Ryan Ewing
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Founder of @AirlineGeeks and a lover of all flying things.
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I often ask myself what makes aviation so special. Is it the miracle of flight? Absolutely. But I also like to think about what we are doing: connecting people from all walks of life. To most, these trips are significant life events. To us, they’re just another day in the life.
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Here at
@DFWAirport
where
@AmericanAir
is flying several World War II veterans to France on a specially-chartered 787 Dreamliner.
The oldest onboard is 107-years-old.
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@AmericanAir
is welcoming 68 World War II veterans to its Fort Worth headquarters as they prepare to embark on a charter flight to France in recognition of the 80th anniversary of D-Day.
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This Cessna just flew 15 hours nonstop from California to Hawaii.
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Here's the
@flynorse
787 departing Troll Airfield in
#Antarctica
bound for Cape Town. There are a handful of firsts/milestones for this flight:
- First time a 787 has landed in Antarctica
- First time Norse has flown a research charter to the continent
- Largest ever
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Another view of this evening’s JetBlue A321 incident at JFK. Looks to be N959JB.
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Really I thought this was a desert mirage after driving down a two-lane road in Marana, Ariz. Why’d the 747 cross the road...I guess?
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A video series that is worth a few minutes of your time.
@flynorse
has posted some behind-the-scenes footage of its
#Antarctica
flight on YouTube. Check out the full series 👇
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Aviation history is being made and preserved.
@cathaypacific
’s B-HNL, the first 777 ever built, is towed across the street to the Pima Air and Space Museum.
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@British_Airways
’ first 747-400 departure of the evening from
@Dulles_Airport
takes off into the cloudy sunset.
#AvGeek
#BA216
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To all my aviation friends, remember there is always sun above the clouds.
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It appears that United is ferrying a 737 MAX 9 from Cancun to Houston, but only at 10,000 feet and not over water. My guess is no inspection has been completed yet.
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@AmericanAir
is donating an entire Boeing 787 Dreamliner to fly 70 WWII veterans from DFW to Paris for the 80th anniversary of D-Day.
The charter flight is slated for May 31; veterans will spend a few days in Paris before heading to Normandy for commemorative events.
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This
@united
flight — UA200 from Guam to Honolulu — will depart on New Years Day and arrive at HNL on New Years Eve. (via
@flightaware
)
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A greasy touchdown on RWY04 at
@LGAairport
despite some wind gusts. The 737 MAX has landed safely.
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On Saturday,
@united
flight 730 from San Francisco arrived in Christchurch, becoming the only U.S. carrier to serve New Zealand’s South Island.
N28987 also has a special decal now, dubbed the ‘Kiwi Cruiser.’
(Photo: Deon Swiggs)
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“We are getting ready to do this one last time.” Two captains flying AA80 from DFW to ORD this morning.
#Super80SendOff
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Happy 8th birthday to the
@BoeingAirplanes
787
#Dreamliner
. It flew for the first time on this day in 2009. I’ve had the opportunity to fly it on four long-haul flights and it never fails to impress. ✈️🎉
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63 WWII veterans arrived in Honolulu earlier this afternoon on a chartered
@AmericanAir
flight ahead of the 80th Pearl Harbor anniversary. (Photo: Glenn Williams)
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Here we go:
@AmericanAir
is operating the first 737 MAX today in the U.S. with paying passengers onboard.
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Southwest is upgrading its interiors with RECARO seats set to debut in early 2025.
The airline is also adding onboard power ports and larger overhead bins on its Boeing 737 MAX 8s and 737-800s.
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The only passenger on this afternoon’s flight without a face covering...also the best behaved.
@AmericanAir
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Can't say I had 'DC-8 and 737 MAX flying together' on my 2023 bingo card. But, here we are.
Check out this air-to-air b-roll footage of
@NASA
's DC-8 and a
@BoeingAirplanes
's 737 MAX flying side-by-side to test the benefits of sustainable aviation fuel.
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.
@GEAviation
has broken a world record for the world’s most powerful commercial jet engine as the GE9X reached 134,300 pounds of thrust.
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United is bringing back the longest scheduled E170/E175 flight in the U.S. (and maybe the world?) this summer.
Operated by Mesa, the seasonal flight from Washington Dulles to Bozeman is blocked at nearly five hours and 1,773 miles.
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Saying hello to
@united
’s third 787-10 at
@Dulles_Airport
as it enters revenue service to Denver this evening.
@BoeingAirplanes
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Delta has added the CRJ-550 to its website. The airline is the second operator of the type, which is a CRJ-700 with 50 seats.
@AirlineGeeks
first reported on this a few weeks ago when SkyWest said it was transitioning 19 CRJ-700s from American to an unspecified carrier.
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We can joke about the almost unanimously disliked CRJ-200, but it did put a lot of small towns on the map and ushered them forward into the jet age from arguably even worse propeller aircraft.
And for those wanting to still fly on one, they are still operating for United and
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First look at JetBlue’s A220, which just rolled out of the paint shop.
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Can definitely see the difference in approach speeds between the 737 and 757 here.
Parallel landings on Runway 28L & 28R at SFO are a true visual delight. The precision and coordination of these landings are simply breathtaking!
@flySFO
#aviation
#avgeek
#airports
#planespotting
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While most of us spend a comfortable
#ChristmasEve
with family and friends, let’s not forget the roughly 15,000
@NATCA
controllers, 159,000 airline pilots, and the thousands of other aviation employees in the U.S., some working over the holidays to keep our skies safely moving.
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Just can’t beat that 757 look.
