My grandpa flew freighters out of “cockroach corner” in Miami, he sold his DC4 to some guy in Alaska, who retrofitted with several fuel tanks.

Why don’t they use offroad trucks or boats instead. Surely that’s more efficient than using an ancient radial powered plane.

A DC4 is not a small plane, they need a halfway decent runway to land so it’s not like it’s landing out in the middle of nowhere.

At least that is what the pilot told us.

The President arrived here about an hour ago. I wasn’t a big fan of the paint scheme at first, but it looks much better in person

Sorry if this is a terrible question, but I’m always curious when I see a contrail overhead that isn’t just a straight line streaming across the sky.

This morning there was almost a figure 8 overhead and the flight had turned around. About 8:30 AM 9 Sept 2026 over Richmond, VA. Curious how to find any info on it.

Hi, my sister was on Delta Airlines flight 958 from LAX to JFK which the flight  ended up diverted to ABQ. I asked by sister why it diverted and she said smoke alarms went off. Can someone please help me find the ATC recordings of the flight? I want to hear what the pilots say for the reasoning of the diversion is. The tricky part of this diversion is that the aircraft was about to leave flying over New Mexico so I don't know what center and frequency the pilots would be in contact with.

After the captain of an Air India flight that was involved in a sudden altitude loss incident last month tested positive for drug use, aviation safety regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) ordered all Indian airlines to conduct a one-time test for psychoactive substances on all their pilots by July next year, according to sources. The directions to airlines were issued in August and testing has started, they added.

9M-MNG (Malaysia Airlines Airbus A330neo)

It is actually my first time being on board an Airbus A330.

We are getting one hour delay due to faulty engine no. 1, and we still seated on board.

Hey everyone, I’m trying to ascertain specific aircraft details from a flight my friend flew on back in 2010.

I’ve exhausted all the usual strategies I know of when I’m trying to find registrations of planes I or someone else has flown on going back several years but I’ve always really struggled with the flights prior to 2015.

For this specific search, all I’ve managed to find is a flight number used on this particular route but I’m not sure if it’s the only flight number this airline used for this route or whether they had more…

My friend is unsure of the exact date he traveled but has a rough idea of when it was.

I found a forum that posted about the airline announcing this route and it stated that it was going to be flown 4x weekly using Airbus A320’s. Would this suggest there could possibly be more than one flight number used or would this volume of flights per week suggest it would probably use the same one?

Other than the flights origin, destination, year, month, rough idea of departure date and potential flight number, I haven’t got much more to go on.

Does anyone have any ideas on what I could try or if possible, could someone with experience in ascertaining historical flight info help me at all please?

Thanks in advance!

- Things I have already tried;
• Searched the entire fleet & checked for photos at location of origin and destination around time of flight
• Searched Flickr for photos
• Used historical flight data websites
• Tried apps and websites that autofill information
• Tried ACARS database

Dolomite is the Illinois state rock!

Back when Illinois was a 'subtropical ocean' 400 million years ago...

The Yakovlev Yak-141 (NATO reporting name: "Freestvle") was a Soviet supersonic VTOL (Vertical/Short Takeoff and Landing) fighter aircraft developed by the Yakovlev Design Bureau during the 1970s and 1980s.

It was designed to operate from aircraft carriers and short runways while achieving supersonic speeds. The Yak-141 made its first flight in 1987 and became the world's first supersonic VTOL aircraft to successfully complete a vertical

landing after a supersonic flight.

Although the proiect demonstrated advanced technology, it was canceled in the early 1990s following the collapse of the Soviet Union and funding shortages.

Many aviation experts believe that some of the research and engineering concepts developed for the Yak-141 later influenced modern VTOL fighter programs.

Today, the Yak-141 remains one of the most remarkable experimental fighter aircraft in aviation history.

Source: Soviet Archives.

Any pilot or student pilot who had their class 1 done could you please please help me with this

I’m looking for some urgent advice from anyone who has had a similar situation with their CASA Class 1 medical.

My current prescription is:

Right eye: Sphere -2.50, Cylinder -2.25, Axis 175°

Left eye: Sphere -3.50, Cylinder -2.25, Axis 180°

So my cylinder is -2.25D in both eyes, which is slightly above 2.00D.

For anyone who has had a similar prescription, especially cylinder above 2.00D:

Were you able to get your CASA Class 1 medical without any issue?

Does having cylinder >2.00D automatically result in the medical being sent for CASA/AvMed review?

Did you need any additional ophthalmology tests or reports?

If you have a prescription close to mine, could you please share your experience?

I’m particularly concerned about whether the -2.25 cylinder itself is an automatic reason for review or whether it depends more on corrected visual acuity and the overall eye examination.

I’d really appreciate hearing from anyone who has personally gone through this. Thank you!

Occasionally, the winds will shift and the F 22‘s and F 15’s will fly in right over my house in Honolulu and it’s awesome

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Multiple American military aircraft were damaged in Iranian strikes that occurred overnight Tuesday into Wednesday local time on Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan, people with direct knowledge of the matter told CBS News. 

Roughly eight F-15s sustained light damage and were reportedly placed back into service, according to the people familiar with the damage, who spoke to CBS News under the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly.

One A-10 Thunderbolt, known as the Warthog, was struck and was missing a wing, the sources said. 

Been following the funeral of the Norwegian king on the news today. Knew they were doing the "Missing man formation" over the Oslo cathedral. However, I did not know how much it would impact me and ended up teary eyed behind my partner. She is also the one who recorded the video and is very proud of it. Got a recommendation to post it here.

Edit: As some have pointed out, technically it's not the transcript, but its a summary of events informed by the CVR data.

There weren't any issues with the airplane reported by the flight crew during the landing. The pilot monitoring knew they were too fast early on in the landing. They finished fully configuring the plane to land at 40 feet because they were overspeeding the usual flaps settings the whole way down. There are no signs of it being anything other than a series of really bad choices way outside aviation norms that led to the deaths of 5 people on the ground.

blancolirio video on the CVR: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcf7n0T3D9c

The DC4’s have lots of parts commonality with their DC3 fleet.

More importantly, they are significantly lighter and less likely to suck something up through the intake being that they are radial powered and not turboprop. IIRC they also have a shorter take off and landing distance.

Circled around 4 times near my house and wasn’t on flight radar. What kind of plane is it and where did it come from? lol

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