Aviation Subjects

Baaack!

2008-11-11T15:36:00.003+02:00

Back again from an idle period,school and so on.
Singing to the i can say that we are all want to be in a place called vertigo ! (depends on how each one wants his place ;) )

It's a beautiful day! (rainy actually in Athens)

Between the sky and the ground

2008-07-24T10:59:00.004+03:00

The ladder, an importan tool for the airplanes. Helps the passengers and makes them feel amazed. A contact without ground, but still having it in your visual range. Your feet haven't touched the ground of your destination, but you can feel it. Also, well know actors, singers etc, have been fotographed in front of a ladder

500

2008-06-25T00:25:00.002+03:00

So,it's true !500 visitors! What a great feeling! When me and vilettos opened this blog, we never thought it would have all this success! Thanks to EVERY unique visitor, for the support. I promise to keep on posting( It's summer time,and I will be out of Athens for a long period of time)

I believe i can fly

2008-06-20T11:08:00.002+03:00

Because everyone can fly,if he tries!

Commercials in the Middle East,Arabia

2008-06-20T09:51:00.004+03:00

So,the main purpose of this trip is to demostrate tv spots of different airlines in the world.Today,we are going to present tv spots of airlines in the Middle East,Arabia etc.These airlines,with worldwide customers show off their luxury in their commercials.Enjoy!

Be good to yourself,Fly Emirates is the slogan of Emirates airline

Keep discovering,an other one:

From Abu Dhabi to the world says Ethiad,presenting her destinations all over the world

Qatar Airways presenting proudly their premium terminal in Doha:

And of course their services:

Saudi Arabian airlines tv spot:

The same airline promoting her new fleet

So,next stop,Middle East,with Lebanon airlines,Egypt air,El Al and Royal Jordanian

Mea's spot,lovely!

Egypt's Air commercial,with the help of Flight Simulator(Sorry but i didn't find any tv spot of this airline)

El Al introduced to us with the 777 spot:

RJ's spot with the luxury 320 with Personal Tvs,what a great airline!

So,that's it for today,next trip to Europe with as many airline commercials as possible.Have a nice day!

Safety Videos

2008-06-19T23:39:00.004+03:00

Safety videos is a very important thing in a flight. Airlines try to make these videos both friendly to passengers and both informing clearly the passengers. So, we are going to have a tour of safety demonstration videos this period.

Today we are going to have a toor on the Asia

My well-loved Thai

Singapore makes sense with her captain

Japan's airlines video:

Cathay's Pacific safety demonstration:

So, that's it for today ,I hope you enjoyed the journey of safety videos in Asia

Some other pics

2008-06-19T22:35:00.009+03:00

Today we visited with Vilettos the ultimate world wide hub(just dreaming :P).Here are some other pictures,from my camera. Comments always appreciated!

Thai 777-200ER taxies for her return flight to Bangkok,with number 946. I love this airline and this aircraft,for personal resons!

Olympic's proudest 737, Vergina is having her pushback.

A clean cockpit is always necessary!

Emirates flight to Dubai with the well-loved 777-300ER!

And the last one,a Turkish Airlines brand new A321 a few moments before touchdown!

Olympic day...

2008-06-19T20:41:00.014+03:00

After a usual visit to Athens international airport El. Venizelos..... so many good things.... here are some pics of the aircrafts of the national carrier, Olympic Airways.. always in our heart! :P

here is the giant of the airlines.. my favourite one.. A340-300 taking of from r/w 21L... in the same time another olympic aircraft in the appron.. we can see its logo (737-400)

the same again... a few feet above the groung after take-off... :)
just two lovely brothers on the parking ramp.... 2 737-400 ... one ready for pushback and startup and the other ready fly!

Another 737, after pushback, the tow track detached... Ready to start taxi..... it was also perforiming surface control check but we cant see it here... :(

good moment captured... Emirates take off and olympic taxiing... :)

a man doing its job .......... with awarness always....
just this one to close this thread... hope you did enjoy it.. ;)

would like to have one.....

2008-06-19T20:36:00.002+03:00

one of the many planes shown in the exhibition of aviation Icarus Expo Athens, which took place in the greek military airport Tatoi (LGTT) ...
there were 5 of them , owned by some italian guys.... these ones would take people elected in random for a ride over the mountain Parnitha....
a great experience.. and a nice aircraft.. ;)

Singapore Girl

2008-06-18T15:10:00.001+03:00

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The video say it all!Singapore girl, such a great way to fly!

I wanna have one!

2008-06-15T16:18:00.002+03:00

Yesterday i visited the Tatoi airport,as there was an exibition with General Aviation aircrafts.It was great.However this Cirrus made me crazy!I wanna fly with it!
Sorry for the darkness,but there wasn't enough sun at that moment

2008-06-09T15:39:00.004+03:00

Many commercials have been published. However,i consider that Aerolineas Argentinas's is the best. This commercial has a special place to my heart. I hope you will enjoy it too!

Anniversary of first flight with a hot air baloon

2008-06-04T14:43:00.002+03:00

Like today,man accomplished a goal,flying to the air with a machine.It was a huge step to aviation,when later,in 1906 Wright brothers took off with their little airplane

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Air_Baloon

Happy anniversary!

Some pics from fs

2008-06-04T14:34:00.003+03:00

Here are some screenshots from my pc.Hope you enjoy 'em!

