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Fahad Naim

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Aircraft Engineer | All in on aviation, aerospace innovation & space quests. Dropping sharp news, cool tech bits & updates from the skies up. Thriving on X!

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Natilus just dropped the Horizon Evo... a full two-deck flying-wing airliner! Upper deck passengers (up to 250 seats), lower deck pure cargo (12 LD3-45 containers), M0.78 cruise, ~6500 km range, PW1500G or LEAP engines, massive carbon composites. They’re promising 30% less fuel &

Natilus just dropped the Horizon Evo... a full two-deck flying-wing airliner! Upper deck passengers (up to 250 seats), lower deck pure cargo (12 LD3-45 containers), M0.78 cruise, ~6500 km range, PW1500G or LEAP engines, massive carbon composites. They’re promising 30% less fuel &
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Respect to this ramp agent: dragging a 50 kg air-con hose by hand so your plane is pre-cooled before you board. Does it daily. Makes ~$1,000/month or less..... Imo: Invisible heroes of every flight. How much do you think this job should pay in 2026?

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The A350's flap/slat sounds are louder and more dramatic than most planes, but that's what makes them epic. That hydraulic roar and mechanical churn? Absolute music to my ears. does the A380 win, or is A350 king of wing noises?

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NASA's CATNLF laminar flow test on F-15B just nailed its first flight.. Jan 29, 75 mins, vertical 40-inch model under the belly. Goal: tame crossflow instability on swept wings for more laminar flow, less drag. IR camera spotting the magic. Potential 10% fuel cut for big jets?

NASA's CATNLF laminar flow test on F-15B just nailed its first flight.. Jan 29, 75 mins, vertical 40-inch model under the belly.

Goal: tame crossflow instability on swept wings for more laminar flow, less drag. IR camera spotting the magic. Potential 10% fuel cut for big jets?
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Asia is absolutely crushing it! OAG's 2025 data just dropped the world's busiest domestic routes by seats: Jeju-Seoul tops at 14.4M (+1%) Sapporo-Tokyo 12.1M Fukuoka-Tokyo 11.5M Hanoi-HCMC 11.1M (+4% 🔥) Jeddah-Riyadh 9.8M (+13%) Melb-Syd 9M Tokyo-Okinawa 8.1M Mumbai-Delhi

Asia is absolutely crushing it!
OAG's 2025 data just dropped the world's busiest domestic routes by seats:
 Jeju-Seoul tops at 14.4M (+1%)
 Sapporo-Tokyo 12.1M
 Fukuoka-Tokyo 11.5M
Hanoi-HCMC 11.1M (+4% 🔥)
Jeddah-Riyadh 9.8M (+13%)
Melb-Syd 9M
Tokyo-Okinawa 8.1M
Mumbai-Delhi
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The A350 cockpit is the ultimate dream office... glass cockpit heaven + sheepskin seats for perfect temp regulation. This video screams 'goals.' But is sheepskin overrated nostalgia, or still the best for pilot comfort in extreme conditions? What's actually better in modern jets?

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This United first-class drama just went viral... passenger confronts off-duty FA over alleged rudeness to his deaf wife, gets told to deplane...! 😳 Gulf carriers would probably bend over backwards to keep premium pax happy unless it's wild misbehavior. US ops seem quicker to

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Natilus Horizon Evo... 3-3-3-3 seating in a flying-wing. Up to 250 passengers, 6500 km range, 30% less fuel burn claimed. Imo: Middle-middle-middle seat just got wider… and potentially more awkward... You brave enough for that configuration?😅

Natilus Horizon Evo... 3-3-3-3 seating in a flying-wing. Up to 250 passengers, 6500 km range, 30% less fuel burn claimed.
Imo: Middle-middle-middle seat just got wider… and potentially more awkward... You brave enough for that configuration?😅
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Rare bird alert! A Tu-204 freighter (Soviet-era legend from Ulan-Ude roots) just touched down at Yeshan/Yiwu in China.. yellow cargo beast shaking off the old glory days. Not many left flying, but this one's still grinding routes. To me, it's stubborn aviation history in motion.

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This streaming fluid on this Boeing wing at FL350/-40°C is pure aerodynamic condensation... not fuel, not contrail. Low-pressure over the wing cools air so fast it turns tiny moisture into visible mist/vapor. Super cool physics! To me, it's stunning engineering visible in flight.

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🚨 F-35 Update... What's really going on with those new Lot 17 jets? Reports from Defense Daily, Avionics International, and others (Feb 2026) claim US F-35As (starting ~June 2025) have been delivered without the new AN/APG-85 radar... the big GaN-based upgrade meant to give

🚨 F-35 Update... What's really going on with those new Lot 17 jets?

Reports from Defense Daily, Avionics International, and others (Feb 2026) claim US F-35As (starting ~June 2025) have been delivered without the new AN/APG-85 radar... the big GaN-based upgrade meant to give
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Alright engine geeks, game on: Dusty old scrapped engines.... spotted these in a workshop.... tell me what Rolls-Royce engines these are. Hint: That blue fan case isn't hiding... UltraFan vibes all the way (world's biggest engine family). Or am I wrong?

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Outside, the A350-900 and A330-900 look like cousins... those Sharklets are super similar (A350's taller/more vertical, A330neo's more blended/curved), same sleek vibe, hard to tell apart at the gate sometimes. But step into the cockpit? Night and day. A350's massive screens and

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Big step forward for China's C929 widebody! COMAC just inked a deal with Aviage Systems (GE-AVIC JV) for avionics.. building on their C919 success. Post-Russia exit, this shows real momentum. Still, Western parts are the weak spot.. only 15 C919s delivered in 2025. Progress, but

Big step forward for China's C929 widebody! COMAC just inked a deal with Aviage Systems (GE-AVIC JV) for avionics.. building on their C919 success. Post-Russia exit, this shows real momentum. Still, Western parts are the weak spot.. only 15 C919s delivered in 2025. Progress, but
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End of an era in Hungary 🇭🇺: After nearly 50 years (since 1978!), the legendary Mi-24 'Crocodiles' are officially retired from the Air Force in early Feb 2026. Survived Warsaw Pact, NATO switch, even got a Russian lifeline overhaul in 2017-18. Phoenix Battalion at Szolnok says

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Just happened at HKG.. vid shows a British guy losing it at 6am... rams luggage cart into railings, topples like 10 smart check-in kiosks, then smashes them with a metal post! Arrested for criminal damage + possessing Viagra (yep, that's a controlled poison in HKG). No motive

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United's massive A350 order might be DEAD! Back in 2009, United ordered 25 Airbus A350-900s . It got restructured a few times, and by 2017 they settled on 45 total. But... no planes delivered in 16+ years... endless deferrals pushed them way out. Now, United's latest SEC 10-K