Bangkok Airport Video

by Erik Olsen on

This comes to us from a friend who runs one of my favorite sites on the Web: Newyorkology. Amy Langfield sent us a link to a video as soothing as it is bizarre.

The shots here, slow-mo and grainy, but oddly compelling, were made in Bangkok Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Thailand at 4 am. I’m sure the new-agey music has something to do with it, but I had a hard time pulling my eyes away from this.

Airplane! vs. Zero Hour!: A Comparison of Films

by Justin Glow on


Did you know that the 1980 Zucker brothers comedy, Airplane!, was a spoof-remake of Zero Hour!, a 1957 airplane disaster movie? I didn’t, and Airplane! was one of my favorite movies growing up. In fact, I credit this movie in a long list of influences that got me interested in travel as a child.

What’s especially funny is Zero Hour! wasn’t just inspiration for Airplane!, but an almost scene-by-scene remake. How could I have not known this? Fortunately, someone has done the legwork and compared the two movies side-by-side so it’s easy to see the similarities. Check out the first part above, and the second after the jump.

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Video: My Beers Around the World

by Justin Glow on


32-year-old Brazilian YouTube user russa0 uploaded this video of him drinking several hundred (that’s a guess, folks — I didn’t count) beers from around the world. Don’t you just hate it when someone comes up with such a simple idea for a project — one that leaves you slapping your forehead in amazement that you were unable to come up with it first? That’s how I feel about this. It just makes so much sense! I love to travel…I love beer…why not travel around the world drinking as many different types of beer as I possibly can, and photograph myself with a chintzy smile drinking each one of them? That way when people start calling me a lush, I can write it off as research. Brilliant! Job well done, russa0. [via]

Video: Passenger Confronts Pilot

by Justin Glow on


Last week, approximately 50 people were on Delta Flight 5367 which was delayed on the runway for four hours at Kennedy International Airport. The air-conditioning was turned off, and nobody — pilot included, it turns out — had any idea why they’d been sitting for so long, or when they’d actually take-off. David Ollila, one of the passengers, and the owner of V.I.O — a company which develops small, “wearable video cameras” — took one of his own products and marched towards the front of the plane to find out from the the horse’s mouth. The video above shows his interrogation of the pilots. Honestly, I’m surprised they didn’t close the door on him. Instead, they do a really bad job answering his questions. Have a look. For the full story on the incident, head here.

Video: 747 Makes a Very, Very Low Landing

by Dave Luna on


Here’s a video for the “I Need New Pants” file. It’s a KLM 747 making an extremely low landing at an airport in St. Maarten. I love how everyone on the beach is transfixed by the giant flying object hurtling towards them. Me? I’d be the guy ducking for cover and screaming like a little girl.

I’m not one to doubt the usually reputable content on The YouTube, but can this possibly be real? Judge for yourself; check out a video of another St. Maarten landing after the jump.