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...]
Video Saturday: The Airbus A350 – What goes into making it?
It's Saturday again, so grab some nibbles, a drink or two (as it's nearing Christmas), and bring your seat into a comfortable position as we go to this week's video. With but a couple of days until the first commercial Airbus A350-900 is delivered (unless Qatar Airways change their minds... again), Airbus let Minute Physics behind the scenes at various Airbus facilities to … [Read more...]
Video Saturday – British Airways A319 C Check
A couple of weeks ago, I featured a video with an Emirates A380 going through its C Check - which mainly focused on the cabin being done as well as the engines. This week, we're peering into the British Airways Maintenance workshop, as an Airbus A319-100 goes into the shop for its C check in a time-lapse video - going beyond the cabin and exploring some of the work that goes … [Read more...]
Video Saturday: Emirates 3C checks
It's Saturday again, please bring deploy your tray table, grab some wine and snacks as we head to this weeks video. This week, Emirates take you behind the scenes at their engineering base at Dubai, when they send one of their Airbus A380 aircraft in for its first 3C engineering check, requiring the removal of engines, seats, facilities, as the aircraft is stripped down for … [Read more...]
Video Saturday: Lufthansa MD-11F Landing from the cockpit
It's Saturday again, so it must be time for another video. So please sit back, grab some popcorn, wine, vodka and cola etc, as we go to this week's video. This week, its aboard a Lufthansa McDonnell Douglas MD-11F (Freighter) as it arrives home at its base at Frankfurt-am-Main as shot from the cockpit by the people at Pilots Eye TV Who shot this from the cockpit, the … [Read more...]
Video Saturday: The Orbis Flying Eye Hospital
It's Saturday again, so its time to grab some popcorn, pop your seat into a lazy position and ensure you have a beverage to hand as we go to this week's video. This week's video focuses on a special McDonnell Douglas DC-10. Whilst the class was withdrawn from passenger use this year (have a read of my DC-10 experiences in a special trip report), they are still used as cargo … [Read more...]
Video Saturday – How the Shinkansen (Japanese Bullet Train) work?
Apart from a love of air travel, I like trains... Yes, it is rather nerdy but there is it. One system that I love is the Japanese Shinkansen system (or to the rest of the world - Bullet Trains). JR Central N700A Shinkansen at Shinagawa Station, Image Economy Class and Beyond JR East E2 Shinkansen at Shinagawa Station, Image Economy Class and Beyond Well, earlier this … [Read more...]
Video Saturday: Top Gear looks at Improving speed around airports
It's Saturday again, so it must be time for another video. According to Top Gear, that well known motoring show, getting around airports is actually rather slow. Not because of the planes, but the ground vehicles, with everything taking an age. Thankfully, Top Gear has spent some hard research that is valuable in every respect, they set out of to find in the "Top Gear various … [Read more...]
Video Saturday – Boeing 787-9 shows its moves
It's Saturday again, so it must be time for another video to lighten the week. This weeks video comes from Boeing who showed off their Boeing 787-9 aircraft performance at the Farnborough Air Show this year as it conducts some great manoeuvres during its flying display http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oXc08rBy2g The demonstration shows the climb performance, banked turnings, … [Read more...]
Video Saturday – Approaching into San Francisco, The Cockpit View
It's Saturday again, and it's time to put your seatback in the upright position, ensure you luggage is in the overhead bin and your tray table is stowed as we go to this week's video. This week, for those of us who have flown aboard A380s (or with some airlines, Boeing 777s and A330s) one of the more interesting flying sights is the pilot's view when coming into land. On some … [Read more...]
