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Some time back we set up a number of Twitter accounts that would automate the hourly posting of aviation metars for a small number of airports (examples: @YSSYmetar & @KLAXmetar). We were later inundated with requests from people that wanted us to set up accounts for their own local airports. It was a little time-prohibitive [...]
From all of the contributors at flight.org, we would like to wish you all the best of the holiday season. We’ve been a little ‘lazy’ lately; both here and over at Flight Podcast. However, it has been an enormous year for our group – one of significant challenge but also of significant achievement. What [...]
One of my fellow pilots was diagnosed and treated for Prostate Cancer about two years ago. Thankfully, he was successfully treated and now juggles a line flying role and a demanding management position. For at least the second year in a row, he is participating in Movember in aid of prostate cancer research and awareness [...]
It’s Tax time again and as since I’m one of those lazy people who does all the work at the end, instead of keeping up with it as it goes along – the first thing I need to do is update my Allowance calculator spreadsheet. I’m posting a copy of the sheet here for you guys [...]
In March of this year, a Southwest pilot inadvertently broadcast a homophobic tirade of foul mouthed litter from the apparent sanctity of a closed cockpit where he criticises the disproportionally large number of homosexuals working for his airline. He also targets overweight and less youthful cabin crew in a rant that seems to be motivated [...]
The industrial unrest within the Qantas group is no secret. The long-haul pilot body, engineers, refuellers and baggage handlers are all looking at their own independent and simultaneous protected industrial action as what can only be considered to be a serious indictment on the current company CEO. While this suggests inevitable grief for the travelling [...]
About a month ago, I went on a trip to Vegas and New York with my girlfriend to represent the Australian Podcasters Cooperative in what turned out to be a typically over-the-top US event. Having not actually toured New York before, there wasn’t much we didn’t do or see. However, despite everything we did do, [...]
Over the years I’ve taken lots of photos from the Flight Deck. Nothing before (or since) prepared me for the Contrails coming from Delta48 (a B767) on this day over the Atlantic.
Legendary Australian pilot Jim Hazelton will partner with Jeremy Rowsell to attempt a trans-Pacific flight in a single-engine Beechcraft 36 in aid of the Royal Flying Doctors Service (RFDS). They are expected to leave the Californian coastline in coming days for Sydney, Australia. Their first leg of the lonely crossing will depart from Hollister, Califonia [...]
As part of our commitment to producing media of interest for aviation enthusiasts and professionals, we’ve created a number of automated Twitter accounts that are fed with the latest (and greatest!) in aviation news. Unlike services such as Twitterfeed that indiscriminately posts everything fed off an RSS feed, we’ve developed a proprietary system that will [...]
A few weeks ago I posted some code that would retrieve an aviation metar from the NOAA website and display it within your WordPress blog post or page. As expected, it was followed with a few emails asking how we could output a TAF (or Terminal Aerodrome Forecast) instead. Using the same recycled code, it’s [...]
We would like to wish everybody a happy holiday season. As you would expect, our posting frequency has dropped off a little over the holiday period but we’ll be back in action early in the new year. I’m not quite sure where the following poem came from, but it’s worth reading anyhow. Twas the night [...]
I wrote about Kevin Smith’s encounter with Virgin America a couple of days ago. The more I think about his experience, and the more I hear the story told from various angles (including variations of his own), the more I’m inclined the believe that the flight he was late for and refused carriage on was [...]
Not-so-silent Kevin Smith has had had another airline dummy spit on his blog – this time with Virgin America. Remember when he was kicked off a SouthWest aircraft back in Febuary for what he claimed was his rather wide carriage? On this occasion, he arrived at the VX gate 10 minutes prior to departure to [...]
Some time back we set up a number of Twitter accounts that would automate the hourly posting of … [Read More...]
From all of the contributors at flight.org, we would like to wish you all the best of the holiday … [Read More...]
One of my fellow pilots was diagnosed and treated for Prostate Cancer about two years ago. … [Read More...]
It's Tax time again and as since I'm one of those lazy people who does all the work at the end, … [Read More...]
In March of this year, a Southwest pilot inadvertently broadcast a homophobic tirade of foul mouthed … [Read More...]
The industrial unrest within the Qantas group is no secret. The long-haul pilot body, engineers, … [Read More...]
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