Aviation
The daily Qantas emergency
If you check the news reports these days, you will find that the company that has been experiencing the majority of the failures and (minor) problems in this period is Qantas airlines. On Aug. 13 […]
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Aviation
Another Qantas emergency landing
Another day, another Qantas aircraft forced to make an emergency landing. This seems to be the leit motiv of this really unfortunate period for the Australian company. A Qantas B767 with 200 people on board […]
Aviation
Pope Benedict XVI in Australia with the longest Alitalia twin engine flight ever
When I visited St. Mary’s Cathedral in Sydney in May 2007 I was surprised to find a display above the Hyde Park gate of the largest Australian chuch. Interestingly, it displayed the countdown to the […]
Aviation
Panoramic photography – part 4
Many have asked which is the workflow I use to create my panoramics pictures. First of all I work on the “photographer side”: this means I choose the right subject and try to get it […]
Aviation
Baucau and Australia's invasion anxiety
During my recent travel to Australia I was given from Gianni, my local guide, some interesting information concerning Aussie’s fear of an invasion. He explained that at the end of the 19th century, the British […]