AMELIA EARHART
If behind every great man there’s always a great woman, then behind a great woman there’s often another great woman.
Amelia Earhart, the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and then later the Pacific, bought her first biplane thanks to her...
JOHN GILLESPIE MAGEE JR., AVIATOR AND POET
John Gillespie Magee Jr. only lived for 19 years. But this Anglo-American pilot born in Shanghai, who served with the Royal Canadian Air Force in the Second World War, left us something extraordinary:
High Flight
"Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth
And danced the...
INVENTORS OF FLYING MACHINES
Let’s travel back in time. Before aeroplanes, before fast and safe travel, before the world was at our fingertips, flying was a privilege reserved only for birds.
For centuries, the curious were discouraged by Greek mythology, with the dramatic story of Icarus, a brave man...
THE MYTHOLOGY OF FLIGHT
Before Air Dolomiti, before the Wright brothers and the Montgolfier brothers, even before Leonardo Da Vinci’s flying machines, before any of these revolutionary inventions, humans could only fly in their wildest imaginations.
In ancient times, we looked to the sky, hungry for knowledge, observing celestial...
AMALIA ERCOLI-FINZI, “MOTHER” OF THE ROSETTA SPACE PROBE
Writing about Amalia Ercoli-Finzi on our blog is a huge honour. As an airline company, we look up to her brilliance in the field in which we operate. As human beings, we are grateful for her contribution to progress and innovation. As women, we...
HEINRICH KUBIS: THE FIRST FLIGHT ATTENDANT
Heinrich Kubis (1888-1979) was the first flight attendant in history. In this article we bring you an imaginary short, first-hand, partly romanticised tale celebrating the life of one of the pioneers of civil aviation professions.
My name is Heinrich Kubis and the story of my...