DeeKnow’s Grotto

I’ve just figuratively come back down to earth after what to me was the ultimate boys own adventure. A few weeks ago now I got to take a daytime jump-seat ride from Auckland to Queenstown return in an Air New Zealand 737. Yes, for those that know I’m a simmer, this time it was a [...]

I’ve just got home from a week long trip to Norway for a conference, yes really and thought I’d share some tales of aircraft fun.. and terror.. along the way. First up was a Singapore Airlines 777-300er flight SQ286 from Auckland to Singapore, Changi. This was a lovely machine to fly in and the first [...]

Me mum just FWD’d me this hard case pic (no doubt doctored in Photoshop) of someone about to end their ablutions a bit earlier than they thought (there’s a Lion creeping up in the top-right corner) Jesus, that’d do it all right. I was in almost the exact same position when we were traveling through [...]