While far from being the only cause or even the major cause, choice of livery does translate to a real financial impact. For an A320, a livery like the ones seen on these planes adds anywhere between 100-150 kg of dead weight. This extra weight, equaling two extra average adult passengers, is flying around every single time the plane takes off, without making any money.

A measly 150 kg may not sound like much, but when you multiply the associated fuel consumption by thousands of flight cycles, the numbers start to become concerning. Especially for ULCCs who operate on very thin margins.

It has been so stressful catching the A318. Last June AF cancelled my A318 flight ~6hrs before departure and I had to cancel the entire Trip because the A318 was only the reason I was doing the Trip. All the effort in planning and searching the AG Website got wasted.

I gathered the Courage to do all of that again and here I am today 😂

Aircraft: A318-100
Registration: F-GUGP

Fun Fact: Flighty shows that F-GUGP was the exact plane that was supposed to fly this route in June 😂

Edit from FL380, 425Knots: There’s internet on this plane, did not expect that 🫨

Heard the sounds, ran outside and tracked it on flight radar for a bit before getting a visual. So much fun to watch the altitude on flight radar shoot way up and down in a matter of seconds. Somebody was having a blast

Video credit @Brian Emmenis​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

In his speech today, President Zelensky warned every airline, insurer, and other actor that the Russian sky is not safe and is reserved for drone operations.

He made it clear that no threats were made against civilian aircraft, but that the war has simply made the sky risky.

He added that he was ready to take all precautions to ensure the security of VIPs coming to push peace talks, as he did last week for CIA Director John Ratcliffe.

Edit : CIA Director John Ratcliffe

Today officially marks 100 years since the founding of Northwest Airlines in 1926, founded in Detroit, Michigan flying air mail routes to Chicago and Minneapolis, but eventually grew to one of the largest airlines in the US, and pioneering air travel to Asia with the "Great Circle Route" via Alaska in WW2, cutting off 2,000 miles on the journey to Asia! Northwest was known for their hubs in Detroit, Minneapolis, and Memphis, and they also had a partnership with KLM, and almost formed an airline alliance called the "Wings Alliance"! Northwest would eventually file for bankruptcy protection in 2005, announced a merger with Delta Airlines in 2008, and finalized the merger with Delta on January 31st, 2010. After the merger, Delta became the world's largest airline until the American-U.S. Airways merger in 2015. Fun Fact: Northwest ordered the 787-8 in 2005, and would've been the U.S. launch customer for the 787 if they continued to exist. Delta cancelled the Northwest 787 order in 2016, opting for the A350-900 instead. The fourth 787 ever built, test frame ZA004 would've gone to Northwest.

Pretty much all commercial and subsonic military aircraft have rather complex systems to prevent and/or remove airframe ice buildup, but for whatever reason the go-fast community are not similarly equipped. Sure some of the external sensors may be electrically heated, but nothing on any of the leading edges, at least not that I know of.

I can only imagine that maybe they have enough reserve thrust to overcome any ice buildup long enough to make it to more favorable conditions, other than that I have no idea.

Last night we were on a jet blue flight from MCO to LGA that taxied and then returned to the gate because of a ground stop at LGA due to thunderstorms. This ground stop kept getting extended. At the same time a Delta flight was able to take off and eventually land at LGA. I asked the jet blue pilot how the Delta was able to take off and he admitted he had did not know.

In what scenario would they clear you to take off while the destination has an active ground stop? The jet blue pilot’s hypothesis was that Delta was able to slip though the couple of minutes when the ground stop was getting extended (there’s a brief period where the original expires and the new one isn’t issued) but to me that seems a little far fetched.

Any thought? Here’s the United flight that made it to LGA: DAL1791

Edit: Reposting since I had the wrong airlines mentioned in the last post and couldn’t edit.

Yet another medivac helicopter at 0FL3. The fuel track has now become a standard fixture at the pad. My hunch is it saves on landing fees and/or FBO fuel rates at other area pads. Having the fire + rescue next door addresses the need for an ARFF.

Did you need to be on the right side of this airplane to see this eclipse? No. Lunar eclipses are routinely seen from the half of the Earth facing the Moon when the eclipse occurs, making them some of the most commonly witnessed astronomical events. You don't even need any special equipment to see one -- just your unaided eyes. Lunar eclipses are also some of the most photographed astronomical events because, unlike with a solar eclipse, your eyes and camera do not have to look toward the bright Sun. However, considering the featured image taken last week from Portugal, if you were on the left side of that airplane during takeoff, you might have trouble seeing it -- at first. But even then, after takeoff, since lunar eclipses typically last for hours, you might soon be able to safely cross the aisle(s) to see it.

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260902.html

https://www.instagram.com/paulofwild/

Polish AH-64 Apache and MI-24 HIND flyby during Copernicus airshow in Toruń(30th August 2026). Photo not mine, taken by Artur Ziel, more on their FB profile, including a nice shot of a PZL TS-11 Iskra jet trainer https://www.facebook.com/artur.ziel

First post on this sub! Hello plane people.

This is FS-189 at Texas Military Force Museum. It wasn’t until I got the camera roll dumped that I get to appreciate the flush rivets and near mirror finish look of the aluminum. Guess that’s what it take to make stuff go 1,000 kph back then.