"My God, it's full of information!"

The air up there in the clouds is very pure and fine, bracing and delicious. And why shouldn't it be? —it is the same the angels breathe.

— Mark Twain, ‘Roughing It,’ Chapter XXII, 1886.

When my brother and I built the first man-carrying flying machine we thought that we were introducing into the world an invention which would make further wars practically impossible.

— Orville Wright, 1917.

A pilot who says he has never been frightened in an airplane is, I'm afraid, lying.
— Louise Thaden

little airport from Fabian Tischer on Vimeo.

747-8 Taxi into Position from Liz Matzelle on Vimeo.

Airport from Ron Soderlund on Vimeo.

Airport from Nerve Creative on Vimeo.

THAI to lease eight Boeings

Thai Airways International has clinched a deal to lease eight brand-new large-capacity long-haul Boeing jets from BOC Aviation as part of its ongoing fleet renewal.

The leasing unit of Bank of China was chosen over two other contenders, Dubai... more

Previous reviews:
Sep 9	-	Human error: Mangalore crash probe reveals pilot's blunders
Sep 3	-	UPS cargo plane crashes in Dubai, killing two
Sep 2	-	BA Passengers Tried To Halt 777 Take-Off After Taxiing Error
Somchai's favorite reviews:
Jun 25	-	Emirates Orders 32 More Airbus A380′s
Jun 25	-	Boeing halts flights of 787 for inspection
Jun 24	-	AIR NIGHTMARE
Jun 21	-	ANA takes to the skies with Gundam
Jun 21	-	Dubai's second airport to open on June 27
Jun 18	-	Southwest Finds Shipment of Heads on a Plane
Jun 17	-	American 777 loses door at Dallas/Fort Worth
May 24	-	United Airlines B744 at Sydney on May 7th 2010, tail strike on takeoff
May 5	-	United And Continental Announce Merger
Apr 15	-	Alerts complete halt in air traffic
Apr 14	-	At Least Five Dead In Mexico Plane Crash
Apr 10	-	AF/OnAir Full Mobile Phone Service On-Board Commercial Aircraft
Apr 10	-	Man accused of groping girl on Delta flight from Atlanta
Apr 8	-	Diplomat taken into custody after airliner disturbance
Apr 8	-	Qatar Airways to join Star Alliance. Maybe.
Apr 7	-	Sleepy Air Canada passenger wakes up in airplane hangar
Apr 7	-	Thai upgrades premium seating
Mar 29	-	Drunk man sleeping in plane engine
Mar 28	-	Aviastar-TU T204 at Moscow on Mar 22nd 2010, landed short of runway
Mar 12	-	Ibaraki Airport opens to uncertain future
Mar 8	-	All-women crew to fly AI to New York
Mar 8	-	Dutch Journalist Claims To Smuggle Liquids Onto Plane
Mar 7	-	Boeing Delivers First 777 Freighter To Southern Air
Mar 5	-	Jetstar plane 'came within 38 feet of hitting ground'
Mar 5	-	Airline Vows To Stop Black Market Uniform Sale
Mar 3	-	Finnair’s Last MD-11 Passenger Flight
Mar 1	-	Air Tanzania B732 at Mwanza on Mar 1st 2010, veered off runway, nose gear collapsed
Feb 23	-	Women-only lavatory
Feb 19	-	Ryanair 'abandons passengers' on wrong Canary Island after landing in thunderstorm
Feb 17	-	THAI likely to fly solo
Feb 10	-	United Airlines leaves Super Bowl fans in the dark
Feb 10	-	Thai Goes Shopping: $1.1b For 15 Widebodies
Feb 9	-	Exposed: Naked Body Scanner Images Of Film Star Printed, Circulated By Airport Staff
Feb 7	-	Singapore Airlines A380s stealing market share
Feb 5	-	Is this the end for in-flight entertainment?
Feb 5	-	Aeroflot: New Uniforms
Feb 4	-	China's Spring Airlines To Offer "Standing Room Only" Fares?
Jan 28	-	First Lufthansa A380 Painted
Jan 25	-	Ethiopian Airlines jet crashes into sea off Beirut
Jan 21	-	Air travel frustration spikes with fees, security
Jan 21	-	First Look - HA's New A330-200
Jan 18	-	New Air New Zealand Uniform! "Interesting"
Jan 16	-	Businessman sues BA 'for treating men like perverts'
Jan 9	-	Cop helps Halle Berry jump line at airport
Jan 6	-	Airline pickpocket strikes as passengers sleep
Jan 6	-	THAI seeking a younger image Older attendants get generous exit offer
Jan 3	-	Air Berlin B738 Runway Overshot At DTM
Jan 2	-	JAL's bankruptcy !
Dec 17	-	Flight attendant caught wayward pilots unaware
Dec 10	-	Rethinking Flight Safety With Air Bags In Planes
Dec 10	-	A380 Causes Wake Turbulence To Saab 340
Nov 10	-	Pair 'stole up to 1000 luggage bags from airport'
Oct 13	-	Air traffic control worker jailed
Oct 5	-	ANA: Please Use Airport Lavatory Before Boarding...
Sep 5	-	Air India Boeing 747's engine catches fire while taxiing on Mumbai Airport runway
Aug 26	-	Qantas passenger 'tried' to open door mid-flight
Aug 21	-	Man gets naked on flight to Las Vegas
Aug 9	-	Another Trapped On A Plane Horror Story
Aug 9	-	Japan Air posts $1 billion loss
Jul 18	-	Teenager wings it with a fake airline
Jul 16	-	United flight diverts after captain and flight attendant argue
Jul 15	-	Southwest 737-300 blows hole in fuselage, lands safely
Jul 12	-	Emirates pilot in tail strike near-disaster tells his story
Jul 9	-	JFK Runway Closed Due to Turtles
Jul 2	-	Airbus could be asked to ground all long-range airliners
Jul 1	-	737 Pilot Has Pax Removed And Flies Out Empty
Jun 23	-	71 Passengers Walk Off Thomas Cook Flight
Jun 17	-	Rich Dubai Flirts With Hard Times, But Its Airline Is Still Flying High
May 30	-	How To Get In Trouble With the FAA
May 18	-	Come Fly With Me
May 17	-	747 Engine Draws in Luggage Cart !

