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#aircraft

BAC Jet Provost T5 at North Weald in the 1990s, where I called in for a cup of coffee. #Photography #PhotographyOnMastodon #Aircraft #Aviation #JetProvost #NorthWeald

Three-quarter starboard rear view of a red and white jet aircraft,
Alexf24
2 days ago
Did you know there are more planes underwater than submarines in the sky?

Image of a submerged airplane and a flying submarine

OK, once again Saturday, and I'm off to make my evening meal (once I've decided what it is going to be!) then settle in front of the TV with a glass or three. Here are some aircraft to identify while I'm sway. Answers sometime tomorrow. #Photography #PhotographyOnMastodon #Aircraft #Aviation #AircraftRecognition

Electric powered microlight aircraft
Yellow self-launching glider.
White self-launching glider
Russian amphibious blue and white flying boat,
Visit Sights
2 days ago

🏙 Region: Schorfheide, Germany
🏛️ Attraction: Antonow An-2 „Colt“

❓ Which sight in this city best reflects the local culture?

➡ Discover fascinating sights in Schorfheide: https://visitsights.com/sights/Germany/Schorfheide?mtm_campaign=mastodon

#️⃣ #Sightseeing #Schorfheide #Historic #Sights #Aircraft #Travel #Tourism #Germany #Attraction

© Credits: Wikimedia / common / CC BY-SA 4.0

Malaysia Public Transport
3 days ago

Malaysia Airports is welcoming Xiamen Airlines (MF) back to Penang International Airport (PEN).

The XMN-PEN flight will be operated 3 times weekly utilising the Boeing B737-800 aircraft.

(Photos by Malaysia Airports)

#XMN #PEN #Penang #Airport #Plane #Airplane #Aircraft #Aeroplane #Malaysia #MF

An aircraft getting water salute.
An aircraft on taxying lane.
A group of staff of Xiamen Airlines celebrating the aircraft arrival.
Aircraft crew inside the aircraft.
pinecone
4 days ago

I found out about this aircraft and I have been obsessed with it ever since, so I decided that I should share
This big fella is known as the Super Guppy. Made for NASA to ship parts of space ships and other large objects across the country. It looks goofy as hell and I love it.
#nasa #superguppy #airplanes #aircraft #oddlycute

an Aero Spacelines Super Guppy. An airplane that looks like the love child of an airplane and a whale. An extremely goofy looking and lovable plane.

Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander, Somewhere in the highlands (the sticker had fallen off the slide) in the 1990s #Photography #PhotographyOnMastodon #Aviation #Aircraft #BrittenNorman #Islander

Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander

North American XP-51 Mustang - 41-038. Equipped with the original Allison engine and three-bladed propeller. Seen here at the EAA Museum, Oshkosh in 2013. It was originally allocated to RAF as AG348 but was not delivered. #Photography #PhotographyOnMastodon #Aviation #Aircraft #EAA #EAAMuseum #Mustang #P51 #XP51

North American XP-51 Mustang - NX51NA
Air101
4 days ago
Air101
4 days ago

JetBlue has introduced a new formal family seating guarantee to ensure that children aged 13 years and younger can sit next to an adult travelling with them on the same reservation. https://www.air101.co.uk/2023/09/family-seating-guarantee-from-jetblue.html #Air101 #avgeek #travel #aviation #fyp #aircraft #transport #holidays #vacations #flights #news

Air101
4 days ago

JR Technologies and IAG Loyalty partner to provide a multi-product retailing solution to the airline industry

The industry-first B2C solution incorporates modern airline retailing concepts, creating a better transaction experience and boosting revenue. https://www.air101.co.uk/2023/09/jr-technologies-and-iag-loyalty-partner.html #Air101 #avgeek #travel #aviation #fyp #aircraft #transport #holidays #vacations #flights #news

Dr H
5 days ago

Close up views of the Westland Lynx scale model.

In addition to replacing the air intake filters, I also added "rope" within the winch (not very visible), and some cables within the opened tail.

