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...
HOME ALONE
“Keviiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin Keeeeeeviiiiiiiiiiin!!!”
How could you forget little Kevin McCallister rigging his house with traps against a clumsy thief played by Joe Pesci?
Home Alone by Chris Columbus, along with the Die Hard saga and masterpieces such as Pulp Fiction and Forrest Gump, are among the greatest...
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...
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...
A TRIP TO THE MUSEUM PART II
This article is dedicated to you. You, who follow this blog without ever missing an article. You, who happen to find yourself here by accident (but maybe you’ll read our blog again?). You, who add comments to our Thursday posts and give us the...
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,...
AEROPAINTING AND FUTURISM
It was 1912 and the whole world, shocked by the tragedy of the Titanic, was focused on the new huge machines that allowed you to reach the other side of the planet in reasonable times. The ’new’ continents were no longer the domain of...
APHORISMS AND QUOTES ON AEROPLANES
Are you one of those people who underline nice sentences in books with a pencil? Do you keep hold of that little piece of paper you once found in a fortune cookie? Fall in love with a song for its lyrics? And do you...
INSIDE THE AEROPLANES OF THE SUPER-RICH
Ordinary mortals can only dream of them: private jets owned by the super-rich, custom-made to satisfy their owners’ tastes and needs.
In the cabin, there are no seats marked with numbers and letters, but there are dining rooms, gyms, proper bedrooms and all possible kinds...
AVIATORS AND WRITERS OF THE PAST: 3 BOOKS FOR AEROPLANE LOVERS
For some reason, certain aviators loved writing. Maybe looking at the world from up in the sky inspired them to come up with fantastic tales made of clouds, blue skies and new perspectives.
You might remember Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, a very famous French aviator and...
