared with the Patrouille Suisse (The aerobatics team of the Swiss Air Force) The formation was made up of a Swiss Airbus A320 and five Northrop F5E Tiger II aircraft for some amazing formation flying - as well as the preparation to do such … [Read more...]

Things not to do on a plane continued: Do a Rambo impression

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As demonstrated on this Ryanair flight between Riga in Latvia and Dublin Ireland trying Rambo out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phzGLI7GvuU Video - Gints Akmentins/Youtube. The drunk passenger took off his shirt, and started his best Rambo impression by punching the walls. Not a very safe thing to do in any circumstance - least of all in the air. The plane … [Read more...]

Safety Video Saturday – China Southern Airlines

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It's Saturday again, so it must be time to place your luggage in the overhead bin, stow your tray table and fasten your seatbelt - as well as reminding yourself where the nearest emergency exit is as we go to this week's safety video. This week, its SkyTeam member China Southern Airlines demonstrating safety aboard their … [Read more...]

Downfall on British Airways/Avios Changes? Check

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You've all probably seen this by now, but I'm spreading the good with the bad. And by bad, have a look at my views on what status earning is going to be like from 28th April 2015 on British Airways. Meanwhile, some people are a mite more angrier than me about the changes. And when in doubt, it's time to roll out the Downfall parodies. Because that's what the Internet does … [Read more...]

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