The accounts below are discussion groups. Follow a group to see its discussions in your timeline, mention a group to post to it. (More info about how to use Fediverse groups: https://fedi.tips/how-to-use-groups-on-the-fediverse)
➡️ @aviation - Aviation discussion group
➡️ @flightsim - Flight simulator discussion group
PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS PART OF THE THREAD, IT MIGHT SPAM THE GROUPS.
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➡️ @aviofotolv - Latvian aviation photography (in Latvian)
➡️ @BoardingPass - Romanian aviation news (in Romanian)
➡️ @futurshox - Aviation enthusiast, photos of many kinds of aircraft
➡️ @glebris - Aviation & civil engineer, emerging aviation tech
➡️ @Av8rdan - Private pilot, former aviation journalist, flight sim fan
➡️ @TroveAirBot - Bot posting aviation articles from Australian public archive Trove
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➡️ @AirlineReporter - Independent aviation news site, founded 2008
➡️ @UKAviationNews - Aviation news site based in UK
➡️ @acarsdrama - Notable ACARS messages from aircraft
➡️ @JetTip - Alert service for interesting planes at airports
➡️ @Aviation_Librarian - Retro photos of old airlines, airports etc
➡️ @flightgear - Free open source flight simulator
➡️ @DLR & @dlr_next - Germany's official aerospace agency (in German)
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L’avion d’Ursula von der Leyen victime d’un "brouillage GPS" en Bulgarie, la Commission européenne soupçonne la Russie. Le pilote est parvenu à atterrir à l’aéroport de Plovdiv en utilisant une carte papier, selon le Financial Times. On se croirait dans un James Bond! https://www.ft.com/content/3c330f87-71c4-4db9-8259-f5c132c1f0d3
#Politique#GPS#Aviation#Russie#Europe#UE#Transport#AlloHouston
L’avion d’Ursula von der Leyen victime d’un "brouillage GPS" en Bulgarie, la Commission européenne soupçonne la Russie. Le pilote est parvenu à atterrir à l’aéroport de Plovdiv en utilisant une carte papier, selon le Financial Times. On se croirait dans un James Bond! https://www.ft.com/content/3c330f87-71c4-4db9-8259-f5c132c1f0d3
#Politique#GPS#Aviation#Russie#Europe#UE#Transport#AlloHouston
Oooh, when you hit a software bug where your plane goes into "automated ground-operation mode"... while flying.
CNN: F-35 pilot held 50-minute airborne conference call with engineers before fighter jet crashed in Alaska
"...After going through system checklists in an attempt to remedy the problem, the pilot got on a conference call with engineers from the plane’s manufacturer, Lockheed Martin, as the plane flew near the air base. Five engineers participated in the call, including a senior software engineer, a flight safety engineer and three specialists in landing gear systems, the report said. ..."
https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/27/us/alaska-f-35-crash-accident-report-hnk-ml
Oooh, when you hit a software bug where your plane goes into "automated ground-operation mode"... while flying.
CNN: F-35 pilot held 50-minute airborne conference call with engineers before fighter jet crashed in Alaska
"...After going through system checklists in an attempt to remedy the problem, the pilot got on a conference call with engineers from the plane’s manufacturer, Lockheed Martin, as the plane flew near the air base. Five engineers participated in the call, including a senior software engineer, a flight safety engineer and three specialists in landing gear systems, the report said. ..."
https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/27/us/alaska-f-35-crash-accident-report-hnk-ml
Close up of the front gear mount for space shuttle carry and tail of NASA 747-SCA N911NA at the Joe Davies Airpark, Palmdale, California. July 2018 #aviation#AvGeek #photography #aircraft#Nikon #nikonphotgraphy#NASA #B747#SCA #cvvhrn #spaceshuttle #palmdale #joedavies
Close up of the front gear mount for space shuttle carry and tail of NASA 747-SCA N911NA at the Joe Davies Airpark, Palmdale, California. July 2018 #aviation#AvGeek #photography #aircraft#Nikon #nikonphotgraphy#NASA #B747#SCA #cvvhrn #spaceshuttle #palmdale #joedavies
The number of passengers using the shinkansen and limited express train services of six Japan Railways Group companies during this summer's Bon holiday period in Japan increased 8% from a year earlier. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/19/japan/jr-train-obon/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #obon #jr #shinkansen #aviation #ana #jal #rail
Air Canada and its unionized flight attendants remained at odds on Friday, despite government pleas for both sides to return to bargaining to avert a strike that would upend travel for tens of thousands of passengers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/15/air-canada-deadlock/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #unions #jobs #aviation #airlines #aircanada #canada
Those who died in the Aug. 12, 1985, crash of Japan Airlines Flight 123 were remembered Tuesday on the mountainous accident site in Gunma Prefecture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/12/japan/jal-crash-memorial/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #airlines #jal #aviation #mountosutaka #gunma
The airline industry's plans to go green before regulators start penalizing them are little more than a pipe dream. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/08/12/energy/airline-industry-clean-jet-fuel/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #energy #aviation #airlines #oil #biofuel
Machiko Taniguchi, who lost her husband in the 1985 crash of a Japan Airlines jumbo jet, spoke directly to young JAL employees involved in flight safety in her first such opportunity since the tragedy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/11/japan/widow-40-years-jal-flight-safety/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #airlines #jal #aviation #mountosutaka #gunma #airaccidents #flightjal123
A senior official of the Gunma prefectural police recounted his experience as a rookie officer tasked with identifying remains from the 1985 crash of a Japan Airlines jumbo jet. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/08/japan/police-jal-jumbo-recount/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #japanesepolice #jal #aviation #gunma
A newly acquired Bain Capital company in Japan that makes airplane seats, toilets and galleys is betting its U.S.-based manufacturing hub will give it an advantage under President Donald Trump’s tariff regime. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/05/companies/plane-seat-maker-tariff/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #jamco #aviation #us #tariffs #donaldtrump #usjapanrelations #baincapital
KTLA: Stolen plane found at San Gabriel Valley Airport, El Monte police say
The Airbus A380 superjumbo, which enjoyed an unexpected resurgence when global travel rebounded after the pandemic, is becoming an increasingly expensive headache for airlines. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/29/companies/biggest-passenger-planes-breaking/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #airbus #aviation #airlines #boeing #a380
A provisional deal between the United States and European Union to exempt aircraft from tariffs avoids a potential threat to jet production and deliveries, and follows uncharacteristic unity among plane-making rivals. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/29/markets/us-eu-aerospace-tariff-trade/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #aviation #airlines #eu #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs
Trump Administration Looking to Slash Environmental Protection Rules for Rocket Launches
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A draft executive order viewed by ProPublica directs the secretary of transportation to “use all available authorities to eliminate or expedite” environmental reviews for launch licenses — a change Elon Musk’s SpaceX and others have long sought.
#News#Environment#Aviation #SpaceX #Space#ElonMusk#Regulation#Trump
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