Category: Miscellaneous –  Page 5

Amazing Stories To Read

I hope you are sitting comfortably because this week I have some fantastic articles for you to sink your teeth into. One of the perks of Fear of Landing is that I have amazing people who send me articles and essays that they found interesting, so I get a lot of really good content. I’d…

Read more… 22 Sep 17

Paris Air Show 2017

The Paris Air Show is the commercial aviation event of 2017 and last week it hosted some great flying as well as interesting news and press releases. #Bourget2017 jour 5: venez échanger avec nos équipes #RH sur notre stand à l'@AviondesMetiers #PAS2017 #ThalesNow pic.twitter.com/oll8oiUsm4 — Thales France (@thalesjobs) June 23, 2017 I’ve been following the…

Read more… 23 Jun 17

Aviation Horror Movies

This is a fun guest post by my friend John who works at the Royal Vegas casino. I hope you enjoy it as much as I have! Setting a horror film on a plane also adds another dimension of fear because there is literally nowhere to run. Some of the best horror films that are…

Read more… 12 Apr 17

Inflight Casinos: Good Idea or Bad News?

I am moving this week so I have another guest post for you. There have been a few references on Fear of Landing about inflight entertainment and whether or not in-flight casinos are an obvious next step or a problem to be avoided at all costs. So I hope you will enjoy Dan Saymour’s article…

Read more… 17 Mar 17

Trumps Animosity Towards Air Force One

Today I’ve got a guest post from my friend Poppy Gallagher who is writing about what one would expect to be America’s favourite aircraft: Air Force One. I hope you find it interesting. Back in 2016, Trump repeatedly expressed his distaste for Air Force One, having previously called it ‘ridiculous’ and ‘totally out of control’…

Read more… 9 Feb 17

Happy Holidays!

I’m taking some time off and exploring Copenhagen but I wanted to take the chance to wish you a very Merry Christmas! This Christmas Card from the Aviator Website made me smile, so please consider it my Just-In-Time Christmas card to you! I won’t be around next week either, so I’ll see you in the…

Read more… 23 Dec 16

Accident Reports

All Aircraft Bite Fools

It was a few minutes after midnight when the pilot and his friend took the Cessna 150, a popular single-engine two-seater training aircraft, out for a local flight around a…

The BEA Weighs In: Ethiopian Airlines flight 302

In March 2019, the Ethiopian Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (EAIB) requested that the French Bureau d’enquêtes et d’Analyses (BEA) support their investigation into the crash of Ethiopian Airlines flight 302. Specifically,…

Demystifying

Sharing a Runway: Fed Ex vs Southwest at Austin

On Monday, two commercial aircraft had a near-miss on the runway at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Texas. The airport at Austin has two parallel concrete runways which run north-to-south: 18L/36R…

Flying Blind: The Importance of NOTAMs in Aviation

On the 11th of January 2023, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in the US stopped all departing commercial flights, grounding aircraft all over the US. Hot on the heels of…

History

The Oldest Footage of Flight

About a week ago, Marléne Aviation posted to Twitter in an attempt to find the oldest video footage of a flight. Marléne Aviation is run by a French aviation history…

Twin Pioneer Down in Libya: Structural Failure in 1956

On the 7th of December 1957, a Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer 1, registration G-AOEO, departed an airstrip at Anshan in Libya for a routine flight to Tripoli-Idris Airport. There were…

Fun Stuff

Messerschmitt Crash in Wernigerode

I didn’t expect to fall in love with the train. When I planned my trip to Germany, I expected that I would be able to keep up with my normal…

Aviation Mishaps and Mischief

This week, I’ve collected the best of what I’ve watched and read this month, in hopes that you will be equally intrigued and entertained. Rescued and Dizzy It started when…