Stefan D. posted an article on Waving at Aircraft - Nov 19, 2009, 6:42 am
Four passengers and two flight crew survived as their Westwind Jet operated by Pel-Air was forced to ditch off the coast of Norfolk Island. The jet was on a flight from Samoa to Melbourne with one pa...
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Stefan D. posted an article on Waving at Aircraft - Oct 20, 2009, 8:22 pm
A Cessna 152 crashed on landing on 29R at Sydney's Bankstown Airport (YSBK) yesterday. The 152 was piloted by a student pilot on a solo flight. Details are sill not available, but the aircraft&#...
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Stefan D. posted an article on Waving at Aircraft - Oct 12, 2009, 3:24 am
There are so many reasons why it's wrong to serve a "chicken tandoori" sandwich on an airplane. Qantas thought otherwise on QF884 from Canberra - Sydney.
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Stefan D. posted an article on Waving at Aircraft - Oct 12, 2009, 3:14 am
Looking out through a few layers of cloud climbing out from Canberra over Lake George.
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Stefan D. posted an article on Waving at Aircraft - Oct 12, 2009, 2:58 am
Watching a Qantas B737-400 at a wet Canberra airport one Monday afternoon.
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Stefan D. posted an article on Waving at Aircraft - Oct 11, 2009, 4:23 am
Qantas are usually good with ensuring snacks on the cityflyer flights are veggie friendly. On the short hops (yssy-yscb on a 737-400 is around 32mins) there isn't usually a choice of snacks but ...
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Stefan D. posted an article on Waving at Aircraft - Oct 11, 2009, 4:14 am
Looking out the window of seat 21F at a company 767 awaiting departure from Sydney to Canberra. It's a 32min flight on a 737-400. Brilliant.
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Stefan D. posted an article on Waving at Aircraft - Sep 22, 2009, 3:33 pm
Dust storms from the south have lifted up dust over Sydney causing the pretty effect shown here but cancelling all International flights to/ from Sydney. Inbound flights are being diverted to Brisb...
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Stefan D. posted an article on Waving at Aircraft - Aug 23, 2009, 2:09 am
The very badly shot photo on the left (taken on an iPhone) shows a queue of aircraft waiting behind QF108 at New York's JFK airport on a Thursday night. No explanation for the backlog of flights w...
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Stefan D. posted an article on Waving at Aircraft - Aug 23, 2009, 2:02 am
Travelling in a bus through the Rocky Mountains in Colorado I saw these cloud formations. I've never seen anything like these before. This was taken around midday on a Summer's day in the moun...
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Stefan D. posted an article on Waving at Aircraft - Aug 15, 2009, 11:27 pm
I was lucky enough recently to travel to Aspen ski resort as part of a business trip recently. No visit to Aspen is complete without a quick stop at the airport to gaze in awe at some of the aircraft...
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Stefan D. posted an article on Waving at Aircraft - Aug 9, 2009, 10:50 am
Taken from the back of a Qantas 747-400 37,000' over the Pacific Ocean en route to Los Angeles.
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Stefan D. posted an article on Waving at Aircraft - Aug 5, 2009, 2:18 am
Inflight meal on a cityflyer B737-400 from yssy to yscb. Kalamata Olives with feta cheese, crackers and a bottle of water. The olives were good. Feta ok.
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Stefan D. posted an article on Waving at Aircraft - Jul 16, 2009, 7:18 am
This photo shows a new safety publication from CASA that licence holders should be receiving this month. Titled "Preventing mid-air collisions" the well designed pack has pull out leaflets with inform...
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Stefan D. posted an article on Waving at Aircraft - Jul 16, 2009, 7:05 am
Sad news from Iran where a Caspian Airlines Tupolev 154 carrying 168 people (153 pax, 15 crew) has crashed en route to Armenia. Reports mention that the aircraft was on fire before it hit the ground....
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