A Passenger Tried “Air Curling” Mid-Flight: Genius Time Management or an In-Flight Safety Risk?
https://www.earthsattractions.com/curling-iron-on-a-plane/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=VioletaLore77bf/magazine/Earth's+Attractions+-+Must+Visit+-+travel+guides,+travel+tips,+and+itineraries
Some people sleep during flights. Others look out the window and admire the clouds, the mountains, the cities, and the immense green fields below. …
#travel #aircurling #airflight

A fight in the cockpit and then a crash, and the Chinese Regime would rather everyone moved along....

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/05/04/china/china-eastern-crash-ntsb-report-intl-hnk

#NTSB #AirFlight #China #FlightMU5735

Flight data bolsters claim China Eastern plane was deliberately crashed in 2022

More than four years after a Boeing 737-800 passenger jet plunged 29,000 feet and crashed into a mountain in southern China, killing all 132 people on board, newly released data appears to indicate that someone in the cockpit may have intentionally switched off the fuel supply to the engines.

CNN
Decades of regulatory capture, underfunding equipment maintenance, understaffing security and control have resulted in so many flight accidents. It only took a demented irresponsible POTUS playing with budget squeeze and people’s lives to trigger this and likely many more #uspol #airflight #canada #usa. https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/livestory/air-canada-crash-la-guardia-airport-9.7138217
2 pilots killed after Air Canada plane collides with vehicle at New York's LaGuardia Airport | CBC

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We're all thinking "Starlink" or some other space trash, but pause for thought on the forest moon of Endor and what the destruction of the Death Star II meant for everyone down below.

https://avbrief.com/united-max-hit-by-falling-object-at-36000-feet/

#Starlink #KesslerSyndrome #StarWars #SpaceOpera #Airflight

United MAX Hit By Falling Object At 36,000 Feet - AvBrief.com

Authorities are now considering whether a falling object, possibly from space, caused damage to the windshield and frame on a United 737 MAX over Colorado on Thursday. Various reports that include watermarked photos of the damage suggest the plane was struck by a falling object not long after taking off from Denver for Los Angeles. […]

AvBrief.com
Why Supersonic Flights Vanished From Our Skies

In the 1970s, we flew New York to London in under 3.5 hours. Here’s why today’s flights take nearly twice as long.

The Queen Zone

Concorde completes latest journey – along Hudson River in New York | Concorde | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/14/concorde-completes-final-journey-along-hudson-river-in-new-york

#Airflight #Aircraft #Concorde

Concorde completes latest journey – along Hudson River in New York

One of UK-French supersonic planes, which stopped flying passengers in 2003, returns by barge to museum after restoration

The Guardian
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/boeing-passenger-jet-nose-wheel-fell-off-takeoff-rcna135410
Feels like we are in a major crisis for flying right now. And also feels like an analogy for all that deregulation stands for. They really have put a price on our lives and as long as they still profit 🤷🏼‍♀️
Wont see me on a plane anytime soon. Road trips take more time but the country is beautiful and theres so much to see.
Stay safe out there.
#Boeing
#AirFlight
#US
#Deregulation
#OversightOverProfits
A Boeing passenger jet nose wheel fell off before takeoff

The nose wheel of a Boeing 757 jet fell off and rolled away while the plane was waiting on the runway for takeoff clearance, with almost 200 people on board.

NBC News

Nasa unveils quiet supersonic aircraft in effort to revive commercial flights | Nasa | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/jan/12/nasa-lockheed-martin-reveal-x-59-quiet-supersonic-aircraft

#NASA #Airflight #Aircraft #Supersonic

Nasa unveils quiet supersonic aircraft in effort to revive commercial flights

In launch event on Friday, agency shared plans to test over US cities to see if it’s quiet enough by engaging ‘the people below’

The Guardian
Thinks are happening for WestJet on the bird site. I did not want to have nothing said here. WestJet is just another airline to me. Past sparkle is gone and now I see and hear of delays and cancellations — like every other airline. #WestJet #airflight
CVG partners with British Airways, gets a nonstop flight to London

Tickets start at around $665 for economy class. In the summer of 2023, the flight will run between the two countries on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays.

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