There are many things that seems impossible, but science and technology are making even our wildest dreams a reality. Take this, for example… people can fly now.
The first jet charter listings smartphone app in South Africa has launched. Get Jet – SA’s foremost provider of empty leg flights – hopes the mobile offering will compound its already dominant position.
What do you do when you have more money than you could ever spend? You turn your plane into the most luxurious form of air travel ever seen, of course.
My best is when you’re checking in and they ask you if you have anything valuable in your checked-in bags… Err, yes, actually. The whole thing. It’s my stuff I paid for.
This guy deserves some sort of award for what he did on this flight, and I’m not sure whether we go Darwin Award or Ultimate Survivor Award.
Obama manages to pull most things off effortlessly. Watch here as he absolutely nails a clearly much practiced “escape from embarrassment” technique.
It’s little actions like this one that restore your faith in humanity – they can be small and simple and have the largest impact. Just look at the difference this guy made.
The film crew for the latest James Bond movie caused a bit of a ruckus on a private flight a few days ago and have been compared to drunken football fans.
At the rate air travel is going, I am starting to think I would like to be in control of my flying-mobile, thank you very much. Yay for the future!
It is quite terrifying how a big and solid airplane can simply be torn into a thousand pieces and scattered around a mountainside like confetti.
With eight major airplane crashes in the past year, it’s a wonder we don’t all start taking ships again. #aintnobodygottimeforthat
The Airbus A320 plane that crashed yesterday in the Alps could have been too old – is that what caused the crash? Let’s have a look at what the pro’s have to say.
Look, I understand if after 11 hours on a flight you are desperate for a ciggie, but unfortunately you just need to hold it in. Not this lady. Especially on a 150 minute flight.
Harrison Ford had to land his airplane sans engines last week – and it looks like people on the ground knew what was going to happen.
Although South African Airways gives you unlimited Oreos on the JNB-JFK route, it’s not enough to make the flailing airline rise above the rest, especially after this latest scandal.
There isn’t ever really an ideal time to have a seizure but, if you were to pick a worst time, you’d imagine skydiving at 12 000 feet would be right up there.
Diamonds in drones? Sure you could do that. You could also have one delivered via helicopter if you play your cards right…
Why do people with money think it is alright to act like a spoiled brat? Especially when it’s actually your parents money. Urgh. Worst humans ever.
Sometimes it is nice to dream about being so rich you can afford to fly at $20 000 a pop. Watch this video, it’s probably the closest either of us will ever come to flying like a boss.
Yoh, there is a time and a place to lose your shit, and it is definitely NOT when you are an adult and in public overseas, and everyone will find out you’re South African. We are trying to look good.
Indonesian authorities are doing a slow but thorough investigation of the Air Asia crash. Whilst they can’t divulge in too much info, they have given us one important piece of news.
What do you get if you mix a lawn chair, 90 balloons, a whole bunch of helium and a fondness for extreme sports? A real-life version of the Pixar movie ‘Up’, of course.
2014 was not a very good year for air travel, so you can choose from these lists of airlines for your next holiday. (We suggest not using Malaysian Airlines or Air Asia for the next little while…)
At least you don’t have to deal with Eskom’s inadequacies whilst flying mile-high, right? Well what if you can’t get off the ground in the first place…
What do you do when those pesky Americans release a movie about how poorly you treat your citizens? Upload a video to Youtube where you pilot a plane like a boss, of course. Watch Kim Jong Un take the reins and demonstrate his inner ‘Maverick’.
I am not the best of flyers (even though I have been in planes since I was a fetus), so all my flights generally start with a handful of Xanax and a glass of Chardonnay, because I don’t want to feel any turbulence.
Stupid people make me feel clever on days like this (end of year, late night last night and the three nights before and only one cup of coffee). Please, keep ’em coming.
Unless you’re flying business class and will actually be asleep should something bad happen during your flight, flying can be traumatic. So imagine being stuck up in cattle class and you see a plane coming right at you.
A pilot flying an Aero Commander 500, who was intending to fly to Columbus, Ohio, reported engine trouble shortly after taking off. Then things went horribly wrong…
An EasyJet pilot saved what looked to be a near-disaster when he tried to land in Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam.