Golf Hotel Whiskey https://www.golfhotelwhiskey.com/ Golf Hotel Whiskey: for pilots and aviation enthusiasts Sun, 01 Dec 2024 15:11:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.golfhotelwhiskey.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/cropped-favicon-32-32x32.png Golf Hotel Whiskey https://www.golfhotelwhiskey.com/ 32 32 IATA Airport Abbreviations https://www.golfhotelwhiskey.com/iata-airport-abbreviations/ https://www.golfhotelwhiskey.com/iata-airport-abbreviations/#comments Sat, 06 Jan 2018 15:45:43 +0000 https://www.golfhotelwhiskey.com/?p=7563 Hat tip: XKCD

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]]> https://www.golfhotelwhiskey.com/upcoming-concorde-apollo-documentaries/feed/ 2 Lie Back And Think Of England: London To Austin On BA’s New 787 Dreamliner https://www.golfhotelwhiskey.com/british-airways-787-to-austin/ https://www.golfhotelwhiskey.com/british-airways-787-to-austin/#comments Sat, 03 May 2014 16:38:32 +0000 http://www.golfhotelwhiskey.com/?p=7128 Boeing says their new 787 Dreamliner is quieter and more relaxing for passengers. Matthew Stibbe tests it first hand on a British Airways flight to Austin. Is it an eagle or a turkey?

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]]> https://www.golfhotelwhiskey.com/video-parachuting-edge-space/feed/ 3 Hilarious preflight safety video for GA aircraft https://www.golfhotelwhiskey.com/hilarious-preflight-safety-video-ga-aircraft/ https://www.golfhotelwhiskey.com/hilarious-preflight-safety-video-ga-aircraft/#comments Thu, 19 Dec 2013 16:07:26 +0000 http://www.golfhotelwhiskey.com/?p=7073 Hilarious preflight video made by a Maule pilot for his passengers.

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]]> https://www.golfhotelwhiskey.com/hilarious-preflight-safety-video-ga-aircraft/feed/ 2 San Francisco Airport at night – beautiful time lapse video https://www.golfhotelwhiskey.com/san-francisco-airport-night-beautiful-time-lapse-video/ https://www.golfhotelwhiskey.com/san-francisco-airport-night-beautiful-time-lapse-video/#comments Mon, 09 Dec 2013 08:22:25 +0000 http://www.golfhotelwhiskey.com/?p=7056 San Francisco Airport (SFO) in beautiful time lapse video.

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]]> https://www.golfhotelwhiskey.com/san-francisco-airport-night-beautiful-time-lapse-video/feed/ 3 A practical jetpack (finally) takes off https://www.golfhotelwhiskey.com/jetpack/ https://www.golfhotelwhiskey.com/jetpack/#comments Tue, 19 Nov 2013 09:35:55 +0000 http://www.golfhotelwhiskey.com/?p=7027 Jetpacks have been a staple of science fiction and movies for decades. Remember James Bond’s flight in Thunderball? However, these older designs had a number of drawbacks: they couldn’t fly very far or very long and they were difficult to control. If you wanted a jetpack, you’d be better be a daredevil stunt pilot. Until now.

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]]> https://www.golfhotelwhiskey.com/jetpack/feed/ 1 Is Airplane Repo on the Discovery Channel fake? https://www.golfhotelwhiskey.com/is-airplane-repo-on-the-discovery-channel-fake/ https://www.golfhotelwhiskey.com/is-airplane-repo-on-the-discovery-channel-fake/#comments Wed, 31 Jul 2013 09:43:23 +0000 http://www.golfhotelwhiskey.com/?p=6730 Is the Discovery show, Airplane Repo, faked or real?

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]]> https://www.golfhotelwhiskey.com/is-airplane-repo-on-the-discovery-channel-fake/feed/ 381 What’s your favourite airport approach? https://www.golfhotelwhiskey.com/favourite-airport-approach/ https://www.golfhotelwhiskey.com/favourite-airport-approach/#comments Wed, 19 Dec 2012 16:48:35 +0000 http://www.golfhotelwhiskey.com/?p=6099 VFR approach into Cannes I was part of a judging panel for PrivateFly’s favourite approaches poll. My three suggestions (which I have flown myself) were: Cannes When you fly the VFR approach, you fly right over the centre of the town, over a beautiful medieval walled village and then turn south and fly down to […]

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]]> https://www.golfhotelwhiskey.com/favourite-airport-approach/feed/ 1 Awesome Air New Zealand safety video inspired by The Hobbit https://www.golfhotelwhiskey.com/awesome-air-new-zealand-safety-video-inspired-by-the-hobbit/ https://www.golfhotelwhiskey.com/awesome-air-new-zealand-safety-video-inspired-by-the-hobbit/#respond Mon, 26 Nov 2012 12:57:04 +0000 http://www.golfhotelwhiskey.com/?p=6041 The post Awesome Air New Zealand safety video inspired by The Hobbit appeared first on Golf Hotel Whiskey.

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