#flying
Video from the Air Safety Institute, showing a couple of close calls. Long time ago when I was a little bit younger, I encountered the second scenario almost exactly. I was departing Hillsboro, Oregon (KHIO), and was cleared for takeoff on Runway 2. I looked up at the approach path before I moved and saw a plane on short final to the runway I was just cleared onto!! I politely declined the clearance, and now I am on the Fediverse.
The man and his fave toys. 🚁 ✈️ 🚂 🚙 🏍️ The main thing is that it has wheels...😂 And if it can still fly, it's perfect☝️😁 That's all he needs for happiness.🍀
#tomcruise #ninacruise #tomandninny #tn4ever #loveofmylife #helicopter #airplane #train #car #motocycle #flying #rolling #driving #flywithme #illflywithyou
I have my pre-solo stage check tomorrow.🤞
I'm slightly excited and slightly nervous due to the current wind forecast (12 knots gusting 19 knots).
Me in Slate:
CLEAR is under fire for security breaches, as well as a business model based on selling TSA line-cutting privileges to affluent people.
Does the company even belong in airports? Congress is starting to wonder.
https://slate.com/business/2023/12/clear-lines-airports-tsa-congress.html
Van's files for Chapter 11 Reorganization protection.
https://www.vansaircraft.com/2023/12/vans-aircraft-announces-chapter-11-reorganization/
#pilot #aviation #flying #avgeek #pilotlife #experimental #eaa
@Dianora @mrcranky I once had a line person at an airport suggest I could fly away and the newly-fallen powder snow would just blow off the wings of my (former) small plane.
Uh, no.
It would have been a Darwin-award qualifier regardless, but I found a thick crust of ice under the powder (the sun must have melted some of the snow before it refroze). I probably wouldn't have survived more than 90 seconds after lifting off.
I'm a bit obsessive about snow removal, even on cars.
I was wondering how the stock market is handling the announcement of Hawaiian being bought out by Alaska Airlines.
People holding Alaska shares (NYSE: ALK) are being hit with a significant -14.31% drop, while the big winners are those holding Hawaiian shares (NASDAQ: HA), which is up a staggaring +192.59% today.
Maikaʻi loa kēia (this is great!)
#avgeeks #aviation #airplanes #pilotlife #flying #airlines #travel #aircraft
They are sledding in Munich, Germany due to very heavy snow over the weekend. Munich Int’l Airport was closed and restricted as removal equipment could not keep up with the pace of snowfall.
This one Citation sort of had a bad snow day.
#avgeeks #aviation #airplanes #pilotlife #flying #airlines #travel #aircraft
Very eye-opening article[1] about the severe shortage of Air Traffic Controllers, the impact to safety of both commercial air travel and general aviation.
Not sure what call to action to make and do, but we (US air travelers) could express our concern to our congressional representatives[2] and we (US pilots) should thank our ATC friends and try to be "easy customers" to serve.
[1]: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/02/business/air-traffic-controllers-safety.html
This hour’s random desktop background on my #MacbookPro is the incredibly clean panel of a Basler BT-67.
If you do not know about Basler (located at KOSH), they take old DC-3s and C-47s and hang turboprop engines on them, and completely refurbish nose to tail, including some very clean custom panels with the latest and greatest digital tools installed.
Yes, I want one.
#avgeeks #aviation #airplanes #pilotlife #flying #DC3 #vintage #aircraft
[Other's] A Taurtrained Venti!
Spiral don't taurtrain your OCs challenge; IMPOSSIBLE!
by Cervelet on FA, requested from their Sketchdrive!
Their submission!: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/54671163/
#Cervelet #Dinosaur #Dino #Pterodactyl #Ptaurodactyl #Taurtrain #Flying
Ha, RyanAir (famous for nickel-and-diming people) has a "recently implemented change requires passengers to pay as much as $26 to obtain a digital boarding pass." #aviation #flying https://simpleflying.com/ryanair-boarding-pass-fee-charge/
I'm currently waiting on my flight to Denver, CO from my sleepy Midwest town airport. I like flying out of my local airport because I was first in line for the gate agent, first in line for security, security sent me back to the gate agent because my birthday was wrong in the system, I was again first at the gate agent, then I was third for security (oh no, I waited like a minute!).