#ScaleModel #Airfix #Lynx #Helicopter #Aircraft

Close up of the windscreen area of the Lynx.
Close up of the front left side of the Lynx and mounted gun.
Close up of the nose of the Lynx.
Various close up views of the mounted gun, folded tail rotor and the winch.
Alexander Hay
5 days ago

But hark! It's #PterosaurPtuesday, and time for some #Pterosaurs.

"How Pterosaurs Might Inform the Next Generation of #Flight

"After #Paleontologists cracked the secrets of the ancient flying #Reptiles, researchers are... going back to these ancient creatures to find new ways to fly, from #Aircraft with pterosaur-like crests to pterosaur-inspired spacecraft exploring the nooks and crannies of #Mars."

#News #Paleontology #Engineering #Aerospace

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-pterosaurs-might-inform-the-next-generation-of-flight-180982880

Air101
1 week ago

The Royal Air Force’s E-7 Wedgetail AEW1 Programme has reached another milestone with Officer Commanding VIII Squadron (Designate), Wing Commander Sarah McDonnell, qualifying on type. https://www.air101.co.uk/2023/09/uks-raf-e-7-wedgetail-reaches-another.html #Air101 #avgeek #aviation #fyp #aircraft #flights #news #raf #RoyalAirForce

Air101
1 week ago
Air101
1 week ago

After the dramatic downturn in air travel during the pandemic, what shape is the aviation industry in today? https://www.air101.co.uk/2023/09/after-dramatic-downturn-in-air-travel.html #Air101 #avgeek #travel #aviation #fyp #aircraft #transport #holidays #vacations #flights #news

Air101
1 week ago

Dutch low-cost carrier Transavia has begun a trial of the AirFi box that will enable passengers to access and buy in-flight entertainment content and order food and beverages from their seats. https://www.air101.co.uk/2023/09/transavia-brings-mall-in-sky-to.html #Air101 #avgeek #travel #aviation #fyp #aircraft #transport #holidays #vacations #flights #news

🤘 The Metal Dog 🤘
2 weeks ago

#TheMetalDogArticleList
#louderlouder
"I am very excited for people to finally hear it." Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson announces new solo album The Mandrake Project - his first in almost two decades - along with live dates
Iron Maiden legend Bruce Dickinson has confirmed his first solo studio album since 2005's Tyranny Of Souls

https://www.loudersound.com/news/bruce-dickinson-solo-album-iron-maiden-2023

#BruceDickinson
#IronMaiden
#SoloAlbum
#2023
#HeavyMetal
#BritishRock
#IconicVocals
#AircraFt
#Pilot

Airplanista 🇺🇦
2 weeks ago

Air Force Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. was confirmed by the U.S. Senate today as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. President Joe Biden nominated him four months ago but something called a “Tuberville" was holding the confirmation hostage playing political games.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/senate-confirms-first-military-nominee-months-broader-tuberville-block-rcna108100

I was lucky enough to interview General Brown for Flying Magazine (not on Mastodon) a few months back:

https://www.flyingmag.com/in-depth-general-charles-brown

#avgeeks #aviation #airplanes #pilotlife #flying #military #airlines #aircraft

Jon Roach
2 weeks ago

Visit last week to the National Museum of the US Air Force - the most poorly lit, higgledy-piggledy jumble sale of nationally important relics. I started trying to photograph aeroplanes and in the end just went for the details.
#Dayton #Museum #Aeroplane #Aircraft #USAF #USAirForce

Close up of NA F-86 Sabre aircraft, exhibit at the National Museum of the US Air Force, in Dayton.
F-111 nose on at the National Museum of the US Air Force.
AI6YR
2 weeks ago

1200 nautical miles = 2222 kilometers... MAMA MIA! #F35 #searcharea #aviation #aircraft

1200nm circle around Joint Base Charlestone
Fedi.Garden 🌱
2 weeks ago

AvGeek.social is a Mastodon server for the #AvGeek and #PlaneSpotting communities. Interested in travel and geeking out over planes? Then this is the place for you:

:Fediverse: https://avgeek.social

For more info see https://avgeek.social/about or contact their admin @Hello

#FeaturedServer #Aviation #AvGeek #PlaneSpotting #PlaneSpotters #PlaneSpotter #Planes #Aeroplanes #Airplanes #Aircraft #Flying #Travel #Mastodon #Fediverse

Tanweer Dar (Tan)
2 weeks ago

New digital painting:

Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker

© 2023, Tanweer Dar

In my opinion, easily the most handsome modern fighter jet. Really enjoyed painting this in Krita.