Music

2008-06-01T15:50:00.005+03:00

Well, a song from Iron Maiden made me write this post.The lyrics amaze me and make me company in the air.Here it is

Aces High - Iron Maiden

Quality, not time

2008-05-24T14:39:00.000+03:00

.... They say that, in aviation, a pilot should always use his instict as well as his genuity, in order to avoid some cases that would occur him to use them...
we always try to be "ahead" of the airplane, to execute every action properly, without loss of attention nor concentration, so as not to be imposed to undesirable situations, where everyone in this left-seat needs to think accurately and make his decisions... But this is not always the case and panic with terror are conquering the cabin and especially the cockpit, on which the whole trip depends on....
All needed, is prosperity and smart use of these big boys.... other wise, no one is able to figure things out... In aviation we dont hold any record... we only give attention to the QUALITY....

The stunning side of aviation

2008-05-24T13:40:00.003+03:00

Sorry for haven't posted for some days.This season is the exams-season and I am a bit busy these days.I promise that from the mid of June I will post every day.

Sometimes airplanes look so strict/hostile to the camera.However,sometime they seem to smile to you like a little kid.Don't you think?A strict Aegean B737-400 in Athens

The following photo isn't mine.I didn't have the chance to capture a simlly ariplane yet ;)

MartinAir cargo 747 in a simley pose!Photo of Pauk Plessius!

Memories from China

2008-05-21T15:53:00.010+03:00

The Great Journey began with her.HS-TKF opened it's doors and welcomed us through the beautiful F/As.A journey of harmony was about to begin.Via Bagkok we arrived at Hong Kong.Here's our landing of our 340-600 in Chek Lap:

Unfortunately I said goodbye to HKG by train, and didn't have the chance to feel a take-off in one of the bussiest airports in the world.Here there are some pictures from my trip allover the China coast.

This foto(without editing) has been published on www.airpics.gr(www.airpics.gr/photo/400).It's a China Southern 737-800 landing in Xian.

Dragonair A330-200 in Beijing

Korean Air 747,HL76707

American Airlines 777-200ER in Shanghai Pudong Intl

The trip soon ended and we returned tou our lovely LGAV(El.Venizelos,Athens).At 0600 the wheels of HS-TKB touched the ground of Attica.Here's a photo of LGAV when we arrived

Long Journey

2008-05-21T11:17:00.006+03:00

When I see a heavy plane taking-off some kind of melancholy masters me.I feel strange when I realise that the wheels of this giant won't touch the ground for the many next hours.I don't know why,maybe I'm "crazy".However,everytime a plane departs I never forget to salute it,to wish a nice flight.

Continental 767-400ER takes-off from Athens

Pilots of the caribbean

2008-05-20T16:14:00.001+03:00

A video which always amazed me....The beaty of virtual aviation in it's best.I can't help watching it again and again!

Instrument Landing System

2008-05-20T15:50:00.011+03:00

In this article, we are going to see what this famous approach, known to all of us as the "ILS", is about....
Despite beeing in use for more than 40 years, it is still considered to be the most accurate landing system. It consists of two directions : one lateral (localizer) and the other one vertical (glideslope):
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The localizer enables the airplanes to get aligned with the runway extended centerline. In most cockpits, it is depicted with a diamond moving accross a lateral line. Once the diamond gets in the middle of the line, it means we have successfully hit the centerline so we must maintain our final heading, also known as the course of the runway

The glideslope, also installed a few meters below the threshold, runs on UHF frequencies, contrary to the localizer, which is on VHF frequencies. In combination with the localizer, the pilot is also informed about the glidepath, whether he is above or below the desired line, that means if he comes too high or too low. Of course, we can rely on the VASI lights ( the four lights near the runway touchown zone) but from a certain distance and longer we have no way of knowning, especially if there 's a thunderstorm during a night approach etc. The glideslope goes in pair with the localizer, so there 's only one frequencie in the specific runway which combines these two in order for the approach to be executed.

Marker beacons: here we have three markers, the outter, the middle and the inner one. In the panel, there is a blue color when crossing the O.M, an orange color for the M.M and a white for the I.M. They are automatically updated once we tune the frequencies. They are used mostly for reasons of distance as well as chronometring affairs.
But in most ILS approaches, there are not markers, so we have the Distance Measuring Equipment which measures our slant distance from the runway in nautical miles. In this Diagram, we can see the ILS and an aircraft on its glidepath, encentered with the line, coming for the markers (about 4nm DME)

ILS Categories : 1, 2 , 3a, 3b , 3c . Amongst these , only 3a, 3b, 3c allows the autopilot to set up for the Autoland figure.

Here we have the ILS approach chart of Venizelos International Airport of Greece in Athens, for the runway 03R. we can distinguish that our glidepath starts from 9 nm DME at 3200 ft AGL. Professional pilots study these charts carefully so as to know how to react in every possible case, such as going around.

Thai

2008-05-20T15:31:00.008+03:00

Thai,such an exotic place to be!When this word comes to my ears,I remember with nostalgy the unforgettable trip I made with Thai Intl Airways, ATH-BKK,BKK-HGK. When a Thai plane takes off, I never forget to capture this moment.

Thai 777-300 HS-TKE airborn from Athens

The first-one

2008-05-20T15:07:00.001+03:00

Wow,first post!:)Well,the bale of making this blog is to comment on aviation news (both general and civil),post some pics (taken by the authors of this blog only) and post some opinions on F.S. matters.So, the authors of this blog welcome you on board! :) We hope that you will enjoy this flight!