scrubbedexpat091

AA has announced the final flights of its last remaining MD-80's. Last flight is September 4, 2019 departing DFW as flight 80 and arriving at Chicago-O'hare.

Newsroom - American Airlines Announces Schedule of Final MD-80 Revenue Flights - American Airlines Group, Inc.

caretaker

USA/Canada flight snapshot - Kurt Vonnegut referred to planes as heavier-than-air flying machines.

caretaker

Whoosh! Airbus comes in at Gatwick.

scrubbedexpat091

That is a neat video. We would get days like that at YVR sometimes, can't see the planes then poof there is one.

Fog can get trippy to work in if its low level.

scrubbedexpat091

Ural Airlines A321 hit a flock of birds on departure. Planed ended up in a corn field. Some injuries but no fatalities. Plane is obviously damaged.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/15/europ...ntl/index.html

A passenger was recording the departure. You can hear when the engine start having trouble. (video is not graphic and work safe.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXoB...ature=youtu.be

markonline1

scrubbedexpat091

Cool photos. The downside to working on the commercial side at my last job was we never get to see the private planes......

steveq

I flew this one a couple of weeks ago.





Cozy IV

markonline1

MMcD

"cool stuff" #2 photo looks like a "poor mans", Epstein wanna-be, Lolita Express

scrubbedexpat091

The "new" Midwest Express seems one step closer to flights. I believe though Elite Airways will actually be operating the aircraft and using CRJ-200's.

https://www.tmj4.com/news/local-news...ions-wednesday

The old Midwest Express for most of its life was a pretty good airline with 2x2 seating layout, meals, and hot cookies baked in-flight. I flew them once in 2002 to Milwaukee from San Diego, top notch service.

Doubt the new version will last, new airlines have a poor track record of surviving in the US.

johnwoo

I've been watching the RAF Top Gun fighter pilot training on ITV.

"Documentary following three trainees at Britain's elite fighter pilot school, including the establishment's only female student. In the first episode, the pilots are put through their paces learning to fly the new F35 Lightning stealth jet. These planes can avoid radar, hover and land vertically, but with only a few months to bring them to the UK and prepare them for active service, the stakes a re high for the aspiring pilots"

johnwoo

The Royal Air Force

https://twitter.com/RoyalAirForce?lang=en

civilservant

Those F35s are really FUGLY. It's a potato with a few wings attached. The Raptors are just so much better looking.

scrubbedexpat091

American Airlines mechanic was arrested and charged with “willfully damaging, destroying or disabling an aircraft”.

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/loc...234766107.html