#Art #Artwork #DigitalArt #Krita #Su27 #Flanker #Aviation #Aircraft #Fighter #MastoArt

Side profile of an Su-27 Flanker fighter jet flying against a bright blue sky.
Halifax Examiner
3 weeks ago

There was a ‘near miss’ at Halifax’s airport, but Transport Canada won’t give us any details; also: winding down our Twixxer presence

https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file/there-was-a-near-miss-at-halifaxs-airport-but-transport-canada-wont-give-us-any-details/
Morning File, by @TimBousquet

#Halifax #NovaScotia #Canada #news #aircraft

Flippin' 'eck, Tucker!
3 weeks ago

We have spent the day at Southport Air Show, watching aircraft old and new.

#Southport #SouthportAirShow #Aircraft

An RAF Eurofighter Typhoon in union jack livery
A flypast by the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight display team - there is a Lancaster flanked by a Hurricane and a Spitfire
The Team Raven aerobatics team - six white RV8 aircraft flying in close formation, trailing display smoke
Paul Drye
1 month ago

Some forgotten future from August 1964. These images are from that month's issue of Popular Mechanics, speculating about vehicles that might come one day using electrohydrodynamics to generate airflow for lift.

The proximate cause was an experimental model made by aviation pioneer and publicity hound Alexander de Seversky. He was a Russian emigré living in the US, puttering along in his own lane after being forced out of the mainstream post-WWII.

#retrofuturism #aircraft #WeirdWings

A round electrified grid lifts a one-persona capsule high above a highway. Schematic arrows point up from the grid to indicate the airflow cause by the electrohydrodynamic effect.. The pilot appears to be looking at the cars travelling on the highway, giving a general impression of today's traffic choppers.
"ONE-MAN IONOCRAFT could be tomorrow's traffic pa trol cor or, in combat, hovering vehicle for guerrilla wars, all but impervious to some minor grid damage." This is the same craft as in the previous image.
"ANTI-MISSILE IONOCRAFT, powered by sunlight, could hover indefinitely in upper atomosphere, then home in on incoming warehead and blast it out of the sky." One of the round grids seen in the previous pictures, this time without a capsule underneath. There are three rectangular solar panels on the top of it.
"IONOCRAFT COMMUTER may be solution for suburbanites of the future in congested areas, speeding hundreds of them over short distances in heavy city traffic. Power would be supplied by chain of ground-based maser stations." That last sentence is doing a lot of heavy lifting, no?

Back in 2015, I was driving by the Lodi Airport (California) when I saw this beauty! What an iconic airplane the DC-3 was. I'd love to get a ride in one someday. My Dad worked for Douglas Aircraft in Santa Monica where he helped build these planes back in the day. He also converted many into C-47s during the war. Love the original Douglas "Around-the-World" logo on the side! Oh the stories...

#DC3 #Aircraft #Airplane #WarBird #AirForce #Photography #LinuxPhotography #Darktable

A silver colored 1930s era twin engine propeller driven passenger plane parked at an airport under a blue sky.
Gaël Le Bris
1 month ago

I usually don't throw messages in bottles into the social media ocean... But let's try! I am looking for figures and curves on the #aerodynamic performance of airfoils used by early #aviation pioneers. In particular for the profile on the drawing below. Yes, the intrados is open. Yes, the shape isn't optimal. Anyway... Old books, research papers, etc. I'll take anything you can reference/recommend here! ✈️

#aerodynamics #aerospace #aircraft #aviation #engineering #research #STEM

Tanweer Dar (Tan)
1 month ago
Hawker Hurricane fighter at RAF Cosford Museum.
Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighter at RAF Cosford Museum.
MiG-15 jet fighter at RAF Cosford Museum.
English Electric Lightning jet fighter suspended vertically from ceiling at RAF Cosford Museum.
David Hembrow
1 month ago

This prick just flew over my head again. He seems to divert from a direct route just to go over Assen. In a climate emergency it really should be illegal to fly aircraft like this just for fun.
#privateplane #l39 #privatejet #absolutelytonedeafidiot #climatevillain #n139le #l39albatros #jets #aircraft

Route taken by L39 Albatros aircraft flying from Groningen to somewhere or other. This prick goes zooming over my head in his jet several times a week.
It's this aircraft. Yeh, I'm sure, there's something really essential that he's doing in this thing which requires burning 100s of litres of fuel to travel a short distance.
Flipboard News Desk
1 month ago

America has the world’s safest air travel but sucks so bad at car safety.

