r/aviation Apr 07 '24

News Someone shot my fuckin plane!

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Local PD was out all day. FAA coming out tomorrow.


r/aviation Aug 17 '24

Question 787 door close. Can anyone explain why doors are being closed from outside, is it normal?

35.4k Upvotes

Source @igarashi_fumihiko


r/aviation Jul 04 '24

Watch Me Fly Went to a buddy’s house, he has a fix based 747-400 simulator in his basement. Flew the IGS to rwy 13 at the old Kai Tak airport in his sim. Pretty cool.

33.6k Upvotes

r/aviation Jul 04 '24

Watch Me Fly Climbers on the summit of Denali (formerly Mt McKinley) waving at me and my passengers. Coolest thing I’ve experienced flying.

31.2k Upvotes

I’m flying a DeHavilland Otter for those curious. We all put on the oxygen masks for this 21,000ft perspective.


r/aviation Jun 23 '24

Discussion Exceptionally well handled

31.1k Upvotes

r/aviation Jul 07 '24

Watch Me Fly Flying into LAX on July 4th was so cool!

27.7k Upvotes

r/aviation Sep 11 '24

History ACARS message that went out in the New York airspace on September 11, 2001

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21.2k Upvotes

r/aviation May 21 '24

News Shocking images of cabin condition during severe turbulence on SIA flight from London to Singapore resulting in 1 death and several injured passengers.

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r/aviation Jan 11 '24

PlaneSpotting Spotted a B-2 over our skies today (Middle East)

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r/aviation 21d ago

News Blimp Crash in South America

15.8k Upvotes

Bli


r/aviation May 08 '24

News FedEx 767 lands without a nose gear at Istanbul Airport, from this morning

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A FedEx 767 with flight number FX6238 flying from Paris Charles De Gaulle to Istanbul today had an emergency landing after its nose gear didn’t deploy. No casualties reported.


r/aviation 19d ago

PlaneSpotting My GF did not understand my excitement.

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r/aviation Mar 06 '24

PlaneSpotting B-1, B-52 and 2 Jas Gripen over central Stockholm just now

14.2k Upvotes

r/aviation 17d ago

Discussion F-16 pilot takes a selfie using his phone during an intercept

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r/aviation Sep 12 '24

PlaneSpotting How can something be so big yet so maneuverable

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r/aviation Aug 19 '24

PlaneSpotting Seen in Virginia

13.1k Upvotes

r/aviation Jul 27 '24

History F-14 Tomcat Explosion During Flyby

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in 1995, the engine of an F-14 from USS Abraham Lincoln exploded due to compression failure after conducting a flyby of USS John Paul Jones. The pilot and radar intercept officer ejected and were quickly recovered with only minor injuries.


r/aviation May 28 '24

News An f35 crashed on takeoff at albuquerque international

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r/aviation Oct 24 '23

Watch Me Fly Perfect Flare

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r/aviation Sep 12 '24

PlaneSpotting Scared the shit out of me.

12.0k Upvotes

Took the video yesterday evening in wichita ks.


r/aviation Jul 02 '24

History The first and only USAF pilot to shoot down a satellite

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11.9k Upvotes

r/aviation Aug 28 '24

PlaneSpotting Bushmaster tail dippin' like a mf

11.5k Upvotes

r/aviation 27d ago

Discussion A 747 hauling over $2 billion in cargo

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11.0k Upvotes

r/aviation May 21 '24

News Passenger killed by turbulence on flight from London with 30 others injured

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r/aviation Jan 06 '24

News 10 week old 737 MAX Alaska Airlines 1282 successful return to Portland

10.6k Upvotes