VIDEO RAF Fairford #RIAT16 Highlights Saturday 9th July
Video Credit goes to scotrail82
NEWS A pilot captured a thunderstorm from his cockpit at 37,000 feet and it’s stunning!!!
The world beyond the clouds still lays unexplored. Forget us earthlings who can’t fly that far, even those who regularly take flights above are left happily stunned by the beauty the heavens have to offer. Santiago Borja is an Ecuador Airlines pilot and while flying his aircraft over the Pacific Ocean near Panama, he chanced…
VIDEO Watch how transatlantic flight routes from New York JFK to London LHR vary daily with the jet stream wind pattern
Watch how transatlantic flight routes from New York JFK to London LHR vary daily with the jet stream wind pattern. pic.twitter.com/hXvdZAKmzq — Paul Williams (@DrPaulDWilliams) July 1, 2016
BREAKING A Lockheed C-130 Hercules started to burn on take off from Portugal
A Lockheed C-130 Hercules crashed on takeoff from Montijo Air Base near Lisbon in Portugal and caught fire at around 12h30 local time. Reload the page for updates… UPDATE 1315UTC First picture of the crash site. UPDATE 1248UTC At last 7 people were on board including 2 pilots, 1 mechanic and 1 loadmaster. UPDATE 1242UTC First report…
BREAKING United flight #UA1594 surrounded by fire crew at Bush Airport in Houston
United #UA1594 to Denver suffered an apparent technical issue on takeoff from Bush Airport in Houston early Monday. The flight was taxiing when it was surrounded by firefighters and other emergency personnel. Reload the page for updates… UPDATE 1214UTC Passengers are disembarking. UPDATE 1210UTC Reports of smoke in the cabin.
#OnThisDay in 1991, Nigeria Flight 2120 suffers a catastrophic in-flight fire over Jeddah
25 years ago today, Nigeria Airways Flight 2120 (C-GMXQ) was a chartered passenger flight operated by Nationair from King Abdulaziz International Airport, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia to Sadiq Abubakar III International Airport, Sokoto, Nigeria. The Douglas DC-8-61 was carrying 247 passengers & 14 crew members. The accident aircraft C-GMXQ at Faro Airport in 1989. The pilots…
VIDEO Last Ever Martinair MD-11 Takes to the Skies One Final Time
The end of an era… July 9, 2016 shall be forever recognized as a day of history. On this day Martinair Holland’s last McDonnell Douglas MD-11 embarked on its final flight to Mojave Air & Space Port located in Southern California.