Vox reports: "Three things the U.S. can learn about road safety from our ultra-safe air travel system."

https://flip.it/lfTfcp

#Aircraft #Cars #Safety #USA #Travel

Professor Charles Haas
1 month ago

“Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment of Contracting COVID-19 Derived from Measured and Simulated Aerosol Particle Transmission in #Aircraft Cabins”
#QMRA #COVID19 #IAQ

https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/doi/10.1289/EHP11495

ƧƿѦςɛ♏ѦਹѤʞ
1 month ago

@netmaquettes That's not a proper A-12, it's just the two seat trainer "Titanium Goose".
🙂
#aircraft #lockheed

The day, two Lancaster aircraft arrived at Blackpool airport (EGNH). To the best of my knowledge, this airport had never had two Lancaster's on the ground at the same time, and is unlikely to have again. Photographed 20 September 2014 #Photography #PhotographyOnMastodon #Aircraft #Aviation #LancasterAircraft #BlackpoolAirport #EGNH

Two Lancaster aircraft taxiing at Blackpool Airport (EGNH)
ƧƿѦςɛ♏ѦਹѤʞ
2 months ago

@DestinationsJourney
Just for balance, here's the Zero captured on Akutan Island. :-)
#aircraft #aeroplane

Kristian Harstad
2 months ago

#NORAD says it "detected and tracked four Russian #military aircraft operating in the #Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) late August 13, and early morning August 14, 2023."

Also, this afternoon, two of #UK's #RAF #Typhoon fighter jets intercepted two #Russian #maritime patrol bomber #aircraft in international #airspace just north of #Scotland but within #NATO'S northern air policing area.

This is happening more frequently

AI6YR
2 months ago

Seems like this is a beary bad thing to have in your #aircraft #cargo hold. #bear #wildlife #aviation #Animalhour https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DM0HG4sNzLA

Bear inside the cargo hold of a passenger aircraft
Flipboard Science Desk
2 months ago

Growing numbers of people are following @gretathunberg in avoiding plane trips — but greener travel can be costly.

Context explains why: https://flip.it/oS_VXf

#Climate #ClimateChange #Travel #Aircraft #Airplanes #Train #Green

DHMosquito
2 months ago

RB-25 Mitchell. This was only the fourth North American B-25 to be built, and did not conform to the required build standard, so was classified as 'R' - not for 'Reconnaissance' , but 'Restricted'. It was adopted by General H.H. 'Hap' Arnold as his personal transport, hence the name 'MissHap'. An elegant aircraft, and an amazing survival from WW2. #B25 #Mitchell #GeneralHHArnold #USAAF #WW2 #aircraft #aviation #aviationphotography #photography #avgeek #airshow #USA #Massachusetts #NorthAmerican #bomber

app4soft
2 months ago

#OpenVSP 3.35.0 released by #NASA Langley Research Center - https://openvsp.org/blogs/announcements/2023/07/24/openvsp-3-35-0-released
“If you can’t make #Oshkosh this week, download a new OpenVSP and #make yourself an #airplane.”
Source - https://github.com/openvsp/openvsp
Binary for Windows (or #Wine🍷), Mac OS & Linux (Ubuntu) - https://openvsp.org/download.php
VSP Hangar [✈️🛩️🚁🚀] - https://hangar.openvsp.org/
💡 #2d #3d #cad #diy #aircraft #uav #drone #rocket #cfd #engineering

