So here’s the inspiration for this poll On a flight from MSP-CYYC over the weekend, almost every first/comfort shade was open in cruise but every econ shade was closed. Not sure if there’s a lesson in there or not. Pic is from back of plane (A320) looking forward.

🛩️ On This Day in Aviation – July 17, 1938: “Wrong Way” Corrigan Makes Headlines! Long before GPS and flight tracking apps, one pilot’s “mistake” became legend. On the morning of July 17, 1938, Douglas Corrigan climbed into his heavily modified Curtiss Robin at Floyd Bennett

A seaplane pushing wave tolerance to its max. 🌊 Check out this Twin Otter in its max sea state of about 2 ft. Bouncing and bobbing over the waves until it just barely gets airborne, and that’s only because of a significant headwind. Landing in these conditions would be even

Some cool shots of of the first carrier launches and recoveries aboard the USS Langley back in 1922, just 103 years ago. Much respect, these dudes were certified nuts.🤘😎

SPLASHDOWN!! On July 24th, 1969, we landed softly in the vast Pacific Ocean – and after eight humanity-changing days, our mission was complete. The great crew from the legendary U.S. Navy USS Hornet (CV-12) was there to see our prompt extraction from the deep! 56 years hence,

Two more to be an Ace! We had a T-37 at Vance that managed to strike deer thrice in separate incidents. Quite improbable, but true. Maintenance put a couple cartoonish “deer kill” stickers / markings on it, as if it were a WWII fighter. It’s a real threat at rural airfields.

When I worked line service at an FBO outside Minneapolis during college summers, I got called by the tower just after dark to tow a King Air 90 off the runway that hit two deer on landing. They also asked us to check the runway to find the deer. Wasn’t pretty.

“Irregardless isn’t a word, irregardless of what you say” - Esquire magazine like 20 years ago

I pledge allegiance to the aerospace republic

On Monday, August 4th, in honor of the fifth anniversary of the Great American Outdoors Act, all entrance fees at Interior-managed public lands will be waived. Find your park and see first-hand how this law is helping enrich the visitor experience. Photo by Luke Perkins

Fuselage of the Dewoitine D.332 ‘Emeraude’ of 1933. He set a speed record between Paris and Saigon on 28 December 1933, clocking up 48 hours and 30 minutes on behalf of Air France.

This is from some sort of promotional PR event for the TGV, showing it could fly at least as fast as a French AF C-160 Transall. Marlène Aviation any idea of when this was taken?

The size of the knot is directly proportional to the insecurity of a man

Business Aircraft case study: 110 miles, 2+ hours drive 1-way/5-hour round trip vs. 58-mile flight, 30-min. flight 1-way/1 hour travel time. Meeting in between. 5 passengers each direction. What's your time worth? It's worth a discussion. AviaCost JetCost links below.

We are saddened by the passing of Gemini and Apollo astronaut Jim Lovell. With the crew of Apollo 8, Lovell became one of the first to leave Earth and journey to another world and on Apollo 13 his cool head helped turn a near-disaster into NASA’s finest hour. Lovell was a great

My goal is to always be able to do 10 push ups with either of my kids sitting on my back. Might be tough when they get towards their teens but I can do it now.

The Museum's new F-15 was flown by U.S. Air Force Capt. Cesar “Rico” Rodriguez to achieve two aerial victories against Iraqi MiG fighters during Operation Desert Storm in 1991. Learn more about Rico's daring missions in a new blog: s.si.edu/3HzVhUz

I can reliably guess a person’s IQ based on if they know how to use an apostrophe, if they know how to use an Oxford comma, and if they know the difference between miles per gallon and miles per hour.

Birthday celebrations? GO! Today we celebrate the 92nd birthday of the legendary Gene Kranz. Best known for his work in Mission Control during Apollo 13, Kranz's NASA career began in 1960 during the Project Mercury missions and continued into the Shuttle era.

I’m not trying to imply anything but my thought: Mean US IQ is ~100 College enrollment over the time period in this chart increased a lot This could be showing a reversion to the mean kind of trend, where student body is more representative with population as a whole