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Aviation
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Man Claims To Have Solved Infamous 1967 Eastern Cape Plane Crash Disaster
29 Aug 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
All 25 people aboard South African Airways Flight 406 died and for more than five decades, rumours of nefarious happenings have made it one of the country’s most scrutinised aviation mysteries.
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It’s Real: Don’t Compare The Boom Overture To The Concorde – It Laughs At The Concorde [Images+Video]
15 Aug 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
Turning back the clock to the 1960s, the Overture looks astonishingly similar to Concorde, but that’s where the similarities end.
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Not All Emergency Plane Landings Go Exactly To Plan [Video]
11 Aug 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
A small plane came tumbling down in the middle of lunchtime traffic in Los Angeles, crashed into a Toyota pickup truck carrying three people, and then burst into flames.
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A Great Example Of How Not To Tow A Giant Plane [Video]
03 Aug 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
Videos shared on social media show how the driver manoeuvred poorly, sending the Boeing 737-800 into a momentum that landed up squashing the tug.
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Taylor Swift Is Getting Roasted For Her Private Jet Usage
02 Aug 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
Taylor Swift has been dubbed the “biggest celebrity CO2 polluter” by sustainable digital marketing agency Yard. Naturally, social media users have jokes.
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Tips On Joining The Mile High Club From A Flight Attendant
28 Jul 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
If you still need to tick this off your travel bucket list, then you’ll be grateful for the air hostess sharing tips.
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A Round-Up Of Ridiculous Requests From Plane Passengers
25 Jul 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
The kind of requests and scenarios that flight attendants have to deal with on the job, be it with commercial or private flying, are almost endlessly wacky and unconventional.
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Plane Filmed Crash Landing Into Ocean [Video]
25 Jul 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
If you’re forced to crash land a small banner plane into the ocean, you can do a lot worse than land it during a lifesaving event.
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High-Flying Celebs (Inc. Kylie Jenner) Must Really Hate This Twitter Account
20 Jul 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
A Twitter account that tracks the ridiculously short journeys of the rich and famous has called out the likes of Kylie Jenner for contributing to the climate crisis.
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Pilot’s Amazing Landing After Deploying Emergency Parachute [Video]
18 Jul 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
The dramatic scene unfolded on a street near Bruges, Belgium, on Friday afternoon, where people on the ground heard an explosion and looked up to see the plane slowly floating down.
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Flying Between Cape Town And Jozi Is Turning Into A Costly Nightmare
12 Jul 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The demise of Comair, which operated roughly 40% of domestic airline capacity, has led to a shortage of flights and massive price hikes.
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Pilot’s View Of An Emergency Landing On A Busy Highway [Video]
11 Jul 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
The novice pilot tried restarting the engine three times, but each time it shut down and eventually turned off completely, leaving him and his father-in-law in a life-and-death situation.
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Shame, Booking A Private Jet Is Really Hard These Days
07 Jul 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
This ferocious hunger for private flying has put the industry in a bit of a tailspin, as companies hustle for more jets, pilots, and acquired competitors.
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Man AirDrops Dick Pics To Fellow Plane Passengers – Doesn’t End Well [Videos]
30 Jun 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
Seated in the aisle of a Southwest flight last Saturday, a man obviously and unashamedly sent dick pics to whoever would accept the incoming AirDrop.
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They’ve Pieced Together The Remarkable Story Behind This Sunken RAF Bomber [Video]
30 Jun 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
In 2016, a mysterious aircraft was discovered underwater at a depth of 85 metres off the coast of a tiny island south of Sicily.
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Cape Flying School Has Second Crash Landing In The Space Of A Month [Video]
29 Jun 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
At around 6PM yesterday, a light aircraft went down in Lower Crossroads, Luzuko. The two occupants were training when “they experienced engine failure”.
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Its Not Just You: Domestic Flights Are Suddenly A Lot More Expensive
24 Jun 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
In some cases, domestic air travellers should mentally prepare for paying three to four times more for their tickets.
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They Reckon This Design Could Change The Private Jumbo Jet Game [Images]
23 Jun 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
I bet you didn’t think that you might need a private jumbo jet to feel and look like a luxury five-star spa retreat, did you?
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That Time A Macadamia Nut Complaint Diverted A Flight And Led To An Arrest
21 Jun 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
The airline’s VP was served some macadamia nuts before take-off, which quickly turned into a whole debacle fit for a Netflix drama.
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Being A Flight Attendant In The 1980s Was Very Different From Today
15 Jun 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
Ann Hood, an American novelist and New York Times best-selling author, was an actual TWA flight attendant at the time that the Golden Age of air travel was tapering out.
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It’s All Over For Doomed Comair
10 Jun 2022 by Paula / No Comments
It looks like the days of the once-flourishing Comair are officially drawing to a close, as business rescue strategies have failed to keep the airline from going under.
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Zim Airshow Display Turns Deadly For SA Pilot [Video]
02 Jun 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
A video from the airshow captured the moment Mark “Sammy” Sampson’s plane climbed into the sky before losing control and tumbling to the ground.
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Dramatic Scenes As Plane Crash-Lands On R44 Near Stellies [Video]
02 Jun 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
The two men inside the plane were the only people affected, with one seriously hurt and the other suffering minor injuries.
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James Corden Barely Survived His Fighter Jet Flights With Tom Cruise [Video]
26 May 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
On Monday night’s show, all of Cruise’s Top Gun expertise was committed to terrifying Corden, who had no choice but to sit back and take it.
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Private Plane Travel Is Going Through The Roof
19 May 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
Not everyone can afford the luxury of travelling by private jet, but one can clearly see how it’s the more attractive option.
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Watch These Pilots Try Swap Planes Mid-Air [Video]
13 May 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
Luke Aikins and Andy Farrington cooked up a plan to fly their individual planes to around 3 600 metres in the air, where they would then nosedive the planes, jump out, and skydive into the other plane before landing safely.
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Movie-Like Scenes As Passenger With Zero Experience Lands Plane [Video]
11 May 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
The passenger could be heard panicking on the line with air traffic control, saying that he doesn’t know how to fly a plane.
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Electric Planes Are A Thing Now [Video]
05 May 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
Guy Gratton, an associate professor of aviation at Cranfield University, piloted the Sherwood eKub.
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Helicopter Catches Rocket Mid-Air [Video]
03 May 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
This space company planned to retrieve a rocket booster in mid-air with a helicopter for the first time ever, which they successfully managed, somewhat.
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More Bad News For That Pilot Who Intentionally Crashed His Plane
26 Apr 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
Trevor Jacob posted the video four months ago and was immediately accused of faking the whole ordeal to get views.
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