Cromely's World

Qantas has a new safety video for its A380 passengers.  It feature John Travolta and is raising objections from Qantas employees. Acco...

I scored an exit row window seat with an empty middle for a recent flight to Atlanta.  That's about as good a seat as I can get if I...

One solution often suggested to start growing the economy is to slash corporate taxes.  When business taxes are too high, the argument goes,...

During the President's visit to Seattle on August 17, very few aircraft flew over the city .  The King County Sheriff's Department h...

Who’s that hiding behind a building? Let’s take a closer look. Oops.  It may have gotten away. There it is.  My.  It looks like ...

Boeing's 787 has been getting all the attention in recent months.  It's a revolutionary new aircraft that I can't wait to fly in...

Great news from Boeing today.  The 787 passed a Static Wing Test, which means they bent it and it didn't break.  That's always encou...

I boarded the a small plane for my connection out of MSP yesterday and clambered to my seat in the far back corner.  It was a regional jet s...

In the news recently, there has been increased discussion of Free Flight as a way to modernize air traffic control. But that's only one...

When Delta airlines bought Northwest Airlines, it picked up more than just some routes, some planes, and lousy labor relations. It also pi...

I was looking forward to the first flight of Boeing's exciting new 787 this month. Unfortunately, that's not going to happen. Appar...

*BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP* Ladies and Gentlemen, we have leveled out at 9,000 feet... Huh? What?! Was I napping? Did the pil...

Boeing's new 787 is slated to complete it's first test flight this quarter. The project is already two years behind schedule, due p...

I took this picture on my way to CES last month. My flight left at 6:30 AM while it was still dark. I got a great view of the sunrise at 3...

By now, most everyone has heard about US1549 , the flight that landed in the Hudson. It's now about 12 hours since all the excitement ...

A couple years ago , I wrote about the Ugliest Plane in the World. It was a converted Boeing 747 that Boeing planned to use to haul parts ...

I don't fly United often, but when I do, I enjoy listening to Channel 9. Channel 9 is the channel (obviously) on the plane's infligh...

A couple years ago I posted some pictures I took of the Blue Angels as the practiced over my Seattle apartment. For those who don't kn...

I gotta say, the idea of going down the slide in a non-emergency does sound kind of fun. Of course it doesn't matter how quickly you ge...

What better topic for my 787th post than the upcoming Boeing 787 aircraft. It's getting there. I was supposed to by flying, well, now. ...