Welcome to the Planetflyer website, with flying-related stories from being a passenger to being an aviation nut and geeking out in museums. You can also click on the map below to see where in the world they took place.
All flying-related articles:
| Not MAX Two crashes within few months have put the Boeing 737 MAX airplanes into doubt. I'm flying today, not on a MAX due to a world-wide grounding of the plane. I sometimes flew MAXes, as Norwegian flies them between Helsinki and Stockholm. Full story March 2019, Helsinki-Vantaa, Vantaa, Finland Flying | |
| Check-in Moomins Love the new luggage tags Finnair hands out, not to mention the Moomins in their Tokyo check-in desk. Full story January 2019, Narita Airport, Tokyo, Japan Flying | |
| Tampere Muumi Airport (TMP) Today I flew to Tampere for the first time, and was happy to find out that they've decorated the airport with Moomin pictures. This makes total sense, given the world's only Moomin museum is in Tampere. Nice! Full story November 2018, Tampere-Pirkkala Airport, Tampere, Finland Flying | |
| Frankfurt is an alien space station I got stuck at an elevator in Frankfurt the other day. Full story October 2018, Frankfurt Airport, Frankfurt, Germany Flying | |
| Bromma Airport Many things are better in Sweden than in Finland. Take their appreciation of small city airports, for instance. Bromma is a small but thriving airport in Stockholm. Whereas in Finland... the idiots are tearing down a historic airport. Full story April 2018, Bromma Airport, Stockholm, Sweden Travel; Flying | |
| Back in the U.S.S.R. -- Aeroflot We got a chance to fly Aeroflot on our trip to Kazakhstan... I was hoping for a real historic Soviet experience, and Tupolevs. Or at least a Sukhoi Superjet. But no, sadly I was disappointed. Full story February 2018, Almaty Airport, Almaty, Kazakhstan; Sheremetyevo Airport, Khimki, Russia; Helsinki-Vantaa, Vantaa, Finland Travel; Flying | |
| Convair CV-990 Janne and I visited the Swiss Transport museum in Luzern, and were able to visit the Convair CV-990 "Coronado", in the cabin. Full story January 2018, Swiss Museum of Transport, Luzern, Switzerland Flying | |
| SIN to HEL Made the classic "SIN to HEL" trip again. Full story November 2017, Helsinki-Vantaa, Vantaa, Finland Flying; Travel | |
| Nextjet The flights from Sweden were incredibly booked this week, so I ended up in returning home on an airline that I've never heard of before, 2N or Nextjet. And interesting routing, via Port. And there was an interesting rust on the airplane... Full story October 2017, Arlanda, Sweden Travel; Flying | |
| Air Force One Classic I never thought I'd visit a presidential library in the US. Couldn't imagine anything more boring. But, the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library hosts a VC-137C SAM 27000, or more commonly known as the Air Force One. Full story August 2017, Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Simi Valley, California, USA Flying | |
| Space Shuttle Endeavour Janne and I managed to see yet another space shuttle, the Endeavour at the California Science Center in Los Angeles. They also have the one remaining external fuel tank on display. Full story August 2017, California Science Center, Los Angeles, California, USA Flying; History | |
| Santa Monica and Commercial Aviation's roots I hadn't really known about this, but one of my favourite places in L.A., Santa Monica, played a large role in early commercial aviation. The Douglas Aircraft company was based here, for instance, and many iconic aircraft, DC-3 included, were designed here. Full story August 2017, Museum of Flying, Santa Monica, California, USA Flying | |
| Falcon 9 Booster When Janne and I were in California, we made a pilgrimage to the SpaceX headquarters. In front the building stands a used Falcon 9 booster. Impressive feat of space technology! Full story August 2017, Space X, Hawthorne, California, USA Flying | |
| Airshow in Kaivopuisto On a Friday night I was at the airshow in Kaivopuisto. Full story June 2017, Kaivopuisto, Helsinki, Finland Flying | |
| Skiing with a drone A few weeks ago I got a present from my IETF friends: a Mavic Pro drone. Thank you! We've already played a lot with it, me, Olli, Janne, and many of our friends, with everyone having loads of fun with the device! Full story (TGR version) (Suomenkielinen versio) April 2017, Peuramaa, Kirkkonummi, Finland; Kauniainen ski hill, Kauniainen, Finland; Sahara, Kauniainen, Finland Skiing (Outdoor, Snow, Lifts); Equipment; Flying | |
| 25 minutes is enough Apparently you *can* arrive at the airport 25min before intercontinental departure and still make it. Weather, taxi failure, clearing my own car from snow, stuck behind a fallen truck on the highway, not leaving enough time for these troubles, etc. Phew. Full story November 2016, Helsinki-Vantaa, Vantaa, Finland Travel; Flying | |
This is the 4th set of articles. The previous sets were set 1, set 2, and set 3. The next set is set 5.
The Planetflyer articles appeared originally in the Blogspot Planetskier series, at TGR posts, or at the Relaa website. See also the articles about skiing, caving, urban exploration, climbing, cycling, swimming, and saunas.