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Can aviation ever be truly green is the question Tom Parsons, low carbon, commercial development manager, at Air BP, looks in to. There’s no denying that air travel has changed the way the world works, but our ability to fly pretty much wherever and whenever we like comes at an environmental cost, with aviation accounting

From all of us, our warmest wishes for you and your loved ones, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Since we’re all about #flying, track #santa and see where he’s next stop is https://www.noradsanta.org Merry Christmas to all!

John Travolta took to the skies on Jay Leno’s Garage to show off his Boeing Business Jet. Boeing’s premiere private jet retails for $57 million (£45.5 million) when new, plus an additional $20 million to $25 million (£16 million to £20 million) for the interior design and installation. Travolta has had his pilot license for 45 years and a jet license for 20. He is such an avid flier that his house is attached to a runway, so he can literally park his jets in the driveway. Jay Leno was so impressed that he called Travolta a “hero.” Read more here 

Tipping a taxi, town car or Uber driver is pretty standard in most parts of the world, although how much varies widely. If you charter a yacht, you are expected to tip the crew, something that can run over $10,000 depending on the price of your rental. You likely tip the valet at a restaurant as you do the waiters and waitresses. In some places, if you leave a negligible tip, they might follow you to find out what you were unhappy about. Read more https://www.forbes.com/sites/douggollan/2019/09/30/private-jet-tipping-etiquette/#41b5d9b0cb4d

The 2020 Summer Olympics are coming and with them, the Olympic flame lighting ceremony on March 12 2020 in Ancient Olympia, Greece. Eleven women, representing the Vestal Virgins, perform a celebration at the Temple of Hera in which the first torch of the Olympic Torch Relay is kindled by the light of the Sun, its rays concentrated by a parabolic mirror. The flame then will start its route to Japan, where it will start its course March 26 from Naraha to Minamisoma and finally make its way into the Olympic Stadium of Tokyo for the 2020 Summer Olympics opening ceremony […]

The Wall Street Journal reports the 23-minute commute was an instant sensation, immediately inspiring copycat airlines focused on delivering service between two specific destinations throughout the country. Los Angeles was suddenly connected to Catalina Island by way of air travel. The same for New York and Atlantic City, and Florida with several Caribbean ports. The age of the airline was born. read more https://eu.usatoday.com/story/travel/roadwarriorvoices/2016/01/04/what-it-was-like-to-fly-the-first-commercial-flight-in-1914/83201288/

This Grand Caravan that joined the greek air taxi network can land even on then short runways. Known as work horse know is approved for day and night flights for passenger-cargo- medical flights, check out the following photos :

from https://www.space.com/16657-worlds-first-commercial-airline-the-greatest-moments-in-flight.html On Jan. 1, 1914, the world’s first scheduled passenger airline service took off, operating between St. Petersburg and Tampa, Fla. The St. Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line was a short-lived endeavor — only four months — but it paved the way for today’s daily transcontinental flights. The first flight’s pilot was Tony Jannus, an experienced test pilot and barnstormer. The first paying passenger was Abaram C. Pheil, former mayor of St. Petersburg. Their 21-mile (34-kilometer) flight across the bay to Tampa took 23 minutes. They flew in a “flying boat” designed by Thomas Benoist (pronounced ben-wah), an aviation entrepreneur from […]

From https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/g1420/17-bizarre-aircraft-we-love-and-the-stories-behind-them/ Alexander Lippisch’s Aerodyne To look at Alexander Lippisch’s Aerodyne is to be baffled at how engineers managed to get such a crazy thing off the ground. And it’s far from alone in the gallery of bizarrely shaped aircraft we’ve seen over the years. From balance-driven helicopters to inflatable airplanes, even a cursory tour through the history of aviation reveals some strange beasts that look little like the jet shape we’re all accustomed to. You have to wonder, why do aircraft designers keep building such far-out flying machines? We asked Dan Hagedorn, the curator of Seattle’s Museum of Flight, who […]