Captured Plane

Back in August, 1995, Russian IL-76TD RA-76842 plane was captured by the militants from Taliban movement. Along with the plane an aircrew was also captured (8 people.) And today the story is going to go about this... more

Previous blog entries:
Jul 1	-	10 Amazing Commercial Airline Crews in Crisis
Somchai's favorite blog entries:
Jun 5	-	Airport as a Tomato Sees It
Jun 5	-	The Airport as a Suitcase Sees It
Jun 5	-	Airport as a Dispatcher Sees It
Jun 5	-	The Airport as Pilots See It
Mar 9	-	Kulula Air with New Funny Livery
Mar 2	-	The Last Four Minutes of Air France Flight 447
Mar 2	-	The 'Boneyard': £22bn 'military cemetery' pictured in stunning Google Earth photos
Feb 21	-	Celebration of 75 years of SAA
Feb 20	-	Don't Cross That Line
Feb 19	-	Flying Cars Are On Their Way
Jan 15	-	Averse to Alliance?
Dec 31	-	Japan's Adapted Airport Terminal
Dec 30	-	The Mojave Desert’s Airplane Graveyard
Nov 26	-	When Dreams Take Flight
Aug 29	-	In flight
Aug 12	-	Airship Dreams
Aug 8	-	Why ARE so many planes falling out of the sky?
Jul 25	-	MY COUNTER
Jul 24	-	Flying Colors! Creative Paint on Airliners
Jul 19	-	The Airbus 330 - an accident waiting to happen
Jun 14	-	Oceanic Airlines
May 24	-	Pilots Need Guns
May 19	-	Mitsubishi MU-2
May 19	-	Stunning In-Flight Photography
May 19	-	Doraemon Flight Sim
May 19	-	Quotes by Amelia Earhart
May 19	-	The Plane That Flew Too Soon
May 19	-	12 Airline Extras Worth Paying For
May 19	-	777 Pilot Fired For Buzzing Airport
May 19	-	Largest Plane in the World
May 19	-	Oasis Hong Kong Airlines
May 19	-	The 10 Most Annoying Airline Fees
May 19	-	Dubai World Central International Airport
May 19	-	Photos Of 1978 Korean Air 707 Forced Landing
May 19	-	Floating Runways for Seaplanes
May 19	-	Airline Economics Is there a formula for success?
May 19	-	Minor Collision
May 19	-	The X-48
May 19	-	Old 747 Becomes Jumbo Hostel
May 19	-	ALL ABOUT THE BOEING 787
May 16	-	Airport ABCs: An Explanation of Airport Identifier Codes

