Category: Fun Stuff – Page 13
Things That Make Me Go Hmmmmm
This week: a collection of news and views from the Web that I think you will find interesting. Don’t forget that if you want to see interesting Aviation links throughout the week, you can subscribe to Fear of Landing on Facebook for automatic updates. This looked like a pretty slick landing to me until the…
Read more… 20 Jul 12
Lost Hydraulics, Fuselage Collapse, Aircraft Falling to the Ground
Lots of interesting plane incidents in the news this week so rather than pick just one subject, I’ve created a selection for you to view. AVweb have posted the audio and flight path information for JetBlue flight 194 which lost hydraulic systems and declared an emergency last week. JetBlue Flight 194: “We’ve Lost Two Hydraulic…
Read more… 22 Jun 12
In the News
There have been so many interesting links in my inbox this week, I spent the day reading fascinating aviation pieces. I’ve collated my favourites as a Flying Around the Web round-up to share with the rest of you. Here are the links, with a warning: If you have any intention of being productive, stop reading…
Read more… 25 May 12
Aviation Features and Videos
I spent much too much time browsing the web and not enough time writing. The result? A collection of interesting aviation articles and videos for your amusement! Top tip: play this one in full-screen mode for the full effect. GoPro + F18 = AWESOME Footage taken from fighter detachment at NASWI with VFA-204. I never…
Read more… 4 May 12
Flying Through Space
I am going to be spending the weekend at Eastercon, an annual science fiction and fantasy extravaganza. If you are attending, please come and say hello! I’ll be speaking on the panel on Social Media in Science Fiction on Monday afternoon. So I’m not around for a new post today. In keeping with the Eastercon…
Read more… 6 Apr 12
Soothing Aviation Videos for Troubled Souls
I’ve got some sort of horrible chest cold and to be honest, I’m not sure I’m capable of stringing two words together. All I want to do is sleep. So I’m taking the day off and watching soothing videos. No crashes, no discussion, no analyses. Just aircraft in flight, looking beautiful. These are my favourites…
Read more… 17 Feb 12
Accident Analysis
The Anatomy of an A350–CRJ Collision at Atlanta
On the 10th of September 2024, an Airbus A350 took the tail off of a Bombardier CRJ at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Georgia, USA. Delta Air Lines flight 295…
Why KLM Cut the Steering Cables on Two Perfectly Functional Boeing 737s
Last month, we looked at the night of 28th of November 2004 at Barcelona Airport. KLM 1673 ran off the runway at high speed, stopping just short of a canal.…
Demystifying
How Important is Having a Sterile Cockpit?
This question was posted to r/flying by a private pilot who wanted to know: do airline pilots ever engage in small talk about irrelevant things during taxiing, run-up, takeoff, and…
Someone has to write the TAF
It turns out that there a person sitting there deciding what the weather is going to do. Which seems obvious, except that I had somehow never asked msyelf who “someone”…
History
The CIA's Shark Screen
Today we have a guest post from the CIA! In their archives, researching something completely different, I found the answer to a question I never thought to ask. I immediately…
The First Jet to Land on an Aircraft Carrier (Deliberately)
“The Vampire was the first jet to land on a moving aircraft carrier deliberately.” This quote from Airshow Luke, our MC at the Legacy of Liberty airshow, made me almost…
Fun Stuff
Bird Strikes, Balloon Landings and Falling in Love with a Boeing 777
The exciting news on Fear of Landing this week was a huge scare about critical vulnerabilities in PHP. PHP is widely used on the web, including in WordPress, which is…
Petrified, Petrified, Petrified
There’s been some interesting reporting in the UK media about a “near disaster” over Canary Wharf involving the captain having to intervene (the horror!) after air data systems failed on…
