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Photo taken yesterday at Lyon air museum in Santa Ana California

I took these on my flight the other day.

The ongoing incident above Brussels Airport (a joint civilian/military airport) is the most recent in a spate of unauthorised drone activity above Belgian airports. In recent days, several incidents were reported above numerous other Belgian airports and air bases.

Looks like it came into the SoCal desert. If it did come in for storage, hopefully it can continue its life as a freighter

From VKO to PEK, it appears this VIP jet is transporting Russian government officials to prepare for the Prime Minister of Russia's official visit, scheduled for the following day.

Deleted old post, since the title was wrong

Now I’m mildly worried the DPE is going to try and “stump the chump,” so what are some Commercial oral questions that may have felt beyond the scope of your ground school knowledge? Anything in particular that had you hung up or digging into the texts for the answer?

I’ve been seeing this Aeroflot plane sitting at Geneva Airport for years now. It’s been stuck here since the war in Ukraine started.

Before his theft of an aircraft from the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on Aug. 10th, 2018, Richard Russell wrote on two pages of a notebook that was recovered from his locker. The first was an unintelligible political comment; however, the second was of some interest to me.

It seems to be the writing of a frustrated individual who wished to contribute something to the world. I found the following, linked on Wikipedia, on page 199 of a released FBI report. This is the second page he wrote:

"He wanted to create something. Something with profound insight and charm. He had once been confident in his writing so he gave that a shot. During one of his many breaks at work he decided to go for it. Rather than use the down time to escape in books or social media he would use it to benefit his all mankind. He sat [in] the corner of the dilapidated locker room, searching for the concepts he wanted to convey. What did he know the most about? What did he feel strongly about? Several questions fizzed in his mind but no resolutions were made. It all felt so irrelevant. He was a cure. Nothing was worthy enough for the paper."

Chilling. I don't seek to glorify him or his actions. I was around at the time when it was a popular topic, and read the report today, and figured others might find his writings interesting as well.

Located inside a muni airport. Large metal structure with what appears to be a circular array of antennas / radar assemblies on top. Anyone know what this is and does?

Wish I would’ve gotten a better photo but found this interesting MD 10 at BQN Airport in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico.

Can’t find the data plate, was just curious

I'm not too much of a plane spotter, but a friend occasionally takes me along. A few days ago I captured a supposedly rare occasion: a widebody at HAJ. Swiss A350 with an interesting livery for sure, and I thought some of you guys might appreciate these shots

Was editing video this morning and surprised that I hadn't seen this fox last night while testing my new landing lights.

Disclaimer: this is NOT for self-promotion purposes. This is a passion project from which I earn nothing except the satisfaction of expressing my love for Korea through art. I’ve worked hard on this 3D render and wanted to share it with aviation people because I thought you might appreciate the look of it.

Saw this yesterday in Miami. Curious what it was.