Air NZ - Happy Hour

Air New Zealand has recruited Rico, a globe trotting puppet, to promote the airline’s latest international seating arrangements. Rico appears in a television and online advertising campaign, happily providing double entendres and testing the limits... more

Previous videos:
Oct 25	-	Air NZ - The Intimate Art of Touch
Oct 21	-	Manchester United x Turkish Airlines
Sep 5	-	FedEx 777F Delivery Flight
Somchai's favorite videos:
Jan 23	-	Time Lapse Video- Salvaging US Airways Flight 1549
Jan 22	-	Up In The Air
Jan 10	-	Flight Simulation X
Jan 9	-	Hudson Crash Simulation with FAA Dialog Recordings Shows Captain’s Steel Nerves
Dec 22	-	Crazy Air Traffic Control Game Airport Madness 2
Dec 19	-	Goodbye Northwest
Dec 7	-	Miniature faking of trains.
Nov 11	-	Wake UP With 100’s of Naked woman skydiving…
Sep 5	-	Plane Crash In St Barts
Sep 5	-	Air India 747 Catches Fire at Mumbai
Aug 9	-	Lockheed U-2 Flight
Jul 11	-	Naked truth about flying: Air New Zealand crew strip off to present 'bare essentials of safety'
Jul 5	-	Scientifically Accurate 9 11 Visualization video clip
Jun 25	-	Boeing 787 window shade demo
Jun 23	-	BOEING PROMO FILM: "NEW DIMENSION" (747 FIRST FLIGHT)(1969)(PART 2)
Jun 23	-	BOEING PROMO FILM: "NEW DIMENSION" (747 FIRST FLIGHT)(1969)(PART 1)
May 20	-	405 The Movie
May 18	-	Come Fly With Me - Original Trailer 1963
May 18	-	Japan Airlines 747 Engine Draws in Luggage Cart !
May 17	-	Best Landing Ever!‏
May 16	-	Boeing 737 lands on water

ATW Air Transport World

For nearly 47 years, Air Transport World , or ATW, has been the leading monthly magazine serving the needs of the global airline and commercial air transport manufacturing communities. Through its renowned editors—who have been nominated for nearly... more

Previous links:
Mar 20	-	InvestigateUdom.com
Mar 20	-	Virgin Atlantic Airways - Aircrew Liars. Virgin Airways Complaints.
Feb 23	-	Boeing 377 - Stratocruiser
Somchai's favorite links:
Jan 19	-	Airline Route Maps
Dec 7	-	Airplane-Pictures.net - Interesting Bits of Aviation World
Dec 5	-	isaanair.com
Dec 1	-	Aircraft cards · All Safety Cards: Collection of aircraft safety cards
Nov 25	-	Casper - live aircraft tracking
Aug 28	-	International Space Station comes together - [cool infographic]
Jul 13	-	Airbus A380 - cockpit | gillesvidal - photographe panoramiste
Jul 4	-	JAL - 747 classic Forever
Jun 7	-	Great Aviation Quotes: Quotations on Airplanes, Flying and Being A Pilot
May 28	-	Airbus A380 Production
May 24	-	Project Open Sky | projectopensky.com
May 21	-	Flight Delay Information - Air Traffic Control System Command Center