Mojo ♻️
2 months ago

The 'world’s whitest paint' – which is claimed to help curb #globalwarming, and it could be ideal for radiating #heat away from #cars, #trains, and #aircraft on #hot days. It can reflect up to 98 per cent of sunlight, and can keep surfaces so cool that it could reduce the need for air-conditioning.

https://www.drive.com.au/news/worlds-whitest-paint-could-soon-feature-on-cars/

Air101
2 months ago

Sixth Bombardier Global 6000 arrives at Saab for conversion into an Airborne Early Warning and Control aircraft known as GlobalEye... #Air101 #avgeek #travel #aviation #fyp #aircraft #transport #holidays #vacations #flights #news https://www.air101.co.uk/2023/07/sixth-bombardier-global-6000-arrives-at.html

Kriszta Satori
2 months ago

In Central Asia, a hidden pipeline supplies #Russia with banned #tech

https://wapo.st/44ttZFN
Excerpt:
#Kyrgyzstan witnessed a striking expansion of import-export companies that do business mainly with #Russia The firms are profiting from soaring sales of sanctioned Chinese and European goods — from #drones and #aircraft parts to #rifle scopes and advanced #bomb #circuitry — most of which are flown or shipped overland to companies in Russia
#NoPaywall #GiftArticle

AI6YR
3 months ago

The #Taklamakan apparently #destroys aircraft engines, aircraft, electronics, and degrades radio signals. #desert #electronics #aircraft https://archive.org/details/DTIC_ADA383778/page/n115/mode/2up

Blowing dust and sand are the most common and Moder: the most serious hazards to operations in northwest 45-60 1 China (see Figure 4-3). Dust is a finer, smaller altitude atmospheric particle that is nearly always present

in the deserts. Sand is a larger, more coarse particle The int that requires greater wind speeds to be lifted and forms a transported. Additionally, stronger winds and longer downd: trajectories will cause sand and dust particles to be the win lifted higher. Aircraft downrush raises dust and sand sand. I from the desert floor and reduces visibility in the will for immediate vicinity of the aircraft. Also, dust and the ape sand enter engine intakes and cause damage. During dissip: severe sandstorm conditions, ablation of weake windscreens and other aircraft parts can occur. mount Persistent dust conditions also cause problems with mount: dry skin, sore throat, and cracked lips for people.

Dust also contributes to radio signal degradation. Surges When windblown particles strike an object a heavy intensi electrostatic discharge may result. The surprisingly of win high-voltage sparking associated with these wavele electrostatic discharges can pose a hazard to amplit personnel and equipment.
⋆★⋆Ali⋆★⋆
3 months ago

#introduction - Chill lady with 5 young kids & a husband, Living #rural working remotely as #interiordesigner #business owner specializing in #aviation design #aircraft cabins livery #hangar homes. Main obsession is architectural #art #watercolor & #3Dviz. Write amateur #poetry that doesn't rhyme. Still #mask. Was a flight attendant in 20's but rarely travel now. #grow our own food & focus on gardening, & cooking. Huge #Canucks & #SkRoughriders fan #TrailerParkBoys #Punk #TudorHistory #Design

Ridiculous (large) airline meal being served in old photo of airplane interior from the 60's
Picks
3 months ago

I'm having fun on this server so I'm going to stick around a little while.

I like to talk about
#starTrek, #starWars, #anime, #cartoons, #religion, #cooking, #singing, #musicProduction, #movies, #linux, #foss, #privacy, #aircraft, #submarines, #solarpunk, #dnd, #communism, #ttrpg, and #parenting.

I'm married, parent to a toddler, a practicing Christian druid and aspiring monk, a freedom enthusiast, a Communist with Marxist-Leninist (-Maoist) leanings, a language nerd, a weather watcher, an experienced DM, a novice webdev, a webcomic appreciator, neurospicy, mercurial, catlike.

I don't talk to people as much as I'd like. I'm fascinated by ways to communicate but pants at actually using them. I itch to create things but generally can't muster up the energy to do so.

I was born in the 70s but raised in the 23rd century. My first computer was a Commodore 64 and the first code I ever wrote was on a VAX terminal. I've wanted to be a Jedi my entire life. I was more influenced by Kung Fu: The Legend Continues than I want to admit.

