Blue Angels Air Show in Annapolis with Pilot Audio

What a thrill it was to watch and hear (listening to UHF comms on 284.25 mHz with my ham radio walkie-talkie) an amazing performance by the Blue Angels over Annapolis on May 22, 2024, Commencement Day at the Naval Academy. One of the things that amazed me was how the lead pilot drags out his instructions, almost like singing a song. You can hear and watch some of the action yourself via three short YouTube videos I uploaded today. Links to the other two from the first video can be found just… (www.youtube.com) Más...

Summer Air Travel Outlook + Airline Tips You Can Use

There’s probably a good chance that you or a family member will be traveling by air this summer. While we all enjoy the long days of sunshine the season brings, summer also presents unique travel challenges. Passengers line up inside crowded airport terminals, as lines of thunderstorms percolate outside. (blog.flightaware.com) Más...

Flying in the Time of Cicadas

Over the weekend the crew of a Challenger 350 at John C. Tune Airport (KJWN) in Nashville, Tennessee, was having difficulty starting its engines. "We put a borescope down the APU and found it full of cicadas. They blocked the airflow." Cicadas are not terribly selective, and they were apparently attracted to the noise and heat of the APU and piled into the inlet, blocking the airflow. When the technicians evaluated the problem, they were attacked by the swarm. (www.flyingmag.com) Más...

DHL Express ends capacity agreement with Mesa Airlines

Mesa Airlines has stopped flying its three cargo jets for DHL. (www.freightwaves.com) Más...

Orthodox Rabbi and family de-planed over seating difficulty

Unable to sit beside a random female passenger, the Rabbi sought to swap seats, but was prevented from doing so and kicked off. (www.yahoo.com) Más...

Breakthrough in MH370 Mystery: Underwater Acoustics Offer New Clues

Researchers at Cardiff University have uncovered potential underwater acoustic signals that could be pivotal in resolving the enduring mystery of the missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370. This plane vanished over the South China Sea on March 8, 2014, merely 38 minutes after taking off from Kuala Lumpur bound for Beijing. The disappearance of MH370 has led to extensive international search efforts and a flurry of theories regarding its fate over the past decade. (www.airguide.info) Más...

Qantas Group Concludes Boeing 767 Operations After Nearly Four Decades

Qantas Group has officially retired its last Boeing 767 aircraft, marking the end of an era for the airline’s operations with this type. The final revenue flight, operated by subsidiary Express Freighters Australia for Qantas Freight, took place on May 17, flying from Hong Kong International to Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport under flight number QF7526. (www.airguide.info) Más...

DHL launches virtual cargo airline for supply chain customers in Brazil

DHL is renting aircraft from a startup airline in Brazil to haul cargo within the country, but it's not the traditional arrangement that DHL Express makes with partner carriers. (www.freightwaves.com) Más...

Southwest Fired Pilot Who Spoke in Spanish During 737 Engine Fire Emergency

The court documents indicate that Legeros spoke to the passengers in both Spanish and English to reassure them that the situation was under control. (aviationa2z.com) Más...

Airbus hiring additional 400 engineers to increase production in UK

Airbus is to hire 400 engineers at its wing manufacturing plant in Wales as the company races to extend its lead over crisis-hit Boeing in the market for single-aisle jets. Additional staff will be required at the plant in Broughton, near Chester, as Airbus transforms a building that made wings for the A380 superjumbo into a production line for the best-selling A320neo model. Covering an area larger than 10 football pitches, the West Factory site is key to plans to lift monthly A320 output from… (www.telegraph.co.uk) Más...