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I've been recently invited to join a group named FLAPA. Actually FLAPA is an acronym standing for Flight Lunatic Almost Pilots Association and it is not a group by a…
How to go Down Under with an Airbus 380 (saving some money)
The title of this post could be deceiving. I'm not suggesting how to get an Airbus 380 inverted for aerobatic purposes. I was just providing an advice for those who…
Airport Network Failures…
Look at the following picture. It was taken by my friend Rage at the Terminal B of Barcelona airport on Jan 7, 2009. Can you notice something weird? If you…
US Air 1549 update
During the last few days many new details surfaced about the last 6 minutes (more or less) of US Air 1549 flight that ended with a successful textbook ditching of…
Is spotting at Rome Fiumicino dangerous?
On Jan 18, I went to Fiumicino to watch some aircraft departing from RWY 25. After following the story of the US Air 1549 that performed a successful ditching in…
Some lessons learned from US Air A320 ditching in NYC’s Hudson River
The recent episode of the US Air Flight 1549 down in the New York City's Hudson River 5 minutes after departure from La Guardia airport underlined a few things about…
