9+ mon, 1+ week ago (258+ words) Trump Firing FAA Air Traffic Control Staff just Weeks after Fatal Crashta The Trump administration has begun firing several hundred Federal Aviation Administration employees, upending staff on a busy air travel weekend and just weeks after a January fatal mid-air collision at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. Posted by YAV at 07:32 PM | 5 COMMENTS | permalink | Comment on This Entry | The Trump administration has started firing hundreds of Federal Aviation Administration probationary employees who maintain critical air traffic control infrastructure, according to their union. cnn.it/42Ymbxy[image or embed] Brilliant! Counterintuitive! This will make those left pay attention! Awesome! /s #1 | Posted by YAV at 2025-02-17 09:09 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1 The number of dead Americans subsequent to this is not likely to break a thousand. Not even worth complaining about. #2 | Posted by Zed at 2025-02-17 09:29 AM | Reply just weeks after a January fatal mid-air collision at…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago (540+ words) Helicopter in DC Airport Collision Had Faulty Altimeter Investigators have found the Army helicopter involved in a deadly mid-air collision over Washington DC was receiving faulty altitude data, causing it to fly higher than intended. Posted by REDIAL at 02:31 PM | 7 COMMENTS | permalink | Comment on This Entry | The January midair collision near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, which killed 67 people, is the topic of a three-day investigative hearing by the National Transportation Safety Board.[image or embed] #1 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-07-31 11:53 AM | Reply I would expect an aircraft operator would be able to tell their altitude from their eyeballs, not relying on instruments. #1 | POSTED BY SNOOFY Depends upon the altitude and the tolerance you want. I can tell ~1000ft +-50ft. Using outside plane references and their distance from the aircraft. As the passenger jet approached the airport, inside the helicopter the instructor was…...

1+ week, 15+ hour ago (128+ words) Images Show Engine Flying Off Before UPS Cargo Plane Crash Posted by REDIAL at 11:31 PM | 3 COMMENTS | permalink | Comment on This Entry | The National Transportation Safety Board unveiled new details describing a stunning frame-by-frame images showing the left engine separating from the plane and going up and over the wing, after the fiery crash of a UPS plane in Louisville killed 14 people earlier this month.[image or embed] #2 | Posted by catdog at 2025-11-22 08:47 AM | Reply The same happened many years ago in Chicago when a similar plane (DC-10) was taking off. Yes. The two are remarkably similar. #3 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-11-22 12:40 PM | Reply...

6+ day, 23+ hour ago (159+ words) FAA: Potential Danger in Venezuelan Airspace Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 03:30 PM | 4 COMMENTS | permalink | Comment on This Entry | US Embassy Trinidad and Tobago issued a warning to AMCITs several weeks ago: drudge.com Map of SVZM: No-Fly Zone #1 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-11-23 07:08 AM | Reply #2 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-11-23 07:11 AM | Reply Reuters was not able to establish the exact timing or scope of the new operations, nor whether U.S. President Donald Trump had made a final decision to act. Reports of looming action have proliferated in recent weeks as the U.S. military has deployed forces to the Caribbean amid worsening relations with Venezuela. #3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-11-23 03:41 PM | Reply What's that you say? #4 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-11-23 04:21 PM | Reply...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago (80+ words) Trump Orders the Closure of Venezuelan Airspace Posted by reinheitsgebot at 01:31 PM | 1 COMMENT | permalink | Comment on This Entry | President Trump said he closed the Venezuelan airspace, following weeks of escalating tensions between Washington and Caracas and the growing threat of a U.S. attack against the country.[image or embed] This'll get stinky ever closer to his peace prize. #1 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-11-29 11:14 AM | Reply...

