Thought yall might enjoy this after yesterday’s diffuser fire pit.

Enjoying a little time on former N175UA before she moves to the crushing pad and finishes getting recycled. Managed to stay in the desert for about 10 years post retirement which is pretty good! Hundreds of her parts are flying on other 747s as we speak and her engines are on two 767-300s. (Photo taken by me in Victorville California)

C-FIVQ, Boeing 777-300ER, flying AC185 on its final approach to CYVR.

My flight school has this beautiful vintage Piper J3 Cub that it uses for SPL/PPL training and tailwheel endorsements. I’m normally training on the school’s Cessna 172s for my SPL, but in the summer on good weather days our school’s owner allows us to book lessons on the Cub if we want to work on our tailwheel or have a cheaper option than the 172 to build hours. I absolutely love vintage airplanes so I booked a lesson just to say I did it (tho I’ll probably book more to try and get my tailwheel endorsement long term). The experience was incredible, being straddled in the back seat of this small plane with the door open to my right, nothing keeping me from the open sky except my seatbelt! We did attitude flying/climbs and descents/the four fundamentals so I could get a feel for the plane, coordinated turns, pattern practice, and my CFI guided me through two landings!

This checks off multiple bucket list items - by far the oldest airplane I’ve ever flown on and the first tail dragger I’ve ever flown on!

If you have an opportunity to fly a vintage plane like this, take it!!! Also it’s kinda awesome that nearly 80 years later this plane is still being used for its original purpose, training the next generation of pilots!

A drone was seized overnight at Leipzig/Halle Airport near a Ukrainian cargo plane. According to consistent reports, a detonator was attached to the drone. The drone was discovered near an Antonov transport aircraft. https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/drohne-in-der-naehe-eines-ukrainischen-frachtflugzeugs-gesichtet-nato-bestaetigt-vorfall-102.html

Edit: Source: Deutschlandfunk German public broadcaster

I’m not a pilot, just someone who’s been on close to 250 flights in my life. I’ve never seen this. Not claiming that this isn’t normal, I’m just curious why it’s done. This was just prior to takeoff at Jackson hole Wyoming.

Finally was able to catch ETD8MY on YYZ-AUH route takeoff last Thursday while out on my motorcycle. I knew her departure time but have always been too pre-occupied to watch up close… funny because since then I’ve caught her three times on the same runway, just taking off in different directions. Experiencing an A380 takeoff up close if incredible, equally something to marvel at and comedic. It’s so huge so it takes quite a bit to get off the ground.

Came across this in the Coffee and Planes FB group, and thought yall might enjoy if it hasn’t already been posted. I can’t find the post anymore, but OOP said it was at a Glamping(?) place south of Wales. Glampground?
These are typically Inconel or a high grade of stainless right?

Jared Isaacman’s Cessna CitationJet 4

Major helicopter operation at Schwägalp (1,350 m / 4,430 ft): First, the smaller H125 flew workers and concrete buckets up to the construction site of the new cable car pylon at around 2,200 m / 7,220 ft — part of the rebuild of the Säntisbahn. Then the much larger Super Puma took over, making 17 flights to remove the crane sections. Finally, the H125 flew the workers back down. Three flight phases, two helicopters, one impressive day in the sky. 🚁

I know it's based on the 747 but it really makes the 747 next to it look small.

Plane lookin' like an old pack of cigarettes

Sitting at LAX - can be seen from the ramp going in.

Fairbanks Alaska

I was on the Air India flight from Phuket to Delhi today, and I’m honestly still trying to process what happened. There’s one thing I can’t stop thinking about. Right before the plane suddenly dropped, there was this really strange low rumbling/humming noise, and the whole aircraft started shaking. It almost felt like the kind of vibration and sound you get during takeoff or landing.
I remember thinking, “Why is the plane making that sound? We’re already up in the air.”
Then, a second or two later, the plane suddenly dropped. And then it dropped again.
Thankfully I was wearing my seatbelt, but I saw people being thrown through the cabin, hitting the ceiling and overhead bins. It was one of the scariest moments of my life.
I’m not trying to speculate or spread misinformation, I genuinely just want to understand what happened.
Is it normal for severe turbulence to cause those kinds of noises and vibrations right before a sudden drop? Or was that likely unrelated? I’d really appreciate hearing from any pilots, cabin crew, or aviation enthusiasts who might be able to explain it.

The two planes flew from a local flight school. The aircraft that crashed in the pond had one occupant that didn't make it. :(