BBH Retools British Airways with Poetic New :90 Spot.

Take a peak at British Airways’ adventurous new advert from the fine folks at BBH London. Also new is the tagline taken from carrier’s coat of arms: To Fly. To Serve.

Below you’ll see some of BA’s vintage aircraft including some lovely shots of the Concorde:

The first F-35 JSF delivered.

The Department of Defense’s first U.S. Air Force F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter delivered to its new home at Eglin Air Force Base. Its pilot, Lt. Col. Eric Smith of the 58th Fighter Squadron, is the first Air Force qualified JSF pilot. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joely Santiago)

No Trash, No Crash

TWO years ago the world was amazed when US Airways Flight 1549 landed safely in the Hudson River after striking a flock of geese upon takeoff from La Guardia Airport. Through the heroic actions of Capt. Chesley B. Sullenberger III and his crew, and more than a little luck, all 155 people aboard survived in what was called the Miracle on the Hudson.

Incredibly, the Federal Aviation Administration has ignored the lesson from that episode and approved construction of a garbage transfer facility, known as the North Shore Marine Transfer Station, in College Point, Queens, less than half a mile east of La Guardia.

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By JAMES E. HALL

Published: June 27, 2011

(via No Trash, No Crash - NYTimes.com)

Cannes 2011, Press Gold Lion winner: Ogilvy, Malaysia

In October 1965, a USS Midway assigned A-1H Skyraider carried a special bomb to the North Vietnamese in commemoration of the 6-millionth pound of ordnance dropped. It was unique because of its type… a toilet.