Cranky Flier

JULY 9, 2024

The difference here is that instead of putting 30 seats on the airplane the way JSX does — which is the maximum allowed under Part 380/135 rules — Aero has a mere 16 seats onboard in a 1-1 configuration. That’s what allows it to have more than 9 seats on the airplane. This is a luxury experience from start to finish.

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Airplanes Tarmac Jet Airlines 162

Plane and Pilot

JANUARY 21, 2025

How might the headset in question handle dropped on the tarmac? Not all flights are required to utilize radio communications at all, and some airplanes have hand-held microphones on board. While most headsets use a mix of plastic and metal, along with some padding materials, how thick and durable are those materials?

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Pilot General Aviation Cockpit Air Traffic Control 104

Ask the Pilot

MAY 28, 2024

I was in seventh grade, and a diehard airplane buff. In the photo below you can see my mother (in pink), my sister (yellow), and my grandmother (gray), climbing the airstairs on the Bermuda tarmac. May 27, 2024 IT WAS THE FRIDAY of Memorial Day weekend, 1979. It was a friend from school. He told me to turn on the television.

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Lift Tarmac Airplanes Runway 101

Vintage Aviation News

DECEMBER 19, 2024

The arrival is scheduled for 10:30 am on the Museum tarmac, with sightings throughout the Museum galleries until 3 pm. The Museum’s collection includes more than 160 historically significant airplanes and spacecraft, from the first fighter plane (1914) to today’s 787 Dreamliner. Photo courtesy of The Museum of Flight.

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Tarmac Airplanes 52

ABEAM

JULY 5, 2024

In the meanwhile we were slowly but surely cooking on the 39° hot tarmac while we did not want to drink too much as that might lead to having to find toilet solutions in the next leg of the flights … Two nice fuel guys offered us fresh cold water and we nevertheless took it.

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Approach Tarmac Airplanes Cockpit 52

Airline Reporter

MAY 3, 2023

As it started to get dark a 777 was moved across the tarmac. I not only love the fact that I always see an array of liveries here that I might never see out in the world, but also the fact that there are different airplanes there every time I go!

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Tarmac Cargo Airplanes 52

Ask the Pilot

AUGUST 18, 2024

This tucked-away alcove, right at the end, is a sunny, quiet spot out of range of the loudspeakers, with great views of the tarmac and the skyline beyond. In the 1970s he hand-painted two airplanes for Braniff Airways, including a Boeing 727 for the Bicentennial. It’s a perfect little spot. Except, there’s nowhere to sit.

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Ceiling Tarmac Jet Airline 124

Fear of Landing

MAY 31, 2024

As I approached the clear wall, I could see the tarmac dotted with scattered planes. She had used my three airplane photographs against her real-time map of the airport and was easily able to triangulate my position. Across the apron, a white light flashed on the roof of the control tower with emergency stairs snaking down the side.

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Runway Drag Lift Tarmac 52

Aerotime

MAY 16, 2024

When I was hired to be the commander and pilot in the summer of last year, I had made it known that I hoped to find a way to get our airplane painted in the prototype scheme to take America back to the beginning of the story that started 50 years ago,” said Captain Taylor ‘FEMA’ Hiester, F-16 Viper Demonstration Team commander and pilot.

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Tarmac Lift Pilot Airplanes 258

Aerotime

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

WorldNews #BreakingNews | Video taken by a passenger on board United Airlines flight 1382 in Houston shows a fire under the plane's wing and passengers standing on tarmac following their evacuation. At the time of writing, the airplane remains on the ground in Houston awaiting inspection and repair.

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Runway Airlines Airline Tarmac 278

Aerotime

JANUARY 28, 2025

In August 2024, two Delta Airlines engineers were killed after a tire that they were changing on an airplane exploded. In 2019 also at Charlotte Airport, an American Airlines employee died while working at the airport when the tug he was driving hit luggage on the tarmac and overturned.

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Airlines Airline Tarmac Airplanes 217

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 1, 2024

Rapidly and efficiently, Hoover started the airplane and prepped for departure, briefly explaining some of its systems for the benefit of us earthbound neophytes. Hoover then pulled the aircraft up into a sharp climb that culminated in a zero-G stall maneuver, making the airplane and its wide-eyed passengers weightless for a brief moment.

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Airplanes Runway Pilot Tarmac 98

Ask the Pilot

AUGUST 5, 2024

Imagine what it’s like slinging suitcases out on the tarmac when the mercury hits triple digits. With all that nonreflective asphalt and open space, airports become “heat islands,” subjecting people and equipment to sometimes unbearable conditions.

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Weather Thrust Lift Tarmac 90