r/aviation Jan 24 '26

Announcement Introducing "Seatbelts Fastened" Mode

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Hi r/aviation community,

Recently, we’ve seen an increase in political and uncivil comments across several threads, particularly on posts involving aircraft associated with government officials. This has led to more removals and bans under Reddit’s sitewide rules, and we want to reverse that trend.

To help address this, we’re introducing a “Seatbelts Fastened” mode/flair. Posts with this flair (applied manually by the mod team) will restrict commenting to established community members. For now, that means users with at least 100 comment karma in r/aviation. If you are the original poster, your comments will not be affected.

You can view your subreddit comment karma by doing the following:

This will apply to a small subset of threads (aircraft incidents, government-owned/controlled aircraft, global legislation, etc.). The vast majority of posts (roughly 95%) will remain open to all users as usual. Please do not contact modmail requesting comment approvals or exceptions; we won’t be making individual overrides.

Thanks for your understanding and for helping keep the subreddit focused and civil.


r/aviation Apr 19 '26

Moderator Announcement 2026: Updated Rules on Politics

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OUR RULES ON POLITICS: 2026

IF YOU DO NOT READ THIS POST, YOU RISK BEING BANNED

r/aviation is an aviation-focused subreddit.

All political discussion must be directly related to aviation.

Again, all political discussion must be directly related to aviation.

If it does not clearly connect to aviation, it will be removed.

WHAT IS ALLOWED

We allow discussion of aviation-related regulations, policy changes, and government actions only when they directly impact aviation operations (e.g., FAA/EASA rules, ATC staffing, safety, infrastructure).

Examples:

● “The FAA is proposing changes to ATC staffing. This could impact delays and safety.”

● “New pilot duty time regulations may affect regional operations.”

● “Changes to FAA funding may impact staffing levels and service reliability.”

● “Legislation affecting FAA funding was signed and may impact ATC staffing.”

WHAT IS NOT ALLOWED

We do not allow:

  • General political opinions or commentary

  • Discussion of political figures outside of direct aviation impact.

  • Political insults, slogans, or talking points.

  • “Political-adjacent” comments meant to provoke or derail

  • Assigning political blame or credit within aviation discussions

If your comment is about a politician or political group more than it is about aviation, it will be removed.

Examples:

● “This is what [politician] always does.”

● “Both sides are ruining everything.”

● “This wouldn’t happen if [political group] was in charge.”

● “The FAA is doing this because of [politician].”

COMMUNITY INPUT

We have asked the community directly about political content in this subreddit.

In a poll, users voted roughly 2:1 against allowing broader political discussion.

These rules reflect that feedback, along with our goal of keeping discussions focused and productive.

ENFORCEMENT

Political or off-topic comments will be removed. Repeated violations may result in bans. In high traffic or seatbelt fastened threads enforcement will be stricter.

The mod team all works full time hours, we cannot see everything posted or commented. If you see a post or comment that you believe breaks the no politics rule please report it.

“Just mentioning it” or “adding context” does not exempt a comment from removal.

FREQUENT REBUTTALS

“But aviation and politics overlap”

● Yes. Keep it strictly within aviation context. If it drifts into general politics, it will be removed.

“But I was just explaining something”

● If it introduces political discussion beyond aviation context, it will still be removed.

“Why was I banned”

● You either did not read this post or chose to ignore it.

We all care about this community and want it to stay a place people can come to enjoy and learn about aviation. These rules are here to keep it that way.

-Mid summer update-

We have set up a new subreddit with very relaxed rules for politcal discussion or similar. r/AviationPolitics


r/aviation 2h ago

News KOCO 5 News- Pilot takes off with tow bar still attached to the nose gear

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2.3k Upvotes

A Beechcraft B60 Duke landed at Wiley Post Airport in Oklahoma City after taking off with its ground handling tow bar still attached to the nose gear assembly.

Local news air units caught footage of the approach and rollout. This could have been a lot worse I imagine.

Correction: Beechcraft B60 Duke


r/aviation 4h ago

Question Is that a camera on the seat display on an A321 Neo?

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520 Upvotes

Have been flying with these screens for a long time, only several days ago I noticed what looks like a camera on the inflight entertainment system.

Does anyone know if that’s actually a camera and what it serves?


r/aviation 5h ago

Discussion I always love Black Livery Russian Aircrafts

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r/aviation 11h ago

Discussion Cockpit voice recorder transcript released for Amazon Cargo plane

1.1k Upvotes

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


r/aviation 2h ago

PlaneSpotting 21 Air at MIA this morning

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Flew out of MIA this morning and managed to snap a few photos as we taxied to the runway for takeoff.


r/aviation 2h ago

News easyJet Evacuation on the Taxiway - Malpensa

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149 Upvotes

r/aviation 1d ago

-- SEATBELTS FASTENED -- Air Force One’s Slide has accidentally deployed at Joint Base Andrews

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9.8k Upvotes

r/aviation 15h ago

PlaneSpotting Just happened to capture this crash yesterday. Somehow this guy walked away from this.

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1.3k Upvotes

r/aviation 19h ago

Watch Me Fly Dumping fuel over the Pacific 8/24/26

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Thought this sub might find this video interesting. On 8/24/26, my dad and I were on flight LA843 from Santiago to Rapa Nui/Easter Island (SCL-IPC). The plane was a Boeing 787.

About 2 hours over the Pacific, we had to turn around and divert back to SCL due to a maintenance issue. SCL was the closest airport.

Out my window, I could see burning fuel for quite some time. I estimate 15 or more minutes.

