Can You Run an Airport?

Posted By on Aug 6, 2011

At the recent Oshkosh airshow an innovative aviation company launched a great way to promote discussion about their products… through a game. “Terminal Command” allows you, as an aspiring  airport manager, to demonstrate your skill handling the day-to-day operations at a busy airport.  You’ll start with a small regional airport and, if your skill level is high enough, graduate to running the busy domestic and...

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Hare Lift (Bugs Bunny)

Posted By on Jun 27, 2011

Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam fly a huge airliner. Nothing good can come from this! Reference: Hare Lift – Looney Tunes,...

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Jimbo – Episode 1 – A Big Little Problem

Posted By on Jun 26, 2011

An animated series from the mid 1980s, about a talking airliner that was built too small due to the designer confusing inches with centimetres… Reference: Jimbo and the Jetset...

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Goofy’s Glider

Posted By on Jun 25, 2011

Stupid dogs really should not fly gliders, as Disney’s Goofy demonstrates in this 1940 Disney cartoon…

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Little Johnny Jet

Posted By on Jun 23, 2011

Ever wondered how jet planes are made?  Perhaps this old cartoon from 1952 will explain…  

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STS-134 Shuttle Reentry & Landing

Posted By on Jun 1, 2011

Shuttle mission STS-134 is alomost over, with reentry and landing planned for the next few hours. Landing is planned for 2.35am EDT (1 June 2011 – Kennedy time), but the fun viewing starts a couple of hours before that, with reentry preparations and the reentry process. You can watch the whole thing on NASA’s fabulous “NASA Live TV” service, and it is usually very interesting watching. I’m showing this on...

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