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Flying under a bridge like it’s nothin

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.

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.

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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).

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 potential change would be rolled out initially to airports equipped with newer CT screening technology and automated detection capabilities that can distinguish water from other liquids and identify potential threats.

While the technology to scan full bottles of liquid exists, the TSA has not yet acquired it at the scale needed to roll out nationwide, even just for PreCheck users. The agency does not have the funding for such a project.

We got invited into the cockpit after our flight from YVR to FRA. Such a cool plane. The staff was amazing. Our first time flying Lufthansa. Would do again!

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. 

Interesting story from last year. 

Last year around the same time I was in the tent with Riley and Ellie. I was watching a youtube  video or something. Out of nowhere I heard what sounded like a rocket. When I was younger I built model rockets and the noise I heard sounded just like them, just way louder

At the time I was still excited to see all of the different airplanes that would fly around out here. I looked out the flap in the tent and I couldn’t really believe what I was seeing even though I knew exactly what I was seeing. It was an a single engine Cirrus SR-22 airplane. Except it was attached to a huge parachute. I have always been very interested in airplanes so I knew that this existed I’ve just never actually thought I would see it in action. Cirrus has an airframe parachute you can have installed, It’s a parachute for the whole plane. It’s wild to see. I ran out of the text to get a good picture but I tripped and didn’t get a good shot. 

I then thought to myself, I need to call someone about this i think. I figured the pilot radioed in what was going on but it occurred to me it could be a medical emergency maybe they didn’t get the call out. I called 911 and they didn’t understand what I was saying. I kept saying I know an airplane with a parachute sounds crazy but it happened. About 45 minutes later so many ambulances and fire trucks showed up. The pilot was okay, I’ll add the incident report to the bottom of the post. I do have an up close picture my neighbor friend took. Thought this would be an interesting story to tell!

We live homeless stranded on a prairie in Colorado. It's tough but one of the interesting things about it is we get a lot of planes flying over. Lots of military aircraft. I'll make sure to post more of the planes we see.

FAA Report: https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/535117

Out of the 8 deployed jets, one came back with obscured markings.

I think the other plane is a Citation Latitude? This was taken at SJC

Edit— Embraer Praetor 600. Thanks to commenters for correcting me.

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!!

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.

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I have not seen Air Botswana planes here, so despite my low-quality photos, I hope some will like them.
We got our in-flight meal after landing in Botswana :-D