On cold days, jet engines have smokey start ups when first turned over in the morning.  It looks troubling until a pilot explains the behavi...

I spotted my first US Airways plane in American Airlines paint.  N809AW was in the US Airways fleet (AW stands for America West, the airline...

I enjoy puns, even bad ones. Frontier Airlines Jets at DEN

The Airbus Shop is having a sale!  30% off select items, mostly clothing; the PacMin models are still full price.  They are located in Ger...

Slim line seats are coming to the US, Southwest is adding narrow seats and extra rows on their jets.  Lufthansa (and Swiss and Austrian Airl...

I took my new camera ( Nikon D7000 with my not as new Nikkor 70-200mm 2.8 lens ) on my Christmas trip to see the family and kept it handy o...

I entered an Airbus contest on Facebook and am in the finals, but I need your help! Vote for my Lufthansa photo here:  https://apps.facebook...

Airbus has a new website out promoting the A350 XWB .  The first one is being assembled and flight testing should start next year.  It looks...

The friend I was travelling with wanted to have a Von Trapp style experience while in Austria so we took the train to Salzburg.  It’s about ...

A friend from high school called me up late last month wondering if we could do a trip overseas in July.  My schedule had some flexibility t...

United ordered ( full press release here ) 100 of Boeing's new fuel efficient 737 MAX airplanes to start updating the current fleet.  D...

Even the flight attendants are excited about the shrimp salad.  It’s also the most consistent offering for lunch or dinner, so you won’t be ...

Soup's on!  The soup on United Airlines was the only redeemable quality of the in flight meal experience in First class on my flight tha...

There are a few ways to thrill an aviation nerd at Christmas, like a flight to Peru, a stay at the newest W, and airline gear.  Luckily the...