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North of the sun.
I’ve never flown this far north. On the moving map a rendition of our aircraft is hurtling down a steep curve, a headfirst plunge along a yellow arc linking London to the Pacific Northwest. We’ve climbed north, past Scotland and … Continue reading →
Posted in Odd ones out, The world from above
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Tagged 777, BA49, Boeing, British Airways, Canada, Day, Flying, Greenland, Heathrow, Heathrow Airport, Ice, London, New World, Night, Northern Territories, Nunavut, Odd ones out, Polar ice, Pole, Seattle, Sunrise, Sunset, The world from above, United States, USA, Whitehorse, Winter, World from above
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Der Himmel Über London.
The sky at night over London is alive. Perhaps not with immortal angels listening in to the thoughts of those down below but very much alive it is. A camera, a tripod and an Internet forum thread with tips on … Continue reading →
Posted in Europe, UK
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Tagged Aeroplanes, Airline, Airliners, Airplanes, Beacons, Dawn, Dusk, England, Europe, Flying, Landing, Landing lights, Lights in the sky, London, Long exposure, Night, Night photography, Olympus, Planes, Satellite, Stargazing, Stars, Take off, Trails, Tripod photography, UK
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Treading lightly – or how I offset my 2018 CO2 emissions.
Unless you’ve taken up a flatshare with Bikini Bottom’s Patrick Star, you’ll have heard about CO2 trading. In the EU version of the thing, a cap is set on specific emissions, which is also constantly lowered year after year. If … Continue reading →
Posted in Reflections
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Tagged Business class, Carbon offset, Climate change, ClimateCare, CO2, Co2 emissions, Cost of flying, First class, Flying, One planet
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Shanghai stopover.
Five hours to kill before boarding for Singapore, one trip into town and the discovery that, out of all my music on the iPad, only one has survived an iOS update, many thanks Tim Cook. Still, it’s from Les Sages … Continue reading →
Posted in Asia, China
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Tagged Asia, China, Flying, France, Jin Mao Tower, La Haine, Les Sages Poètes de la Rue, People's Republic of China, Pudong, Rap, Shanghai, Shanghai Tower, Shanghai World Financial Center, Singapore, Skyscrapers, Stopover, Supertall
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The world from above: Paris, France
I fly above Paris at least once a month but I could count on the fingers of a hand the times I actually have been to see the place. Today is one of such days and I couldn’t pass the chance of … Continue reading →
Posted in Europe, France, The world from above
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Tagged AvGeeks, British Airways, Europe, Flying, France, Paris, The world from above
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The world from above – An air race over the skies of Iran
The flight was rather uneventful, a barely half-full Qatar Airways Airbus A380 from Doha to London. Meal trays were being cleared away and I was about to decide which film would’ve been more appropriate to induce me to sleep as … Continue reading →
Posted in Asia, Dubai, Middle East, Public Transportation, The pleasure of flying, The world from above
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Tagged 380, 777, Airbus, airlines, Airplanes, AvGeeks, Aviation Geeks, Boeing, Desert, Emirates, Ennio Morricone, Flying, Iran, Middle East, Mountains, Qatar, Qatar Airways, See the world outside, Snow, Standoff, The pleasure of flying, The world from above, United Arab Emirates, Zagros
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A six-hour layover – snapshots of Istanbul in black & white
My inbound landed at 18:00. My outbound wasn’t due until some 6 hours later, at about half past midnight. Six hours that I could’ve spent wandering aimlessly through the airport corridors, boozing in a lounge, ending up – inevitably – … Continue reading →
Posted in Europe, Istanbul, Public Transportation, Turkey
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Tagged Bosphorus, Commute, Eminönü, Flying, Galata, Istanbul, Kadiköy, Layover, Street photography, Turkey
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Seeing an old friend (four years after and 30,000 ft. from above)
It was the faithful companion of many a sunset in Turin for over six years. We lived always in the same place, a rather nondescript tenament in the southern Santa Rita borough, one of those neighbourhoods that had popped up … Continue reading →
Posted in Italy, Overlooked locations, Piemonte, Random memories, The pleasure of flying, The world from above
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Tagged Alpi, Alps, Cuneo, Flight, Flying, Italy, Monviso, Mountains, Piedmont, The world from above, Torino, Turin, Winter
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An early morning flight over Vancouver Island, BC.
It was going to be a gorgeous, hot and sunny day, but that was the future. Back then it was 6:30 and I was shivering in my shirt, weary and red-eyed after a night on a bench at Vancouver Airport. … Continue reading →
Posted in Canada, Overlooked locations, The pleasure of flying, The world from above
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Tagged Air Canada, Americas, British Columbia, Canada, Flying, Morning, Vancouver, Victoria, Views
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The world from above – Northwestern Italy
Italy, as I never stop telling my colleagues, is not only made of islands, tomato sauce and tarantella, like the UK is not just made of tiny cottages, clotted cream and old ladies saying “jolly good” at every possible occasion. … Continue reading →
Posted in Europe, Italy, Lombardia, Overlooked locations, Piemonte, The pleasure of flying, The world from above, Val d'Aosta
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Tagged Alps, Flying, Italy, Lake Como, Lake Garda, Lake Maggiore, Lakes, Malpensa, Matterhorn, Milan, Mont Blanc, Mountains, Piedmont, Piemonte, The world from above, Valle d'Aosta
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