I'm from the north but have been stranded in Texas since the pandemic began. Prior to that my wife and I lived on my boat, and before that I was a truck driver. I haven't been in one place this long since I was a teenager and I hate it. Traveling for the sake of traveling is my favorite thing and I miss it fiercely.

Fictional characters I identify with the most include Snufkin, Worf, Kevin Flynn, Laszlo Cravensworth, Brad Boimler, and Jubal Harshaw. My favorite party role is tank, my favorite classes to play are paladins, bards, and mystics, my favorite Trek series is DS9 but the one I've come back to the most is Lower Decks. I love Klingons and the Borg and the Wookiees.

My favorite foods are pizza, picadillo tacos, and dall over naan. My favorite genres of music are post-grunge, Celtic traditional, and anything electronic. Regarding print or visual media, I tend to prefer speculative fiction but usually end up watching what my wife suggests. Or the Simpsons.

It is my hope to one day establish a solarpunk monastery, and I'd also like to write a book, build a submarine, and get my helicopter pilot's license.

If you've read all this way, say hello. I'm pretentious but at least I'm funny.

Leonard Simon Klar
4 months ago

Our house in Essex is directly under the flight path used by fixed wing aircraft of the RAF to line up on Buckingham Palace for official flypasts marking various state occasions. Today was the 'official' birthday of King Charles III including a recreation of the flypast which was cancelled on coronation day because of poor weather. Here are images of some of the aircraft involved.

#TroopingTheColour #KingCharlesIII #RAF #RedArrows #Flypast #Aircraft #Photography

18 Eurofighter Typhoons in formation spell out the letters CR as part of the flypast to commemorate the official birthday of King Charles III.
An RAF Envoy and the 9 Hawk aircraft of the Red Arrows display team in formation as part of the flypast commemorating the official birthday of King Charles III.
An RAF Voyager and A400 Atlas in formation as part of the flypast commemoratingthe official birthday of King Charles III.
beSpacific
4 months ago

When researchers analyzed brain scans, health records of hundreds of people at MA Gen Hospital they made stunning discovery: Those who lived in areas w high levels of transportation noise were more likely to have highly activated #amygdalas, #arterial #inflammation & w/in 5 yrs, major #cardiac events. In fact, noise may #trigger immediate #HeartAttacks: Higher levels of #aircraft #noise exposure in 2 hrs preceding nighttime deaths have been tied to heartrelated #mortality https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/06/09/health/noise-exposure-health-impacts.html

David Peacock
4 months ago

Close up of the 20 mm Hispano II cannon, one of two mounted on this Spitfire LF Mk Vc AR501 G-AWII.

Only about 60-70 of these (including this one) iconic WWII fighting machines are still airworthy. Value £3-4m?

#Aircraft #Spitfire #ShotOnIphone #IphoneOgraphy

Close up of the 20 mm Hispano II cannon, one of two mounted on this Spitfire LF Mk Vc AR501 G-AWII. This plane is part of the Shuttleworth collection, Bedfordshire, England
Trevor Smith
4 months ago
AI6YR
4 months ago

#Water crisis in #Uruguay also includes some very poor planning: #desalination plant that was expected to help solve the water shortage "does not fit" in a C-130 Hercules aircraft, because someone did not check and it's "15 centimeters" too large. So now they have to send it by boat. #aircraft #planning https://en.mercopress.com/2023/05/23/uruguay-to-import-bottled-water-desalinization-plant-does-not-fit-in-aircraft

Kriszta Satori
5 months ago

Satellite image shows 16 #Russian #strategic #bombers deployed to #Kola Peninsula

Packed to capacity: All aprons along the runway at #Olenya Air Base are now occupied by #Russia ’s largest and heaviest #combat #aircraft

A Barents Observer exclusive

https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/2023/05/satellite-images-shows-16-strategic-bombers-kola-peninsula

Trevor Smith
5 months ago

Airwork
Cactus Fly-in at KCGZ March 2023 

Case Grande, Arizona
📷Fujifilm X-T5 - XF 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR
📸49mm f5.6 1/1100

#photography #fujifilm #cactusflyin #aviation #avgeeks  #avgeek #aircraft