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Wednesday Morning Spice
24 Jan 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
Travel agent’s R460 000 ticket ‘bungle’ leaves SA U20 ice hockey team scrambling, Vatican sentences priest and ex-altar server In first-of-its-kind case, ‘Oppenheimer’ leads Oscar contenders with 13 nominations, Bad news for DStv, and ‘Betterment burnout’ is making us miserable.
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Monday Morning Spice
22 Jan 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
Flames shoot from cargo plane mid-air, Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, diagnosed with skin cancer, South Africa celebrates its first UFC champion, Sports Illustrated’s publisher terminates most of staff in mass layoff, and Why are Iran and Pakistan firing rockets at each other?
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US Real Estate Agencies Are Offering Houses With Private Runways In Their Backyard
09 Jan 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
Needless to say, these neighbourhoods are only for those who don’t mind a G650ER screaming past your kitchen window early on Sunday morning.
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The Cape Winelands Airport Is A Step Closer To Becoming Reality
14 Dec 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
Construction of the Cape Winelands Airport will begin in 2025.
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Amazing Video Of A Helicopter Rescue On Table Mountain Reminds Us Of The Heroes Who Will Be Working This December Holidays
12 Dec 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
Whether you’re a tourist thinking sandals and socks and a half-litre Coke Zero will suffice for Plattekloof Gorge or a TikTokker wanting to parkour over the fynbos, when you inevitably get in trouble, these guys will be there.
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A French Pilot Has Been Sentenced For Decapitating A Skydiver With His Aeroplane’s Wing
24 Nov 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
40-year-old Nicolas Galy was one of ten parachutists on the trip and was ‘killed instantly’ after colliding with the wing.
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Retired Flight Attendant Shares The Hidden Hells Of Life In The Air [Video]
10 Nov 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
A retired flight attendant for Virgin Australia shared a video explaining some of the more gruelling aspects of the job.
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Take A Look Inside The Google Billionaires’ Airship That Has Just Been Cleared For Flight [Video]
09 Nov 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
Pathfinder 1 will be the largest aircraft to take to the skies since the Hindenberg disaster in 1937.
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Aerospace Company Designs A ‘Viewing Pod” With 360-Degree View During Flight
06 Nov 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
A private aerospace engineering firm has designed a glass pod with a pair of seats inside that can be fitted on existing commercial aircraft to provide passengers with a 360-degree view during flight.
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Russian Wagner Transport Plane Caught On Camera Spectacularly Exploding Upon Landing In Africa [Video]
28 Sep 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
A plane purportedly linked to the Russian Wagner private military company (PMC) crashed in spectacular fashion on a runway in Mali recently.
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BA Pilot Had Cocaine Party In Joburg Before He Was Due To Fly Full Plane To London
27 Sep 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
The BA pilot apparently went a bit off the rails the night before, crossing a very dangerous line.
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Boom’s Sleek New Supersonic Jet Could Take Off By The End Of This Year [Video]
01 Sep 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
The Overture is designed to fly at Mach 1.7 over water—just a tad slower than the Concorde—and run on any blend of jet fuel, including sustainable aviation fuel.
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Airlines Are Crying Foul Over The ‘Skip Lagging’ Travel Hack
29 Aug 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
Airlines are now crying foul, and have even gone as far as banning customers who make use of this practice, and even placing them on no-fly lists.
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Meet Pibot, The Humanoid Robot That Can Fly An Aeroplane Just Like A Human Pilot [Video]
16 Aug 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
A team of engineers and researchers from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST) is currently developing a humanoid robot that can fly aeroplanes without the need to modify the cockpit.
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Why First Class Flying Is The Biggest Scam In The Travel Industry
25 Jul 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
Upgrading to first class often just means paying fifteen times the amount of money for a little more wiggle room. Is that even worth it?
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Pre-Orders Now Open For World’s First Flying Car [Video]
04 Jul 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
So far, 440 people have ordered their flying cars, and the makers expect to make the first deliveries in 2025.
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Video Shows The ‘Real’ Speed Of Passenger Planes
03 Jul 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
This ‘slowing’ phenomenon is called the Motion Parallax and has to do with how fast an object moves through our field of vision.
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Insane Looking New Blended Wing Jet Burns 50% Less Fuel And Creates Four Times Less Noise
24 May 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
Imagine seeing one of these birds floating over Parow as it comes in for a landing at Cape Town International Airport. The future is here people.
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NYC To London In 1 Hour – Welcome To The Age Of Supersonic Travel
16 May 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
A new study claims that supersonic flights could become a reality within the next 10 years, with jet-setters being able to fly from the UK to Australia in just two hours before the decade is out.
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YouTuber Admits To Crashing Plane For Views [Video]
12 May 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
The 29-year-old dumbass acknowledged that the entire fiasco was part of a product sponsorship deal.
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With No Helipad On His Mega Yacht, Jeff Bezos Buys $75 Million Support Vessel With A Hangar For His Helicopter Pilot Girlfriend
20 Apr 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
This must be the gazillionaire version of buying a Venter trailer because your spouse has too much luggage.
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Pilot Describes Cape Cobra Crawling Up His Back At 11 000ft [Audio]
04 Apr 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
Your in-flight meal today includes chicken, beef, or a highly venomous Cape cobra.
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Lufthansa’s New First-Class Suite Is Truly OTT [Images]
02 Mar 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
Lufthansa has revealed a closer look at its new ‘private room’ for the skies.
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Why You’re Actually Asked To Turn Your Phone To Flight Mode Before Take-Off
03 Oct 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
Do we really need to put our phones on flight mode and give up our communication? Turns out there is a solid reason.
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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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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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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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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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What Two People Did To Get The Biggest US Fines Ever For Bad Behaviour On A Plane
11 Apr 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has handed out its two largest-ever fines over the course of the past 12 months.
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Boeing 777 Door Ripped Off At Cape Town International
27 Jan 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Having flown into Cape Town from London Heathrow yesterday, the aircraft was about to be towed to a remote stand and parked when things took a turn for the worse.
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