What a tragedy. Uncontained engine failure at the worst possible moment. Weighed down by cargo and 38,000 gallons of fuel, with the number one engine torn off and number two possibly damaged from the debris, the MD-11 staggers into the air only to settle back to earth with the

I hadn’t noticed the fire balls coming out of the center engine at rotation. Yikes

Happy Veterans Day 🇺🇸𝗢𝗹𝗱 𝗦𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗿⚓️! My dad circled in red was a swab jockey on the sub tender Bushnell (AS2) in the 1930s

A U.S. Army CH-47G assigned to the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment at Joint Base Lewis McCord visited the The Museum of Flight today.

The color picture was taken in July of 1962 and the black and white picture was taken in October 62 after a big wind storm swept through the area. The plane was lightly damaged and quickly repaired.

Thousands of boats are docked in Seattle but only two of them are moving.

I see that Amelia Earhart is trending. What has always impressed me about Amelia was her taste in machinery. Amelia was not impressed with the Curtis JN-4 that she learned to fly in so she bought a Kinner Airster which she proceeded to paint yellow. The Airster was equipped with

The following question was asked of a pilot from the elite U.S. Army 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment. At night when the weather is nasty and you are flying nap of the earth wearing your night vision goggles is the autopilot on or off? He said he flies with the

The aft pylon attachment to the wing failed on the UPS MD-11 and the engine and pylon departed the aircraft by going up and over the wing. The FAA has issued an emergency AD grounding the MD11 and DC10 fleet. This AD is simply a place holder until Boeing determines a repair. I

The The Museum of Flight is participating in a fundraiser called Seattle Festival of Trees. Our tree is sponsored by an anonymous Docent and is dedicated to Emma who is suffering from Muscular Atrophy Type 1 If you can read the QR code at the bottom of Emma’s story you will be able to

These photos released by the NTSB of the UPS MD-11 accident show the number one engine pylon failing at rotation. The gyroscopic forces induced by rotation combined with takeoff thrust placed maximum stress on the pylon which failed at the worst possible moment. So sad at this

Pretty cool paint job! I retired too early. It would have been fun to fly this one.

60 Novembers ago I knocked on the Vancellette door and told his mom and dad that I brought David home. #Vietnam

On flights at americanair that exceeded eight hours we had a crew rest seat in first class to take our crew rest. At the time our union had made an agreement with the company not to use the seat next to the crew rest seat unless the airplane was totally full and the passenger

What’s behind this little door?

The closing of the airspace in Venezuela reminded me of the overnights I had in Caracas. I would sit by the pool timing the period between the gunshots. A crew was robbed in the hotel van, so we stopped overnighting for a bit.

Notice the officers in the back saluting this veteran! Well done Judge! ❤️‍🩹

Lots of colorful beads are on display at the The Museum of Flight