Germany: Drone sightings disrupt Munich airport
https://www.dw.com/en/germany-drone-sightings-disrupt-munich-airport/a-74225036
What the heck is this? Have the conspiracy theorists gotten in charge of the FAA?
"Closed TO AIRCRAFT EQUIPPED WITH WEATHER MODIFICATION OR GEOENGINEERING EQUIPMENT "
I don't mind the act of flying (climate-change aside) but I really dislike airports and the palaver that each end of the flight necessitates.
I am also reminded, today, of the epic class system that exists whereby, on this full flight, those in "groups 5 & 6" (cattle-class) who have brought wheely things for the cabin are suddenly required to surrender them to go in the hold because the flight is full.
Lastly, why does it take almost an hour to board a plane?! It's not even a very big one (A320)!
LA Times: Predator drones shift from border patrol to protest surveillance
"...Previous news reports said the drones sent by the Department of Homeland Security conducted surveillance on the weekend of June 7 over thousands of protesters demonstrating against raids conducted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The Predators flew over Los Angeles for at least four more days, according to tracking experts who identified the flights through air traffic control tower communications and images of a Predator in flight...."
Greg Lloyd
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View from the tail of a P-51D Mustang. (Reno-Stead Airport, 9/11/2021.)
#AVGeek #Aviation #Aircraft #BlackAndWhite #Photography #Darktable
Angela Antunovic
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Having a great visit at the museum airfield in Munich. Several types that I've seen replicas of at Omaka. Here is a Taube, which is posed somewhat more dramatically at Omaka.
#ErrolTravels#AvGeek#Aviation
Having a great visit at the museum airfield in Munich. Several types that I've seen replicas of at Omaka. Here is a Taube, which is posed somewhat more dramatically at Omaka.
#ErrolTravels#AvGeek#Aviation
View from the tail of a P-51D Mustang. (Reno-Stead Airport, 9/11/2021.)
#AVGeek #Aviation #Aircraft #BlackAndWhite #Photography #Darktable
Two people appeared to have sustained minor injuries after a United Airlines flight made an emergency landing at Kansai International Airport on Friday night. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/12/japan/emergency-landing-united-airlines/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #kansaiairport #osaka #airlines #aviation #unitedairlines #chiba #naritaairport
Japan Airlines was hit by a new warning from the transport ministry for insufficient oversight regarding its pilots drinking heavily before flights. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/10/japan/jal-drinking-pilots/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #jal #airlines #drinking #alcohol #aviation #mitsukotottori
#Aviation & #Planes picks of the day (continued):
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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#Aviation & #Planes picks of the day (continued):
➡️ @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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#Aviation & #Planes picks of the day:
➡️ @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
ajuvo ✔
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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
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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