If you switch on the news right now, you can see a Dreamliner standing at a remote gate at London Heathrow, covered in foam and surrounded by firefighters! It is ET-AOP of Ethiopian Airlines carrying the name “Queen of Sheba”. … Continue reading
Author Archive | Felix Gottwald
New gallery online – Shanghai Pudong Intl. Airport
A few days ago I flew to Shanghai Pudong for the first time in my life! We arrived in the early morning and there was only little traffic. Arriving from Seoul the arrival controllers first struggled to give us a … Continue reading →
Krasnoyarsk – always good for a surprise!
Just yesterday I flew to Krasnoyarsk again and even though it was past 8 pm already the sun was still up and illuminating the apron nicely (unfortunately there were some clouds as well, but no Cumulonimbus clouds). Surprisingly the time … Continue reading →
Thunderstorm and Cumulonimbus clouds near Delhi
You haven’t heard from me for some time now, but that is basically due to the fact that I have been extremly busy: flying the MD-11, working for the pilots association and hey, even I got a private life. Nevertheless … Continue reading →
The milky way over Iraq!
Being a pilot means spending many nights awake from your loved ones, overflying remote parts of the world that you do not really want to go to. Young pilots are totally excited when being close to the stars, but with … Continue reading →
Flying British Airways – two days four aircraft types! Part 1
Once again I was on my way to a meeting last Sunday. Participating in the SESAR Joint Undertaking (SESAR stands for Single European Sky ATM Research and basically does what it says – strive for a unified ATM system in … Continue reading →
New planespotting gallery online – Tokyo Haneda
I have finally uploaded a couple of photos of a trip to Tokyo Haneda last year! Being able to compare it with the city’s Narita Airport I can say that Haneda is much more spotter friendly and offers better views. … Continue reading →
First A320 with Sharklets for Lufthansa
Boeing has been using winglets on its Boeing 737 aircraft for many years and finally Airbus is doing the same. They presented the first aircraft last year at the ILA Berlin Air Show on an Air Asia aircraft. Yesterday the … Continue reading →