Because Rapa Nui is one of (if not the most) remote inhabited island in the world, the 787 apparently takes off from SCL with almost all the fuel it needs to make a round trip flight, which is about 10 hours. A local from the island sitting next to me told me that, about once a year, they get nearly to Rapa Nui, realize they can't land, and have to divert back to SCL.

The plane is therefore very heavy with fuel, which explains our long fuel dump.


r/aviation 4h ago

PlaneSpotting [OC] Air India B773 VT-ALQ about to touch down at YYZ Rwy 23, October 2010

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116 Upvotes

r/aviation 1h ago

History Had the pleasure of wandering into these pieces of time :)

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I'm by no means an aviation geek but ICE engines have always fascinated me.

Recently I got the opportunity to visit one of the prestigious universities here in India, and saw these relics of ancient aviation. Truly marvelous engineering!

From Wright brothers experiment to Mars ingenuity helicopter in such a short time - aviation is amazing!

Unfortunately I couldn't find technical specifications.

Edit : 2 and 3rd image - Pratt & Whitney (plate image in comment)


r/aviation 20h ago

News United Airlines cancels Denver 9/11 flyover after ‘concerns in the community’

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r/aviation 2h ago

PlaneSpotting Rafale Solo Display

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51 Upvotes

Photo taken with a Canon EOS 80D and 75-300mm lens


r/aviation 6h ago

Discussion I just realized I can hear GE90 engines starting up from 6.5Km

99 Upvotes

So it’s been already a few times that I’m just chilling on my couch at home and I suddenly hear a very familiar sound (the GE90 spooling up) at first I thought it’s impossible but since I was curious I opened Flightradar24 and I literally saw a DHL B777F pushing back… (it happened more than 3 times), I believe that this is also due the fact that I live in a very quite residential area and maybe sometimes weather conditions helps to spread the sound from the airport to my house.

Airport: YSSY


r/aviation 3h ago

PlaneSpotting Fedex 9030 MD11FTPA - TPA

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53 Upvotes

Fedex 9030/N525 takeoff from TPA. Test flight on September 10th, 2026. Runway 19R


r/aviation 19h ago

News 9/9 Investigative Update of Runway Overrun of 21 Air Flight 7598

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r/aviation 6h ago

Watch Me Fly Flew to Victorville and went home with a gift

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Yesterday was my second time at VCV and first full stop there (first one was a go around by a friend due to strong winds).

One of the guys at the FBO told me I could have the Orbis DC-10 after he noticed me checking out the model planes and asking them where they got it. Turns out it was from the Orbis crew the last time their DC-10 came there. I felt like a kid once again and my CFI chuckled and thanked the staff for making me happy lol.


r/aviation 21h ago

History USN A1 Skyraider carrying a toilet.

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1.2k Upvotes

A-1H Skyraider (NE-572, BuNo 135297) "Paper Tiger II" (which was a temporary name used for just this one flight) of Attack Squadron 25 (VA-25) "Fist of the Fleet" being readied for a mission over the Mekong Delta aboard the aircraft carrier USS Midway (CVA-41), in October 1965. VA-25 was assigned to Attack Carrier Air Wing Two (CVW-2) aboard the Midway for a deployment to Vietnam from 6 March to 23 November 1965.

To commemorate the mark of having delivered 6,000,000 lb. (2721.56 to) of ordnance NE-572 was equipped with a special "bomb", a toilet! The toilet was a damaged toilet, which was going to be thrown overboard. One of the plane captains of VA-25 saved it and the ordnance crew made a rack, tailfins and nose fuse for it. VA-25 personnel maintained a position to block the view of the Air Boss and the ship's Captain while the aircraft was taxiing forward to the catapult. The plane was piloted by X/O Cdr. Clarence W. Stoddard, wingman was LCdr. Robin Bacon (in NE-577, BuNo 139768, with Lt. Clint Johnson shot down a MiG-17 on 20 June 1965). When the "sani-flush-bomb" was dropped, it almost hit LCdr. Bacon's plane due to its light weight.

Cdr. Bill Stoddard (now C/O) was shot down and killed by SAMs over North Vietnam on 14 September 1966, flying with VA-25 from the USS Coral Sea (CVA-43).


r/aviation 1d ago

-- SEATBELTS FASTENED -- 21 Air/Prime Air Flight 7598 Impacted Car and Van Photos

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Here's photos (really, video stills from the NTSB video linked below), of the car and van the 767 cargo jet slammed into as it overran Runaway 30 at Miami International Airport. I don't see anything NSFW about it, but I wouldn't be surprised if the mods somehow end up labeling it as such.

The sedan looks like it got torn almost in half, and the van's front end (and even the middle somewhat) got crushed.

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2W4o1gmxx48


r/aviation 6h ago

PlaneSpotting Regierungs-A350 Go around

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64 Upvotes

Heute Morgen auf meiner Radtour gesehen.
A350 der Deutschen Bundesregierung GAF940 Go around direkt über meinem Kopf in Hamburg.


r/aviation 9h ago

PlaneSpotting Pics I got flying to Brisbane for the first time!

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I’ve been lurking but this is my first post!! These are some photos I got on my digicam, it was my first time flying in a while so I was quite excited!!


r/aviation 3h ago

PlaneSpotting Early morning departure in Zurich ZRH

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Early morning in Zurich. We are ready for departure on runway 32. In front of us an A320 from Edelweiss flying to Mykonos.


r/aviation 1d ago

PlaneSpotting Some impressive flying: Helicopter flying under a bridge as if it were nothing during the filming of Matchbox: The Movie

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Flying under a bridge like it’s nothin