Anyway, now I'm just sitting at my gate on free wifi and charging my laptop.
#airports #flying #aviation
Remember US pilots: If your height changes by more than 2 inches, you must present yourself in person to your local FSDO to make that change to your pilot record. Also, if my height changed by more than 2 inches, I would really question my ability to control an aircraft, or any other vehicle.
This exchange ought to give you a clue as to where this hour’s random desktop background on my #MacbookPro was taken:
“(Redacted) Tower, United 645, Lima, one-zero thousand, speed one six zero.”
Tower: “United 645, cleared for the ILS two-five left approach, reduce speed to one-four-zero.”
“One-four-zero now, cleared for the ILS two-five left approach, United 645.”
#avgeeks #aviation #airplanes #pilotlife #flying #airlines #travel #aircraft
I was out playing in the stormy #ORWX tonight in my #XPlane #flightsim, flying from up in the Dalles (Columbia Gorge…hello crosswinds!) back to Eugene (KEUG).
When I arrived in heavy rain back at my real-life old hangar (the closest one to the runway in the infamous Lane Ducks row), some goober in another 172SP had poached my spot because of the precip.
One call to Airport Operations and he was chained down back out on the ramp.
Sandhill Cranes (Antigone canadensis) at Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma, United States on November 2, 2023
Some of the camera settings I used to make this photo are at: https://www.rsok.com/~jrm/2023Nov02_SaltPlainsNWR/2023nov02_crane_IMG_7709c.html
#birds #cranes #SandhillCrane #Antigone #SaltPlainsNWR #flying #Oklahoma #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography
You’d think keeping us safe while #flying would be a priority in the US #budget. But instead “tight budgets” are causing forced overtime, terribly stressful and mentally/physically unhealthy working conditions.
“Based on targets set by the F.A.A. and the union representing controllers, 99 percent of the nation’s air traffic control sites are understaffed.”
Unnecessary #austerity is dangerous. #PublicSafety #transportation #AirTravel #mmt
Gift link.
Are such solutions the #future of #transport?
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#Doroni's all-#electric #flying #car gets flight certified in the #US #TDBNews
https://electrek.co/2023/12/01/doronis-all-electric-flying-car-gets-flight-certified-us/
#Christmas #Xmas #Flying #Sleigh #RoboSanta #RobotSanta #Naughty #Nice #Blender3d #b3d
Have you been naughty this year? Someone knows...
Sketchfab: https://skfb.ly/oOpIJ
CGTrader: https://www.cgtrader.com/3d-models/vehicle/sci-fi-vehicle/xmas-robo-santa-sleigh-2023
I guess the AI in my #MacbookPro random desktop background generator must have picked up that I have firefighting helicopters on the brain today. This is a 2023 Global Identification Chart from HeliOps.
#avgeeks #aviation #airplanes #pilotlife #flying #helicopters #rotorcraft #firefighting
This hour’s random desktop background image on my #MacbookPro is this press release image from San Diego Fire Department of N283 Sierra Delta, one of their Sikorsky S-70i Firehawk #firefighting #helicopters.
Just take a few seconds to look at this incredible #rotorcraft. This is one BADASS fire assault and rescue machine, and without question, you need to be a seriously great chopper driver to fly right seat in it.
Wife is piecing out her long-time “O” gauge train setup to sell, so I collected the balsa “Airport” I made by hand and it is now on the desk in my office.
Looks like a Cherokee and a Comanche are in transient parking, and also an unidentified warbird that unfortunately had a gear up landing.
#avgeeks #aviation #airplanes #pilotlife #flying #airlines #aircraft #ModelTrains #hobbies #BalsaTherapy
Two giant flying trilobites met in the sky above Tivoli park, Ljubljana.
A vicious fight ensued ... :-)
https://kapjasa.si/en/trilobite-fight/
#kite #kites #flying #aerial #show #park #Tivoli #Ljubljana #Slovenia #trilobite #trilobitekite #kiteflying #kitefighting
So, I got this in the mail the other day. I didn't even know it was my 25th year. Also, I'm old!
[Personal] Cyrill Taking Off!
Good news, he managed to take off on time!
