Travel Reviews

Introduction: Experiencing SOFIA's Southern Deployment 2018 in Christchurch

Introduction: Experiencing SOFIA’s Southern Deployment 2018 in Christchurch

Suppose you were shooting at a target moving from your left to your right at 100,000 kilometers per hour with a bullet traveling at 950 kilometers per hour. Substitute “shooting a target” for “aiming to witness a stellar occultation” and “a bullet” for “an aircraft,” and you roughly get one of the most challenging missions

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Flight Review: British Airways 787-9 from Tokyo Narita to London Heathrow

Flight Information Date: May 9, 2018 Flight No.: BA6 Route:Tokyo Narita to London Heathrow Airline: British Airways Type: Boeing 787-9 Registration: G-ZBKR The first flight on my way from Japan to Canada was with British Airways from Tokyo to London. While it was my second flight on the route this year (I flew from London to

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Lounge Review: Centrair Airline Lounge at Nagoya Centrair

Review: Centrair Airline Lounge at Nagoya Centrair Airport

While Nagoya Centrair airport serves quite a few ANA and JAL domestic flights each day, neither of the two airlines operate a domestic lounge at the airport. Instead, they both use the Centrair Airline Lounge. The lounge is located right after security check, and it’s accessible to passengers in premium classes of the two airlines

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Airport Hotel Review: Toyoko Inn Chubu Kokusai-Kuko Honkan Orange Side (Nagoya Centrair)

Airport Hotel Review: Toyoko Inn Chubu Kokusai-Kuko Honkan Orange Side (Nagoya Centrair)

If you plan to take an early morning flight out of Nagoya Centrair or need to stay near the airport for another reason, you basically have a choice of four hotels. The closest one to the airport is TUBE Sq, a capsule hotel which I reviewed at the end of last year, which is located right

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Flight Review: ANA 777-300ER Business Class from Beijing to Tokyo Haneda

Flight Review: ANA 777-300ER Business Class from Beijing to Tokyo Haneda

Flight Information Date: March 22, 2018 Flight No.: NH962 Route: Beijing Capital to Tokyo Haneda Airline: ANA All Nippon Airways Type: Boeing 777-300ER Registration: JA735A After trying out Asiana Airlines and Thai Airways business class, and spotting in Phuket and Beijing, it was time to take the final flight of the spotting trip. The flight took me

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