Category: Commercial Aviation

A380 Cockpit Panarama and Landing »

By zach on Jan 29, 2008 in Commercial Aviation | 0 Comments

Here is a very cool panorama of an A380 cockpit. And below is a landing of an one in Vienna. I just love the angle/positioning of the camera:

New London Heathrow Approach Lighting System »

By zach on Jan 23, 2008 in Commercial Aviation, Random musings | 0 Comments

I just received some exclusive news from a trusted source that London Heathrow just installed a new landing approach lighting system as a result of their recent incident. Looks pretty good to me. The only thing they have to figure out is how to tackle the problem during the daytime.

World’s Most Dangerous and Worst Airports »

By zach on Jan 20, 2008 in Commercial Aviation, Random musings | 0 Comments

Here is a good write up of the world’s most dangerous airports to fly in and out of. The criteria is based on length of runways, amount of wind and lack of visibility. Some of these, especially Courchevel Airport in France, I couldn’t imagine landing or taking off. Gots to have nerves of steel.
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