1+ mon, 3+ hour ago (594+ words) Quiet Supersonic X-59 Jet Soars in First Test Flight NASA's X-59 supersonic-but-quiet jet soared over the Southern California desert on Tuesday in the first test flight of an experimental aircraft designed to break the sound barrier with little noise, paving the way for faster commercial air travel. Posted by LampLighter at 11:31 AM | 11 COMMENTS | permalink | Comment on This Entry | The plane's unique shape is designed to greatly reduce the explosive-like sonic boom normally produced when an aircraft breaks the sound barrier, lowering the volume to a muffled "sonic thump" no louder than slamming a car door. #1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-10-29 12:19 AM | Reply #2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-10-29 12:20 AM | Reply New jet engines are already a lot quieter. People love the A320neo. "The Airbus A320neo is significantly quieter than its predecessor, the A320ceo, with a noise footprint at take-off that is half as loud, measuring 85 decibels." --Wikipedia #3 | Posted…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago (813+ words) Fuel Switches Cut Off Before Air India Crash The preliminary report into the Air India Flight 171 crash indicated that both engines on the plane were almost simultaneously flipped from run to cut-off. Posted by redial at 03:31 PM | 14 COMMENTS | permalink | Comment on This Entry | Was the flipping of the switches intentional or accidental? #1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-07-11 05:44 PM | Reply Guessing the switches are not placed in a position on the control panels or overhead switch-bays where they can be be accidentally flipped to "Off" setting. #2 | Posted by Wardog at 2025-07-11 05:45 PM | Reply They are guarded and have spring loaded latches to prevent accidental operation. Very unlikely to have been both shut off by accident. #3 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-07-11 05:54 PM | Reply That's pretty much what I thought. #4 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-07-11 06:01 PM | Reply Or the switches never moved in the first place, but…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago (324+ words) FAA to Cut 10% of Flights Due to Shutdown Posted by Nixon at 04:33 PM | 6 COMMENTS | permalink | Comment on This Entry | If you just cancel flights, then they're actually not late! Brilliant stuff from Sean Duffy here[image or embed] The decomposing orange nonce has crippled American aviation. #1 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-11-06 11:41 AM | Reply 14 votes to reopen the government and it is the dems who refuse to vote to open so DEFINITELY a dem shutdown! #2 | Posted by MSgt at 2025-11-06 04:15 PM | Reply "A government shutdown falls on the President's lack of leadership. I mean problems start from the top and they have to get solved from the top. A shutdown means the president is WEAK!" #3 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-11-06 04:21 PM | Reply DEFINITELY a dem shutdown! #2 | Posted by MSgt They are sooooo weak, yet simultaneously soooooo strong!!! #4 | Posted by rstybeach11 at 2025-11-06 05:40 PM | Reply Oh, I…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago (261+ words) U.S. Might Be Forced to Shut Down Airspace Next Week The Department of Transportation might be forced to shut down the airspace in certain parts of the country if the government shutdown continues into next week, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said on Tuesday. Posted by reinheitsgebot at 08:32 PM | 6 COMMENTS | permalink | Comment on This Entry | Transportation chief Sean Duffy threatened to ground all U.S. flights amid the ongoing shutdown, warning "we'll shut the whole airspace down."[image or embed] If U.S. airspace is shutdown the number of aviation deaths on the disgusting orange pedo's watch would be frozen in place. #1 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-11-04 01:05 PM | Reply This is good news, when COVID hit I was able to fly down the SFO runway. Perhaps I'll give LAX a go this time! #2 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-11-04 01:17 PM | Reply Perhaps you'll have the good sense to burst…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago (232+ words) Dozens Taken to Hospital After Flight Emergency Landing Posted by REDIAL at 07:30 PM | 8 COMMENTS | permalink | Comment on This Entry | Twenty-five people were hospitalized after a Delta Air Lines flight from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam experienced "significant turbulence" while en route.[image or embed] This is why you keep your seatbelt fastened when you are seated. #1 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-07-31 12:15 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1 On longer flights such as this one, most people have to get up at some point to go to the bathroom. #2 | Posted by sentinel at 2025-07-31 08:07 PM | Reply #3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-07-31 08:26 PM | Reply Plus, Salt Lake to Minneapolis? Really, dumbass? #5 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-07-31 09:05 PM | Reply nobody said you've got a functioning brain #6 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2025-08-01 04:46 PM | Reply Nobody said Nazis could count. #4 | Posted by LegallyYourDead you are correct sir. #7 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2025-08-01 04:47 PM | Reply…...