Wanted to try a continuation of Trozformation's plane dragon TF for me! :3
#Transformation #TF #PlaneDragon #Plane #Dragon #Scalie #Flying #Suitcase #Clouds
Following @davidho's post stating "66% of warming from #flying comes from non-#CO2 #forcings", I dug out more info for myself & to share with @knowattitude & everyone.
https://ourworldindata.org/co2-emissions-from-aviation gives an overview, reminding us that these forcings are NOT regulated by the Paris Agreement😱. And this, when these forcings warm the #climate 3x faster than #aviation CO2 emissions alone. (this & below pic from study https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1352231020305689). If #COP28 doesn't bring these #emissions in scope, who will?
Warming: Massive misuse of the word "sustainable" ahead...
#Greenwashing #CarbonEmissions #Flying
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/nov/28/transatlantic-flight-sustainable-jet-fuel-virgin-atlantic-saf
whenever I fly I am always sure to keep the conspiracies flowing.
#chemtrails #flatearth #aviation #flying #etc
Sometimes (OK, most of the time), my #XPlane #flightsim kinda blows me away. On this little hop in the Avro RJ100 KEUG over to Southwest Regional Airport (KOTH) on the coast, I taxied to parking in front of the pax terminal, spooled all four engines down and popped the door and stairs.
The program automagically put some nice handy safety cones in front of the engines on the loading side and added engine FOD covers.
#avgeeks #aviation #airplanes #pilotlife #flying #airlines #travel #aircraft
“What was #flying like before 9/11?”
Oh you’d go to the travel agent and you’d give them some coins and they’d ink the vellum right there. The airport terminal was filled with the sound of livestock and commerce. The security agents only cared if you were a witch or possibly in league with the perfidious French.
Flight: #FYG31M
Registration: OO-VMV
ICAO code: #44D9B6
Callsign: #FLYING GROUP
Operator: Flying Service
Type: DASSAULT FALCON-900LX
Country: 🇧🇪
Speed: 550 kmh
Altitude: 2682 m
Distance: 1.0 km
Angle ∆: 70.2°
Direction ->: SE
Track:
http://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=44D9B6&lat=50.983&lon=4.447&zoom=10.5&showTrace=2023-11-27
http://globe.adsb.fi/?icao=44D9B6&lat=50.983&lon=4.447&zoom=10.5&showTrace=2023-11-27
History:
https://www.radarbox.com/data/mode-s/44D9B6
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/OO-VMV
Photos:
https://jetphotos.com/photo/keyword/OO-VMV
Seen: 21x
http://bit.ly/gift-for-radar-mechelen
Who says you can’t land a Cessna 172SP on an aircraft #carrier? I just dropped in to visit the fine men and women of the USS #XPlane and stopped before the last arresting cable.
After tying down between a couple of fighter jets below deck, I am going to chow down at the mess hall, I hear they are having Chipped Beef, cob corn and roasted NoDak potatoes. Not a bad menu for the middle of the ocean.
#avgeeks #aviation #airplanes #pilotlife #flying #Cessna #172 #Skyhawk #aircraft #Navy
Incoming
A tree swallow coming in for a landing at the top of a nesting box.
#nestingbox #treeswallow #swallow #bird #animal #nature #wildlife #flight #flying
Sigh, yet another example of why people with mobility issues view flying with a jaundiced eye
#disability #wheelchairlife #flying
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/11/21/travel/american-airlines-wheelchair-tarmac-video/index.html
By no stretch of the imagination would I call Ryanair "loveable". Almost everyone hates them. Sometimes though they're the only airline to fly directly between two points; i used to use them to get to obscure Polish airports.
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I keep flying budget airlines, even though they hate me (and you too)
#Flying #Travel https://www.smh.com.au/traveller/reviews-and-advice/i-keep-flying-budget-airlines-even-though-they-hate-me-and-you-too-20231121-p5ellq.html
"Private jets belonging to 200 celebrities, CEOs, oligarchs and billionaires have spent a combined total of 11 years in the air since the start of 2022. The carbon footprint of all those flights – a jaw-dropping 44,739 journeys – would be the equivalent of the total emissions of almost 40,000 Britons." #climate #aviation #flying #billionaires #celebrities https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/21/the-jet-set-200-celebrities-aircraft-have-flown-for-combined-total-of-11-years-since-2022
I like watching Stevie's flying videos. She is a delight and I love the sharing of the joys of general aviation.