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A380 departing Runway 1R at Washington Dulles International Airport — May 17, 2019
At the end, you see the camera move. That’s because the wake from the aircraft almost knocked me over.
#AvGeek
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NTSB animation of the February 2023 near collision incident in Austin.
Visibility was poor at the time of the incident and the FedEx aircraft was on a CAT III ILS approach. AUS has no surface detection equipment.
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On Friday,
@Qantas
is scheduled to operate its first ultra-long-haul
#ProjectSunrise
flight from
@JFKairport
to
@SydneyAirport
with special guests onboard. The 787 Dreamliner operating the flight will cover just under 10,000 miles.
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.
@AmericanAir
has officially kicked off scheduled 787 Dreamliner operations from its
@PHLAirport
hub. The first international flight will go out this evening to Manchester.
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A United 777-300ER already headed for Qatar under the ‘Camber’ callsign, which indicates an airline flying for the U.S. military.
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Bye, Queenie. 😍
Golden light as her majesty, The Queen, arrives at
@PHXSkyHarbor
airport this evening for the last time. The
@British_Airways
#Boeing
747-400 served PHX for nearly 19 years and I enjoyed seeing it each time.
#BA289
will now be operated by the 787-9 Dreamliner for the winter.
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Landing on Aspen’s RWY 15, which sits 7,873 feet above sea level. Really cool approach.
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A fascinating look at a CAT III autoland in less than a football field of visibility. This is in a full-motion 767 simulator.
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So tell me, is
@PHXSkyHarbor
the only airport where you taxi on a bridge under a bridge?
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At 2130 ET, U.S. airlines are collectively reporting a 99.8% completion factor (CF) with a total of 42 cancellations today.
Delta, Alaska, and JetBlue — along with their regional operators — have reported zero cancellations.
Both Delta and United win in the A14 category with
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This is the largest aircraft that
@AmericanAir
sends to
@MCO
as part of the
#SnowballExpress
airlift — a 787-9 Dreamliner from
@DFWAirport
.
Employees go all out to decorate the cabin in a holiday theme. The crew are all volunteers, and the airline’s COO says that they get
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“Emirates 232 Super, Dulles Tower, runway one right cleared for takeoff.”
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@United
’s A321neo; I am a fan. ✈️
Despite having more seats onboard than Delta and American, the airline makes up for it with swanky onboard amenities, including enhanced mood lighting, IFE, a snack bar, and more.
Oh, and did I mention you can actually move around in the
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50 years ago today, the
@BoeingAirplanes
747 was rolled out. Half a century later, it’s still a marvel and an icon of American ingenuity.
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Another close call at DCA this morning.
An American A319 was forced to reject its takeoff roll at over 80 knots (per ADS-B data) as a King Air was landing on an intersecting runway.
The King Air was already on the ground by the time they were instructed to go around.
More:
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BOAC giving me a lift across the pond tonight. Bucket list item checked — 1A in the nose of the
@BoeingAirplanes
747.
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Few airports offer a view of a country’s capital quite like DCA, and having grown up here, I fully admit to having taken it for granted.
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Let’s play a game...guess how much runway a 757 will use from Phoenix to LA.
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For
@KLM
’s last 747-400M flight from Chicago to Mojave, the aircraft flew at FL450 (45,000 ft), which is the 747’s maximum service ceiling. That’s just about as high as it gets in airliner world.
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Today
@AmericanAir
is conducting its annual
#SnowballExpress
airlift in partnership with the
@GarySiniseFound
.
The airline provides 11 charter aircraft to transport over 1,850 family members of fallen service members to Disney World in Orlando.
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“Our flight today is on a Boeing 737 MAX” — Captain of our flight to New York. His wife is onboard along with the first officer’s mother.
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For Phoenicians, watching the 747 descend into the Valley at sunset with its always iconic silhouette was a classic sight for about 19 years. Tomorrow that ends as BA switches to 787/777 metal on the PHX-LHR (BA288/289) route. ✈️👑
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Washington Center, one of the busiest Flight Information Regions (FIR) in the world, closed midday for
#COVID
cleaning. This follows Fort Worth and Jacksonville Centers over the last several weeks.
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Remember this note from a
@Delta
pilot in March 2020 who was ferrying an A321 for long-term storage? Well, the airplane is now headed back into service 435 days later. More via
@DeltaNewsHub
:
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@united
just announced some adds to its Summer 2024 European network. There seems to be a real emphasis on the 757 here.
EWR-Faro (FAO) - four times weekly, 757-200
EWR-Reykjavik (KEF) - daily, 757-200 (this is a resumption)
Second EWR-Brussels (BRU) - daily, 757-200
Second
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Condor now heading out for its short trip from Mesa, Ariz. to Phoenix Sky Harbor.
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10 years ago today, the
@BoeingAirplanes
787 Dreamliner first took flight in Everett, Wash. 🛫
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Latest from
@AlaskaAir
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"Engine power was not lost despite the off-duty pilot’s attempt to shut down the engines by engaging the Engine Fire Handle, also known as the fire suppression system. The fire suppression system consists of a T-handle for each engine. If the T-handle is
UPDATE: 6 p.m. Pacific, Oct. 23 Alaska Airlines Flight 2059
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It’s the end of an era at
@AmericanAir
. The last Super 80 from
@fly2ohare
has pushed back for the boneyard in Roswell, N.M.
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.
@AlaskaAir
shared a few photos of its mechanics completing inspections on the 737 MAX 9 fleet.
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Nothing freaks people out more than a camera in an airport terminal or onboard an aircraft. 😬
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