Tag: #AvGeek
Have you seen these Boeing 727 Eastern Airlines TV commercials?
At the dawn of the jet age, airline advertising often highlighted the aircraft you were going to...
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How many times, on average, do you check the seat map before a flight?
When you book a flight, it is a good thing to check the seat map during the booking flow. Not only...
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What is this Lockheed L-1011 TriStar doing on the beach in Cotonou?
When aircraft are no longer wanted, they are usually scrapped with anything recoverable recycled....
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Is this the most graphic yet useful airline safety video you’ve ever seen?
Airline safety videos run the gamut from utterly dry and boring to an all singing, all dancing...
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What were The Flight Detective’s Top 15 articles for 2023?
Each year at this time, I will put together my most viewed articles for the year. I’m a...
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Finnair turns 100 today, so happy, happy birthday!
It’s always great to see an airline milestone occur and it’s great that Finnair turns...
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Remember when airlines and airports offered information on Teletext?
Teletext, if you haven’t heard of it, was a way of displaying text and basic graphics on...
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Have you seen this great picture of the first Boeing 747 to land in Sydney?
Australian people are very cognizant of aviation, because it is really the only way to get out of...
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What did Air Florida and Iraqi Airways have in common?
Air Florida and Iraqi Airways are two airlines you would never usually put into the same sentence....
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It’s back to the future as Saudia introduces a gorgeous new livery!
In a world of cookie cutter airline liveries, Saudia has bucked the trend by introducing a...
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