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flying
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New SA App Let’s You Book Private Jets From Your iPhone
11 May 2015 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
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.
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The One We’ve Been Waiting For: Billionaire Turns 747 Into Flying Palace [Video]
22 Apr 2015 by Kiernan / No Comments
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.
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Yes Of Course Airport Security Is Robbing Passengers Blind [Hidden Camera]
14 Apr 2015 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
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.
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Another Plane Making An Emergency Landing – This Time Was Not The Pilot’s Fault
14 Apr 2015 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
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.
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Yoh! Obama Nearly Wipes HARD Coming Off Air Force One [Video]
31 Mar 2015 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Obama manages to pull most things off effortlessly. Watch here as he absolutely nails a clearly much practiced “escape from embarrassment” technique.
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Another Germanwings Pilot’s Pre-Takeoff Announcement Has Gone Viral
31 Mar 2015 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
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.
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007 Film Crew Went On Drunken Rampage In The Air
30 Mar 2015 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
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.
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Remember That Flying Car? They’re Selling Them In Two Years Time [Video]
27 Mar 2015 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
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!
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Aerial Footage Of The Germanwings Crash Site [Video]
27 Mar 2015 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
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.
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You’re Right, It HAS Been A Particularly Deadly Year For Commercial Air Travel
25 Mar 2015 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
With eight major airplane crashes in the past year, it’s a wonder we don’t all start taking ships again. #aintnobodygottimeforthat
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Here’s The Airbus A320 Safety Record Compared To Other Aircraft [Images]
25 Mar 2015 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
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.
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Lunatic On A Plane [Video]
17 Mar 2015 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
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.
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WATCH: Harrison Ford’s Plane Just Before Impact [Video]
09 Mar 2015 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
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.
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SAA Refuse To Honour ‘Mistake Sale’ Tickets Booked And Paid For
05 Mar 2015 by Jasmine Stone / 5 Comments
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.
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Unbelievable Footage Shows Instructor Rescuing Parachutist During Seizure – While Plummeting To Earth [Video]
02 Mar 2015 by Kiernan / No Comments
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.
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Hollywood Star Gets Engagement Ring Via Drone
10 Feb 2015 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Diamonds in drones? Sure you could do that. You could also have one delivered via helicopter if you play your cards right…
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Paris Hilton’s Brother Went Mental On A Plane – Shrieking That He Will ‘Own Anyone On This Plane’
04 Feb 2015 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
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.
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Your Own Private Apartment On A Plane – This Is Flying Like A Boss [Video]
03 Feb 2015 by Kiernan / No Comments
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.
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Sandton Woman Who Threw Water And Called Flight Staff A ‘Bitch’ Gets Fined R137,000
26 Jan 2015 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
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.
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Air Asia Black Box Recordings: This Is What They Have Learnt So Far
20 Jan 2015 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
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.
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Man Ascends To 8,000ft With Colourful Helium Balloons, Then Base Jumps [Video]
20 Jan 2015 by Kiernan / No Comments
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.
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The Safest Airlines To Travel On For 2015
16 Jan 2015 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
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…)
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Blackouts Are Actually Causing Flight Delays in SA Now
07 Jan 2015 by Kiernan / No Comments
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…
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Nothing Can Fully Prepare You For This Propaganda Video Of Kim Jong Un Flying A Plane [Video]
05 Jan 2015 by Kiernan / 1 Comment
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’.
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Passengers Scream For Their Lives During Massive Turbulence [video]
18 Dec 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
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.
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Idiot Deploys Airplane Slide – Didn’t Realise It Was For Emergencies Only [Video]
17 Dec 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
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.
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There Was A Near-Miss At OR Tambo Last Year And No-One Was Told
20 Nov 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
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.
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Private Plane Crashes Into Home – Narrowly Misses Sleeping Couple [Image + Video]
19 Nov 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
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…
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EasyJet Pulls Out Of Landing After One Wheel Touches The Ground [Video]
05 Nov 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
An EasyJet pilot saved what looked to be a near-disaster when he tried to land in Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam.
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Forget Going Overseas This Summer – Here’s Why
03 Nov 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Spending your holiday overseas is just expensive and unnecessary. We’ve got some pretty awesome things on offer right here under the African sun.
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