Keishi Nukina

Keishi is an aviation enthusiast based originally from Slovakia, currently based in Japan. Besides publishing his work on KN Aviation, he also contributes to several aviation publications including Airliner World in the UK and AIRLINE in Japan.

Yakushima: The Island of Princess Mononoke and 1000-Year-Old Cedars

Yakushima: The Island of Princess Mononoke and 1000-Year-Old Cedars

While I don’t write about destinations on this blog too often, every now and then, I visit a place that I absolutely think deserves an article. Yakushima, an island off the coast of mainland Kyushu in Japan, is certainly one of those places. The island’s ancient forest with thousand-plus-year-old Yakusugi cedars has been an inspiration …

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NASA 747, Cleared for Take-Off: Observing a SOFIA Mission

Every summer, NASA’s airborne observatory SOFIA leaves its base in Palmdale, California, and heads to Christchurch, New Zealand to observe the Southern Sky. Being in the southern hemisphere for a couple of months not only allows scientists to observe celestial objects that cannot be seen from the Northern Hemisphere, but it also allows them to …

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5 Best Travel Hair Dryers with Dual Voltage: Keeping Your Hair Dry on the Road

5 Best Travel Hair Dryers with Dual Voltage: Keeping Your Hair Dry on the Road

Have you washed your hair at a hotel just to find out that there was either no hair dryer in your room or that the hair dryer provided by the hotel could barely blow a small piece of paper away? If so, you should consider getting a travel hair dryer that will take up little …

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Flight Review: JAC Q400 Economy Class from Kagoshima to Yakushima

Flight Review: JAC Q400 Economy Class from Kagoshima to Yakushima

Flight Information Date: July 12, 2018 Flight No.: JC3745 Route: Kagoshima to Yakushima Airline: JAC Japan Air Commuter Type: Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 Registration: JA844C Japan Air Commuter is a Japan Airlines’ subsidiary based in Kagoshima that mainly operates short commuter flights within Kyushu. To do so, the airline uses a fleet of ATRs, Dash 8 …

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What Should You Do If You Misspelled Your Name on an Airline Ticket?

What Should You Do If You Misspelled Your Name on an Airline Ticket?

You book the flights for your vacation or to visit your family abroad, a couple of days later decide to look at the confirmation email, and it hits you – you misspelled your name. Or, you entered your first and last name in the wrong order. Situations like that are not common, but they do …

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Spin-Yourself Body Scanners, Closed Hotel, Robots, and More

Spin-Yourself Body Scanners, Closed Hotel, Robots, and More

As I’m writing this, I’m sitting in the Asiana Airlines Business Class Lounge at Seoul Incheon airport, waiting for my British Airways flight to London (and then on to Vienna). While I’ll be sharing the usual reviews once I’m done with the trip, I thought I’d share some of the things that caught my attention …

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Doing Laundry While Traveling: Making a Travel Laundry Kit and More

Doing Laundry While Traveling: Making a Travel Laundry Kit and More

When packing for a trip, you have two options when it comes to having enough supply of clean clothes. You either pack enough clothes to last you the whole trip or you can pack less and do your laundry while traveling. For weekend trips and other shorter trips, the former option is easy enough – …

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AvGeeking at Kagoshima Airport: Observation Deck and 'SORA STAGE' Exhibition Hall

AvGeeking at Kagoshima Airport: Observation Deck and ‘SORA STAGE’ Exhibition Hall

Serving over 5 million passengers a year, Kagoshima airport is among ten Japan’s busiest  airports, and also the second largest airport on the island of Kyushu. Besides having an observation deck like many Japanese airports do, there is also a small aviation-themed exhibition in the terminal called “SORA STAGE” where visitors can learn about aviation …

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