What is RWY Tales?
RWY Tales is an ongoing visual journalism series exploring life around small runways, remote airfields, and forgotten strips of tarmac — where aviation meets community, landscape, and legacy.
These are not stories of sleek business jets or international terminals. RWY Tales focuses on the other side of flying:
Weathered mountain airstrips tucked into valleys
Glider clubs clinging to tradition
Private pilots flying bush-style landings on alpine meadows
Mechanics, instructors, retirees, and rebels who orbit these places
Each installment blends documentary video, photography, and narrative text, often structured as scrollytelling pieces. Some are intimate portraits. Others are broader explorations of aviation culture, climate, or policy.
Format
Designed and published using the Shorthand storytelling platform, each story is told through a mix of:
Short-form documentaries
Multimedia scrollytelling articles
Photography, field recordings, and motion graphics
First-person fieldwork and interviews
First Chapter of Airfield: LSTA Raron will be published June 2025 and can be viewed by request under Webdocs
Collaborate or Commission
RWY Tales launched in 2025 as part of Anna Katrine Thuesen’s diploma in visual journalism. The series is ongoing and open for collaboration, syndication, and story pitches.
To propose a story, license existing content, or support the project, get in touch here.
