Videos
The bodycam footage from the student who damaged more than 10 planes at a flight school because he didn't get his solo sign-off has been released. He has since been sentenced to 226 days in jail for criminal mischief. Reports were that he flew into a rage after
Airports
Noise pollution around airports is a significant concern, particularly in densely populated urban areas, where the hum of jet engines is a constant companion. Among the busiest cities in the world, New York stands out, with its multiple airports—John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), LaGuardia Airport (LGA), and Newark
Airlines
Someone sent me a video yesterday that was honestly the first time I've ever seen happen during a hydraulic failure. A Horizon Airlines, Embraer E175 jet was enroute from Seattle to Redmond, Oregon when they reported a hydraulic issue and elected to divert to Portland, Oregon. Upon landing,
Travel
The NASA Research team has published a very cool simulation of air flowing around a high lift wing. For anyone it's a a great way to see how air moves over a wing as its flying through the air and visualizes just what a wing is doing. In
Videos
If I'm ever on an aircraft that needs to evacuate, I will have little to no hope of survival if most of my fellow passengers are Americans. The complete disregard for the safety of others or the expeditious flow to get out of the airplane is astounding. This
Airlines
A user on reddit has shared an amazing video of an American Airlines Boeing 737-800 bursting a tire on the takeoff roll and rejecting that takeoff while the tire shreds and bursts into flames. The flight looks to be AA590 from Tampa to Phoenix. This is one of the better
Videos
One of my favorite yearly events is EAA's AirVenture Oshkosh. It's a massive gathering of general aviation and experimental aircraft that fly in for a week of pure aviation lover thrill. The organizers put on a massive daily airshow, and two days during the week they
News
Air traffic in the Northeast United States is some of the most congested and compact airspace. In the New York area, you have four major airports, all fighting for airspace. JFK, Newark, and LaGuardia all see major commercial traffic, while Teterboro sees an enormous amount of private aviation traffic. Following
Airlines
In the pilot world, we have a saying for when the aircraft gets out of hand: Unstable. Pilots are taught how to deal with unstable approaches and landings by escaping out of the maneuver and resetting to try again. Usually that involves declaring a go around and coming back in
Airlines
Video is surfacing of the Delta A321neo evacuation at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport earlier this month, where an electrical fault caused the entire airplane to evacuate via emergency slides. In the video, we see an employee hooking up ground power to the airplane and seconds later it starts to spark
Videos
YouTube channel AIRLINE VIDEOS caught a dramatic scene a few days ago as a Lufthansa Boeing 747-8 was coming into land at LAX. The video starts with what looks like a stable approach into the airport and a few seconds later smacks hard into the runway with a huge cloud
Insights
Have you ever settled into your seat on an Airbus, eager for takeoff, only to be startled by a series of barking or sawing noises coming from near the wings? Fear not, curious flyer! This is the entirely normal sound of the aircraft's Power Transfer Unit (PTU) performing