#avGeek #stevieTriesenberg #generalAviation #flying #airVenture
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Vwmp_Qk74s
Daily upload - Nov 19 - Pigeon, Mare Island CA 29938 (2023)
#photography
#pigeon #flying #bird #wildbird
#naturephotography
Tomorrow I am flying my mother to Bessie's Diner in Janesville, WI. I highly recommend the diner to those that like aviation and it is within their means to get to the Airport it sits on (KJVL). For pilots, we can land and taxi right up to the diner!
https://www.bessiesdiner.com/
#flying #avGeek #aviation #diner
This video is wild. The pilot went unconscious from carbon monoxide and woke up in a field in the airplane, still alive (with some injuries and frost bite).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ebhig-vr9o
#generalAviation #flying #avGeek #airSafetyInstitute #aopa #aviation
#MentourPilot takes a spin in an electric plane for the first time, with some beautiful footage of #sweden
"How much did that flight…it was about 40 minutes-ish?"
"Yeah, exactly. Just short of 40 minutes."
"How much did that cost in propulsion?"
"Well, about 1 euro."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqF55MjU9jc
(His main channel, highly recommended, is one of the best on functional management principles, particularly in crises.)
Here is the aircraft and some of the recorded track information of my flight. #avgeek #flying #pilot #generalAviation
After doing five landings at KATW, I flew out over the city of Appleton WI a bit because I really like lights. It was a pretty night for some flying.
#avgeek #flying #pilot #generalAviation
The only nice thing about the sun setting at 4:30pm is that I can get my night flying currency really easily. I booked a skyhawk for 6-8pm tonight to do a few landings.
#generalAviation #flying #pilot
From 2026, Eindhoven Airport will not allow private jets anymore
https://www.themayor.eu/en/a/view/from-2026-eindhoven-airport-will-not-allow-private-jets-anymore-12185
Fliegen in den #Alpen nach dem ersten #Schnee 🤩 - die #Rigi = Königin der #Berge
#schweiz #alps #upinthesky #aquila #a211 #love #flying #fliegen #switzerland #schweiz #nature #weather #pilotlife #generalaviation #pilotsofmastodon #aviation #avgeek #avgeeks #plane #airplane #flugzeug #fliegen #pilots #upinthesky #upintheair #cessna #alpen #alps
Curious if extra legroom seats are now a common thing across all airlines or if it's just Breeze? Definitely worth paying a little extra, to not feel stuffed into a sardine can. #airtravel #flying
Here are some photos my passenger took during the same flight.
#generalAviation #pilot #flying #avgeek
"#Spain wants to ban #ShortHaulFlights when there is an alternative by #train that takes less than 2.5 hours. However, flights using the capital city to connect to international routes would not be included in the ban.
ALA has argued that, rather than enforcing a ban, large airports should be connected to the #HighSpeedRail network to give travelers the choice between #flying and train travel."
#Christmas can come any time you like when you're the one buying the presents. It's today for me. 😊🎄 #drone #flying #photography #dji
I now have a callsign so I can fly under that instead of using my tail number. Since I have access to 6 different aircraft this could be beneficial for my poor smol brain.
#avGeek #flying #aviation #generalAviation
I share air quality readings at airports, planes, ground transportation, a convention center, and my hotel during a trip to Puerto Rico.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/meeting-industry/2022/05/air-quality-readings
#travel #safety #AirQuality #readings #IAQ #plane #airport #bus #ConventionCenter #hotel #flying
@simon_brooke at least, then, people will probably not go #flying #airplane #holiday to #AbuDhabi, #Bahrain, or #Dubai
#ClimateCrisis
"I sat to Palmer’s right, a motion-sickness bracelet on my left wrist, anti-nausea gum in my mouth, and a gallon-size ziplock at my feet. The copilot’s control stick started bobbing around between my legs in sync with Palmer’s." —Brad Rassler for Outside Magazine
https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/environment/backcountry-bush-flying/?src=longreads
Calling all pilots and #avgeeks
I just stumbled on metar-taf.com, which has a very user-friendly interface and a livestream of real-time WX at any reporting airport.
