As we touched down with the Embraer EMB 120 in Geneva the other day, the lot was filled with sparsely coloured twin-turboprops of varying decent. The odd FlyBaboo Dash-8 and Swiss A320 were idling at the regular gates, but this is clearly not an airport made for regular passenger travel. It seems unfitting, somehow. We… Continue reading Top 3 Designer Defence Systems
Month: May 2010
The 777 Ambience
In the last Fast Lane column the man himself writes: I explained that I had a special metabolism that agreed very well with the air quality and white noise of a Boeing 777. Hear hear. We couldn’t agree more. This is the reason we have installed The 777 Ambience sound in our homes. We sleep… Continue reading The 777 Ambience
Umshini wami. Or How Aviation Was Saved
As we suffered from a week of European flight hopping we finally got a chance to sit back and relax a bit. Unfortunately this was accompanied by a rather crude safety instruction by aviation waitresses who apparently hadn’t enjoyed the charmingly breakfast buffet at Hotel de la Paix in Geneva as we had that morning.… Continue reading Umshini wami. Or How Aviation Was Saved