Helena Smith
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✈️Pilot, aviation enthusiast, fighter jet fanatic, passionate about all types of aircraft, and eager to connect with fellow aviation enthusiasts.
Joined May 2011
Seattle used to be the headquarters of Boeing, so this is the aviation pavilion with the largest collection of flight-related items in the US, suitable for techies/aviation fans and tech-loving kids. There are 5 pavilions, connected by a sky bridge, displaying a large number of
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Salvage operations at Hong Kong International Airport have entered the final stage following last week's fatal Boeing 747-400 cargo plane crash that killed two ground staff when it veered off the runway and struck a security patrol vehicle, pushing it into the sea. The fuselage
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Two Alaska Airlines Jets Touch Down Together! 📹: SFO Flights.
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Saudia flight SV340 struck birds earlier today on its approach to Jeddah-King Abdulaziz International Airport, damaging the Boeing 777-300's nose cone. The aircraft continued for a safe landing.
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Gem or junk? The Chengdu J-10C divides opinions, but love it or hate it, you can’t ignore it. With an AESA radar, fly-by-wire controls, and PL-15 ultra-long-range AAMsm, this Chinese lightweight fighter hits above its weight and cost. #avgeeks, what’s your verdict?
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Boeing B-47B rocket assisted take off (April 15, 1954).
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🇺🇸Rare footage captures the US Air Force’s E-9A Widget, a highly specialized surveillance and telemetry aircraft, spotted in Florida skies. This unique jet plays a key role in tracking missile tests, monitoring drones, and collecting real-time flight data over the Gulf of
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A specially painted RAF Typhoon jet fighter takes to the skies over RAF Coningsby, with a Hawker Hurricane from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF) in the lead up to commemorations of the Battle of Britain 75th Anniversary.
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Cierva C.30 autogyro G-ACWH piloted by Reginald Brie taking off and landing from a platform built on the Italian heavy cruiser Fiume in early January 1935 These Regia Marina trials marked the first time in history that a rotorcraft was operated from a moving platform at sea
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The fastest thing on the road (always)! SR-71 (#61-7958) being towed down on its way to the Museum of Aviation, Robins AFB, Warner Robins, GA (Circa 1990).
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There's something really special about the DC10's aesthetic. Air Tanker in action.🔥✈️
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They are facing calls to be fired for arresting her like this! Here it is in slow motion. Do you think they handled her appropriately?
President Trump pardoning CZ is a HUGE deal! Biden’s White House went on a warpath against crypto, and CZ was just one of the many victims who were overprosecuted. This is justice, and now it invites the world to invest in America again, putting us on a path to become the crypto
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🚨 CityWest The African man arrested for r*ping a 10 year old Irish girl earlier today is a failed asylum seeker with an active deportation order since March. This man should not have been in Ireland.
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Hi Hillary, Remind us, wasn’t it you who walked off with $28,000 in White House furniture when you moved out? And your husband who defiled the Oval Office during his presidency? President Trump’s funding a beautiful new ballroom out of his own pocket. Where was this outrage
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Lufthansa A380 approaching LAX (D-AIMK). 📸: u/Areatius
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