Boeing pilots took United Airlines’ first Boeing 787 Dreamliner on a test flight around the skies of Seattle yesterday. Various systems were checked, including cabin pressurization, avionics, navigation and communications systems. United expects to take delivery of the aircraft in late September. Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group’s CEO, Hubert Joly, resigned suddenly on Sunday to take…
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National Aviation Day: My Memorable Aviation Firsts
Today is National Aviation Day, celebrating the history and development of aviation in the United States (and worldwide for that matter). It’s also fittingly Orville Wright’s birthday, who would have been only 141 today. Franklin D. Rooselvelt established the holiday in 1939 via presidential proclamation. Someone earlier today tweeted the question, “What was your first…
Vintage Airline Seat Map: Continental Airlines Boeing 727-200
It’s time for a little narrowbody love in this installment of Vintage Airline Seat Maps. Shown below is a Continental Airlines Boeing 727-200 seen flying the skies in 1987. Formerly a People Express bird, this all-coach, high-density aircraft was likely flying the shuttle routes in the Northeast corridor. Seat pitch must have been punitive as…
Vintage Airline Seat Map: American Airlines Boeing 707-323B
I previously posted American’s 707-123 and 707-323C seat maps and now bring you their sibling, the 707-323B, for this installment of Vintage Airline Seat Maps. The only difference from the -323C is the addition of seats 22A and 22F. I’ve learned the ‘C’ variant was developed as a convertible aircraft capable of switching from a…
Video of my takeoff from Sydney today
It was a stunning day in Sydney today. I’m fighting jet lag, but did manage to upload the video of my takeoff from Sydney today onboard United Airlines flight 840 to Los Angeles (yes… yes… I know… my electronic device was on and it shouldn’t have been). I was supposed to be on yesterday’s flight,…
Video Tour Inside United’s First Boeing 787
Here’s a very thorough video tour inside the first United Airlines Boeing 787 that rolled out of the paint shop this week. Kudos to the videographer for a great tour!
Vintage Airline Seat Map: United Airlines Boeing 747-400 OP
As I’ll be flying a United 747 this week to Australia, I looked back at all the seating configurations United had over the years and bring you one from 1998 for this installment of Vintage Airline Seat Maps. It’s not that vintage, I know, but it was a unique layout given the amount of premium…
United’s first reconfigured 767-300 now flying
The first United Airlines “ghetto bird†Boeing 767-300 (formerly pre-merger United’s two-class domestic -300) has completed its reconfiguration and is now flying with 30 lie-flat BusinessFirst seats, 49 Economy Plus and 135 regular economy seats. Tonight it’s operating as flight 908 from Chicago to Amsterdam and returning tomorrow as flight 909. It’s a nice looking…
Singapore Airlines Trip Report: Lufthansa Senator Lounge FRA (B43)
Singapore Airlines Trip Report: Introduction and Itinerary Singapore Airlines Trip Report: UA 534 Business Class LAX-JFK Singapore Airlines Trip Report: Swiss & Oasis Lounges JFK Singapore Airlines Trip Report: SQ 25 Business Class JFK-FRA Singapore Airlines Trip Report: Hilton Garden Inn Frankfurt Airport Singapore Airlines Trip Report: Lufthansa Senator Lounge FRA (B43) Singapore Airlines Trip…
Vintage Airline Seat Map: Continental Airlines Boeing 737-100
It’s time for another Vintage Airline Seat Map and I’ve selected a “guppy†seen flying the skies in 1987. Formerly a People Express aircraft, Continental Airlines flew the Boeing 737-100 appearing below in an all coach class configuration seating 118 passengers. I flew on a bunch of -200s in my early years of flying and…