Graves on Airport Runways
Kaushik Patowary
May 10, 2016
New development projects on previously undeveloped land often encroach upon existing private properties and farmlands. Sometimes such a prop...
Showing posts with the label Aviation
The Secret of Langham Dome Trainer
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 29, 2016
About 24 km northwest of the city of Norwich, in north Norfolk, England, lies the abandoned remains of RAF Langham, a former Royal Air Force...
Hangar One of Mountain View, California
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 13, 2015
One of the most recognizable landmarks of California's Silicon Valley is a huge steel-framed airship hangar, known as Hangar One, that s...
Which Airports are Farthest From the City They Serve?
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 4, 2015
A city always begins with one airport, usually located outside the city limits to allow the city some space to grow, but still close enough ...
Abandoned Tempelhof Airport Now Berlin’s Largest Park
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 2, 2015
The Tempelhof Airport in Berlin was once the largest and busiest in Germany, and one of Europe's iconic airports of the pre-World War II...
Ämari Air Force Cemetery
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 28, 2015
The Ämari Air Force Cemetery is located in the small borough of Ämari, in Harju County, in northern Estonia, near the Ämari Air Base. The ce...
Jumbo Hostel: Stockholm’s Airplane Hotel
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 4, 2014
On a disused runway at Arlanda Airport near Stockholm, in Sweden stands a decommissioned 747-200 jetliner. After having served numerous airl...
Gee Bee Model R: A Cute But Dangerous Airplane
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 15, 2014
The Gee Bee Model R Super Sportster is a classic airplane designed by Granville Brothers Aircraft of Springfield, Massachusetts, and built s...
Skiathos Airport, The “Saint Martin” of Greece
Kaushik Patowary
May 31, 2014
You may have heard about Princess Juliana Airport in Saint Martin and its dangerous approach over Maho beach, that has made the airport a f...
Spruce Creek: Where Everybody Owns an Airplane
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 30, 2014
Spruce Creek, in Northeast Florida, a few miles south of Daytona Beach, is one of the most unique residential communities in the world. Know...
UTA Flight 772 Memorial in the Middle of the Sahara
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 16, 2013
UTA Flight 772 was a scheduled flight operating from Brazzaville in the People's Republic of Congo to Paris in France. On Tuesday, Septe...
Shenzhen Opens Flashy New Airport Terminal
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 2, 2013
The highly anticipated new terminal at Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport, Guangdong, China, opened last week. The futuristic buildin...
Lady Of The Lake: The Ghostly Remains of a B-29 Superfortress
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 20, 2013
The “Lady of the Lake” is what remains of a B-29 weather reconnaissance aircraft that rests in the middle of an Alaskan lake near Eielson Ai...
World’s Shortest Commercial Flight is Just 47 Seconds Long
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 30, 2013
The world’s shortest commercial flight takes place between the two Orkney Islands, Westray and Papa Westray, just north of Scotland, separat...
Strange Airport #5: Gisborne Airport - Runway With a Railway Crossing
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 11, 2013
Gisborne Airport is a small regional airport that is located on the western outskirts of Gisborne, the East Coast of the North Island of New...
Dietmar Eckell’s Photos of Plane Wrecks With “Happy Ends”
Kaushik Patowary
May 19, 2013
Airplane wrecks usually denote tragedies, but photographer Dietmar Eckell aims to highlight the rare miracles from the history of aviation ...
Complexities of Airports Photographed From Above
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 8, 2013
Some of you readers may remember Jeffrey Milstein from his photographs of the underbellies of aircraft , which he captured by standing at th...
The Underbelly of Aircrafts: Photographs by Jeffrey Milstein
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 14, 2013
When artist Jeffrey Milstein was a kid, his favorite pastime was hanging around the end of the runway at the Los Angeles International Airp...
Runway Over The Highway at Leipzig/Halle Airport
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 7, 2013
The Leipzig/Halle Airport, sometimes called Schkeuditz Airport, is located in Schkeuditz, Germany and serves both Leipzig and Halle – two of...
The Boneyard Project: Art on Abandoned Airplanes
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 31, 2013
“The Boneyard Project” is an art exhibition of scrapped military aircraft that have been repurposed as canvases for contemporary artists. Th...