Not affiliated or anything, just thought I’d pass this along. Search for your airport in upper right corner. Then hit the LIVESTREAM link at top. Enjoy!
#aviation #airplanes #pilotlife #flying #travel #airlines #aircraft
Whenever I fly, I always look out of the window. Humans have dreamed of being able to fly for millennia. Millions wishing they could soar like the birds. It's important to honour their dreams, and the drive this gives humanity to strive and progress. Even on a short haul commercial flight.
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Along the route, we chose checkpoints where we need a certain altitude to safely continue flying towards Villadossola. Additionally, we memorized a few emergency landing spots based on satellite imagery and other maps that were in glide range along the route.
All 5 of us reached the official landing zone between Domodossola and Villadossola with a big smile! After eating gelato, we took the train back to Switzerland.
#HikeAndFly #Paragliding #MountainMonday #Flying #Landscapes #Domodossola
And finally: A looong glide (plus two thermals) from the Weissmies peak (4017m) down to Domodossola (240m).
That flight took a bit of planning. The direct route over Passo di Pontimia would have been shorter, but the Valle di Bognanco looks pretty unlandable. So we took the slightly longer route via Passo d'Andolla and the Valle d'Antrona.
#Weissmies #HikeAndFly #Paragliding #FreeFlight #Wallis #Mountains #MountainMonday #Flying #Landscapes
Another combined Hike & Fly tour. Today: Flight from Hohsaas to Almagelleralp.
#Paragliding #HikeAndFly #Hohsaas #SaasGrund #Almagelleralp #Flying #FreeFlight #Weissmies
Why Does Flying Suck so Much?
Out of control fees for in-flight meals, checked bags, or even carry-ons.
Charging us $25 to print a boarding pass!
Why does flying suck so much these days?
It has a lot to do with power — and how greed has overtaken our entire economy.
"Oh hi, I did not know you can fly" is a sentence that only makes sense in #Interlaken 😂
Won't be much missed.
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[Gift link from me] ‘Good riddance’: in the event of severe turbulence, please eject the Qantas CEO https://www.crikey.com.au/2023/09/05/alan-joyce-qantas-ceo-resignation-pilots-engineers/?su=ZW8yRDdkTEdTdCtwOHVlQ1hPUS9Idz09
Heute wiedermal Hike & Fly Selun 🙂
#Paragliding #HikeAndFly #Churfirsten #Selun #Walensee #Walenstadt #Flying #Mountains #Hiking #Nature #Landscapes
Daily upload - Sept 1 - Pelicans, Benicia CA 28555 (2023)
I wonder if the federal government will be forced to reverse its mysterious decision not to allow extra flights? The media is keeping up the pressure.
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Government’s Qatar Airways decision under fire
#Aviation #Flying https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/qantas-virgin-set-for-turbulence-as-government-examines-domestic-airfares-20230830-p5e0mn.html
Crikey takes a look at the federal government's all-too-close relationship with Qantas... [this is a gift link, shared with you]
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Something stinks. Should Labor’s Qantas bromance go to the corruption watchdog? https://www.crikey.com.au/2023/08/29/labor-qantas-corruption-watchdog-catherine-king/?su=ZW8yRDdkTEdTdCtwOHVlQ1hPUS9Idz09
Queen of the Skies, Bessie Coleman (January 26, 1892 – April 30, 1926), was the first female of African and Cherokee descent to become a pilot in the U.S. She made up her mind one day to try. She tried and she succeeded.
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#AviationDay #Liberty #WomenPower #WomenRightsAreHumanRights #Flying #Saturday #SocialMedia #Mastodon #Megalodon #Tusky #Fediverse
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The phrase "It's complicated" is used by industry lobbyists to intentionally try & disinform people. To complicate matters further, "it's complicated" can also mean that the system that scientists are studying is, well, complex.
But, it's not that complicated to understand that locally grown vegetables & fruits, especially when those veggies & fruits are grown using the methods of #agroecology, are a #sustainable way to produce #food. But, #flying avocados half way around the planet isn't.