ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPÉRY: WRITER AND AVIATOR
Nothing about Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s life has anything to do with the classic artist cliché. He wasn’t poor, reckless or troubled. Yet the French writer and aviator has left the world with some small masterpieces of creativity.
This aviator of noble birth, who died in...
SCENES SET ON AEROPLANES IN TV SERIES
Necessary premise: it’s never a good sign when a TV series starts on an aeroplane. Just think of the enormously popular TV series Lost (2004-2010), Manifest, created by Jeff Rake in 2018, and the latest Belgian series Into the Night.
In this article, thankfully, we’re...
AIRPLANE! (1980)
If we were to establish a ranking of the funniest films of all time, Airplane! would definitely get a place of honour.
As a matter of fact, in 2000 the American Film Institute placed it number ten in the rank of AFI's 100 Years... 100...
5 THINGS YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT PRIDE
Pride! Pride! Pride! How much do you really know about the LGBTQIA+ rights march?
Pride is a rainbow-coloured parade and party for all.
Since turquoise is in the rainbow too, we’re celebrating Everybody’s Rights once again with this new article dedicated to stories, anecdotes and fun...
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY TODAY
Breath-taking photos of the world viewed from the sky above are everywhere today, but in the past humans could only imagine what a bird’s eye view might look like…
If you still haven’t read our article on the origins of aerial photography, now might be...
CELEBRITIES & AIRPLANES
When we think about a pilot, we don’t think about an everyday person. A pilot has specific knowledge, he’s in perfect shape, and has more responsibilities than most professionals. Without of course belittling doctors, nurses, engineers and architects, judges and lawyers, volunteers, soldiers, teachers…There’s...
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...