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Private Pilot & Plane Spotter from Chicago. XLRS Aviation on YouTube. Sony AX53.

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National Air and Space Museum (@airandspace) 's Twitter Profile Photo

80 years ago today, Boeing B-29 Superfortress "Enola Gay" dropped atomic bomb “Little Boy” on Hiroshima, Japan. It was the first time an atomic weapon was used in combat.

80 years ago today, Boeing B-29 Superfortress "Enola Gay" dropped atomic bomb “Little Boy” on Hiroshima, Japan. It was the first time an atomic weapon was used in combat.
Air Safety #OTD by Francisco Cunha (@ondisasters) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🧵1/7 #OTD in 2018: a Horizon Air Q400 crashes in Washington (US) killing its sole occupant. Richard Russell, a Horizon Air ground service agent with no formal pilot experience, stole the plane from Seattle Tacoma airport and after a brief flight went down in Ketron Island.

🧵1/7 #OTD in 2018: a Horizon Air Q400 crashes in Washington (US) killing its sole occupant. Richard Russell, a Horizon Air ground service agent with no formal pilot experience, stole the plane from Seattle Tacoma airport and after a brief flight went down in Ketron Island.
Airways Magazine (@airwaysmagazine) 's Twitter Profile Photo

⚠️A Flypro Boeing 747-200 struggling but conquering the runway in Caracas Maiquetia Airport by roxpierina #flypro #boeing #avgeek

Boom Supersonic (@boomaero) 's Twitter Profile Photo

A pilot and policymaker. Chairman Graves (Rep. Sam Graves) experienced the future of flight. Appreciate you stopping by our booth at #NBAA2025 to meet the team!

A pilot and policymaker. Chairman Graves (<a href="/RepSamGraves/">Rep. Sam Graves</a>) experienced the future of flight. Appreciate you stopping by our booth at #NBAA2025 to meet the team!
Air Safety #OTD by Francisco Cunha (@ondisasters) 's Twitter Profile Photo

#OTD in 2016: American Airlines Flight 383, a B-767, has an uncontained engine failure on Chicago O´ Hare airport (US). All 170 aboard survived, 1 serious injury on evacuation. Incident occurred during take-off run. Report pointed manufacturing anomaly in HPT stage 2 disk.

#OTD in 2016: American Airlines Flight 383, a B-767, has an uncontained engine failure on  Chicago O´ Hare airport (US). All 170 aboard survived, 1 serious injury on evacuation. Incident occurred during take-off run. Report pointed manufacturing anomaly in HPT stage 2 disk.
O'Hare Intl. Airport (@fly2ohare) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The day it all began! Seventy years ago today, TWA Flight 94, bound for Paris, then Cairo, made history as the first commercial flight to depart O'Hare. 📸: Chicago Tribune 👇

The day it all began! 

Seventy years ago today, TWA Flight 94, bound for Paris, then Cairo, made history as the first commercial flight to depart O'Hare.

📸: <a href="/chicagotribune/">Chicago Tribune</a> 👇
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Taking one last look at some of our favorite moments captured in 2025 by our wonderful passengers and employees. 😮‍💨👌 📸: aviation_lover356; jc_aviation11; gatetoskyblog; RS Aviation

Taking one last look at some of our favorite moments captured in 2025 by our wonderful passengers and employees. 😮‍💨👌  

📸: aviation_lover356; jc_aviation11; gatetoskyblog; <a href="/AviationXlrs/">RS Aviation</a>
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“A new era begins with an unexpected six-hour delay.” On 21 January 1970, a crowd… hopeful, curious, slightly cold, gathered to board what would become the first commercial Boeing 747 service: Pan American’s New York (JFK) to London Heathrow flight. The flight was to start with

“A new era begins with an unexpected six-hour delay.”

On 21 January 1970, a crowd… hopeful, curious, slightly cold, gathered to board what would become the first commercial Boeing 747 service: Pan American’s New York (JFK) to London Heathrow flight. The flight was to start with