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10 Amazing Panoramas from Above

10 Amazing Panoramas from Above

One of the most memorable experiences of flying — especially if you’ve never flown before –  is dropping beneath the cloud-line upon approach to your destination, the city whose name is stamped upon your ticket nothing more than an impossibly small anthill below.  With a clear sky and decent camera, you can capture some amazing [...]

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5 Seriously Weird Aircrafts

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The history of aircraft design has taken some strange turns over the years, with some of these turns resulting in spectacular successes — others, in catastrophe. However, with failure sometimes comes success, just at a later date and with better technology. As you peruse the following aircraft, though some might at first seem comical in [...]

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Before flying, throw away your pet

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When traveling by air, everyone of us probably knows what you should bring with you in your carry-on – no liquids, no food, no lighters and so on. But there probably are some rules that aren’t quite as straightforward as you might think. A girl traveling with her 2-inch pet was taken off the flight [...]

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Uzbekistan Airways Fail

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Uzbekistan Airways, a company we haven’t covered here (for obvious reasons) has a slogan that makes you think twice before boarding. Is this how it was meant to be? (source)

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Updated – Air France files complaint against Ryanair

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According to an article published today in the French newspaper Le Figaro, Air France is file a complaint against Ryanair at the European Commission for receiving hundreds of millions of euros in illegal subsidies.

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JAL – World’s most on-time airline

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Japanese are famous for their fast trains that are precisely on-time and, as of recently, their airline services. According to records from FlightStats, Japan’s JAL and ANA were named the world’s most on-time airline companies.

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Lufthansa Airbus wingstrike

Here’s something you don’t see very often. An Airbus belonging to Lufthansa suffered a wingstrike while trying to land at the Hamburg airport, on 1 March 2008 during the Emma storm. Luckily, nobody was hurt and the plane landed safely. Here’s footage from the incident:

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