Plane and Pilot

DECEMBER 30, 2024

The ramp is empty, so I ask if hed like to taxi us to the departure end of the runway. The main road between the houses is the old runway. I take the controls right before turning onto the base leg and manage to make soft contact with the runway without excessive swerving during the rollout. I just want to take this all in.

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Airplanes Hangar Runway Tarmac 98

Vintage Aviation News

AUGUST 15, 2024

A few feet behind him, Captain Gerald Dobberfuhl, an experienced reconnaissance officer, settled into the rear cockpit of their camera-equipped RF-4C Phantom fighter. millimeter round blasted a hole through the front-cockpit canopy. Forward visibility from the RF-4C’s rear cockpit was blocked by an instrument panel and electronic gear.

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Cockpit Tail Approach Pilot 98

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Cactus Garden allows aviation geeks to view some aircraft at the tarmac. I managed to take a little peek of the cockpit when it was opened. We touched down on this single runway airport ahead of schedule. This is the viewing gallery at Terminal 1. This is where my flight was departing. There it is, my ride to Hat Yai!

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Weather Runway Tarmac Cabin Crew 59

Fear of Landing

MAY 10, 2024

I’m away from the cockpit this week, but things keep happening whether I’m here or not, so I’ve put together a roundup of recent news, especially the ever-developing Boeing situation, with an impressive triplet of bad news for the company on the same single Wednesday of this week.

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Tarmac Cockpit Weather Runway 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. A follow-me car brough us to our stands: almost 8 hours of flight.

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Approach Tarmac Airplanes Cockpit 52

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

JANUARY 22, 2024

Currently the airport has 2 terminals, the main and the satallite terminal and uses 2 runways, runway 03L/21R and 03R/21R. The view of the tarmac. Rolling down the runway in this beautiful weather. We are on final approach on runway 34 at SKG. There are monitor screens (touchscreen) to surf the internet.

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Runway Descent Turbulence Cockpit 52

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

JANUARY 14, 2024

What I like about the interior of the terminals at this airport is they offer good view of the tarmac which allow great opportunity to take good photos of the aircraft. Do you like the racoon style cockpit? The racoon style cockpit Time to experience my first Aegean Airlines flight! Let's go to Greece!

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Airlines Airline Weather Turbulence 52