NEL BLU, DIPINTO DI BLU OR ‘VOLARE’ BY DOMENICO MODUGNO
Volare oh, oh
Cantare, oh oh
Nel blu dipinto di blu
Our blog is published in three languages (Italian, German and English) because we want to kindly welcome our readers, just as we do our passengers. But there are some things, words, phrases and verses which need...
WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU’RE BORN ON AN AEROPLANE?
Have you ever met anyone who was born on 29th February? Believe it or not, across the world there are about 5 million leapers, as people born on the extra day that comes every four years during a leap year are known.
Meeting someone born...
IT MAKES ME FLY! THE BEST AVIATION MEMES
In the digital era, memes have become an omnipresent communication form and a pillar of Internet culture.
(Explanation for baby boomers: memes are vignettes made using images, videos or simple phrases. They are immediately funny and they spread rapidly among online users, generating laughs and...
FIVE THINGS YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT AEROPLANES
Anyone who has followed our blog for a while probably knows that we have a dedicated column for more technical topics, but here on #DYK (‘Did You Know?’), we like to keep things lighter…
We’ve put together a list of things you didn’t know about...
TOP GUN BY TONY SCOTT
“Watching in slow motion as you turn around and say: take my breath away…”
It was 1986 when Giorgio Moroder composed Take my breath away for the band Berlin. The song, written as the soundtrack of a film that would soon become an ‘80s cult,...
AIRPORT CODES
Whether you’re a frequent flyer or occasional holiday-maker, you will have no doubt noticed that the departure and destination airport names are indicated with three-letter codes on your flight ticket.
For example, if you’re a passenger on Air Dolomiti flight EN8191, you’ll be flying from...
MARC CAMOLETTI’S BOEING-BOEING
Understanding some of the stories set in the past requires us to imagine a completely different world from the one we live in now. Let’s jump back to the ‘60s, when there were no mobile phones, no social media and no instant photos. Lying...
LESSONS FROM HOLLYWOOD: ‘UP IN THE AIR’
Cinema doesn't give air travel a good rep, let's face it: disasters, accidents, emergency landings.... but there are some exceptions.
For the parents among you, 'Planes' may spring to mind (you're so busted!), but if you want to stick to realistic movies, let's start with...
DRONES AND THE FUTURE OF AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY
We’ve arrived at the third chapter on the history of aerial photography. After having retraced its birth and outset (in this article) and its use in contemporary art, today we’re going to talk about its future.
A quick note before we start. Given the nature...
IN-FLIGHT COMICS OR FLIGHT IN COMICS?
Cinema, music, painting and literature. Flight has always been a topic of interest across all art forms due to the appeal of going beyond the physical limits of humankind, the possibility of exploring unknown worlds and the sheer complexity of machines that challenge gravity,...