Mankind has always been attracted to flight, from Icarus of ancient Greek mythology to the Wright Brothers and now the exploration of space. These days, aviation still holds a...
11/07/2017
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José Luis gave up flying 15 year ago, after decades of piloting commercial aircraft from DC-3's to A300's. Carlos, for his part, is just starting out with Iberia, having...
03/04/2017
Agustín Cordero joined Iberia's maintenance team in 1979, while Antonio Jiménez is a relatively recent hire. And they both share a love and understanding of aircraft. They treat them...
10/03/2017
Museum curators and museum mavens alike just love travelling museum exhibitions, and so in any given week, thousands of artworks are sent between cities both by land and by...
01/10/2015
Many aviation geeks plan travel not only around airport planespotting opportunities but also to ogle some of the world’s most impressive collections of vintage and modern aircraft open to...
10/09/2015
For #SpottersDay this past June 5, we invited planespotters in Spain (and for anyone who doesn't know what they are, here's a primer) to participate in a contest to...
29/06/2015
After a snowstorm the other night in Madrid, 70 aircraft were de-iced before proceeding to their scheduled flights - 35 percent more than the normal average this time of year....
26/01/2015
When many of us are wee nippers, we stare up at the clouds in fascination at the various and multifarious fantastic forms simple water droplets are capable of creating in...
13/11/2014
As I discussed in my last post, knowing some of the basics of how flying works and how controlled it is can be of significant help in alleviating fears...
07/11/2014
(This post is the eighth in a series; for the seven preceding posts, see below.)
Well, here we are, finally at the current stage of our flight crew uniform design,...
29/08/2014
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