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**Aut** @Aut@hachyderm.io · 1h

A tornado took out the MQP VOR in Texas yesterday. It's part of the minimum network so it should be replaced but yikes. For those unfamiliar, VORs are an older technology for navigation that aircraft used (not used much anymore). However, if GPS becomes unusable they're all we have.

Relevant NOTAM
!FTW 04/567 MQP NAV VORTAC U/S 2504201833-2510302000EST

Small building with round top where the internals are exposed and stripped from a Tornado

#avgeek #mqp #wx

**Jo H** @futurshox@mytransponder.com · 5h

Jo H @futurshox@mytransponder.com

Today's memory: Learjet 60 taken during RIAT Fairford, 20-07-2002 at Fairford, UK #avgeek #aviation

An airplane: Learjet 60 taken during RIAT Fairford, 20-07-2002

**Aviation Librarian** @Aviation_Librarian@mastodon.online · 5h

Aviation Librarian @Aviation_Librarian@mastodon.online

Douglas Press Photo - United Air Lines DC-8
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N8058D
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#Douglas #Photograph #UnitedAirLines #DC8 #aviation #airplanes #avgeek #planes #postcards #postcard #travel #planespotting #aviación #aviacion #avión #avion #Luftfahrt #Flugzeuge

Black and white photo. The plane is flying right to left.

**AlcorNews** @AlcorNews@mastodon.social · 6h

AlcorNews @AlcorNews@mastodon.social

https://www.lefigaro.fr/societes/l-aviation-n-est-pas-une-industrie-d-avenir-sandrine-rousseau-repond-au-coup-de-gueule-du-patron-de-safran-20250417
#Aviation
#Aéronautique
#AvGeek
#FlightRadar
#ActualitéAéro
#SandrineRousseau

Le patron de Safran n'investira plus dans les villes écologistes

Le Figaro · 4d«L’aviation n’est pas une industrie d’avenir» : Sandrine Rousseau répond au coup de gueule du patron de SafranLundi, Olivier Andriès avait déploré l’accueil hostile des élus écologistes locaux à un projet industriel de son groupe aéronautique à Rennes l’an dernier, affirmant ne plus vouloir investir dans les villes dirigées par des Verts.

**Jo H** @futurshox@mytransponder.com · 16h

16h

Jo H @futurshox@mytransponder.com

Today's memory: Dornier/ Dassault-Breguet Alpha Jet taken during Oshkosh 2010 - Jets - 27-07-2010 at Oshkosh, US #avgeek #aviation

An airplane: Dornier/ Dassault-Breguet Alpha Jet taken during Oshkosh 2010 - Jets - 27-07-2010

**SFO Museum's Instagram Bot** @instagram@collection.sfomuseum.org · 19h

19h

SFO Museum's Instagram Bot @instagram@collection.sfomuseum.org

"Happy Birthday Amelia Earhart! The first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic and the first person to fly solo from Honolulu, Hawaii, to Oakland, CA, she was born #onthisday in 1897, in Atchison, Kansas. Image: Amelia Earhart airmail flight cover, 1963. Gift of the Pan Am Association. 2000.058.1156" This was posted to our Instagram account on July 24, 2017 – https://millsfield.sfomuseum.org/instagram/1729359277/

An image associated with the Instagram post https://millsfield.sfomuseum.org/id/1729359277/

#HBD #ameliaearhart #avgeek

**Errol Cavit** @ErrolNZ@mastodon.nz · 20h

20h

Errol Cavit @ErrolNZ@mastodon.nz

NuWaco T-10 ZK-WTW takes off at Classic Fighters Omaka 2023.
#AvGeek #Aviation

Dark red sport biplane with black trim from the left side, slightly banked towards camera. It has a single open cockpit. There are green vineyards below and high hills beyond.

**Manc AvGeek** @mancavgeek@social.teamb.space · 20h

20h

Manc AvGeek @mancavgeek@social.teamb.space

Bonus Photo of the Day 2 20th April 2025.

HB-IVC, Fokker 100, SwissAir, at Geneva Cointrin, 29th October 1993.
One of the main CERN buildings is visible in the distance - this isn't particularly noticeable when you are there, but it dominates photos of this airport.

#Geneva #Cointrin #GVA #LSGG #Fokker #F100 #SwissAir #CERN
#AvGeek #aviation #planespotting #photography

Side view of a white, twin engined jet airliner with the engines mounted on the sides of the rear fuselage, taxiing from left to right.
The plane is mostly white, with a grey belly and brown and black stripe running along the body and the lower part of the engine pods.
There are red "SwissAir" titles on the upper forward fuselage, and black registration "HB-IVC" on the rear fuselage.
There are also small "Fokker 100" titles on the forward part of the engine pods.
The tail is red, with a large white cross in the middle.
A large expanse of concrete apron fills the foreground, with green grass and a runway in the distance leading up to a crop field in the distance.
Right in the background is a very distinctive white building, with a black glazed circle in the middle of a square block.

**Manc AvGeek** @mancavgeek@social.teamb.space · 21h

21h

Manc AvGeek @mancavgeek@social.teamb.space

Bonus Photo of the Day 20th April 2025.

G-ASYD, British Aircraft Corporation 1-11-400AM, British Aerospace, used as a "Fly By Light" technology demonstrator, on the ramp at Liverpool Speke Airport, some time in the early 1990s.

#Liverpool #Speke #LPL #EGGP #BritishAircraftCorporation #BAC111 #BritishAerospace #FlyByLight
#AvGeek #aviation #planespotting #photography

**Manc AvGeek** @mancavgeek@social.teamb.space · 21h

21h

Manc AvGeek @mancavgeek@social.teamb.space

Photo of the Day 20th April 2025.

HB-IHY, Airbus A320-214, Edelweiss Air, rolling for take-off on Runway 23 Left at Manchester Airport, 26th January 2018, as seen from one of the South Side mounds.

3 photos behind the link.
https://mancavgeek.co.uk/blog/photo-of-the-day-20th-april-2025/

#Manchester #MAN #EGCC #Runway27left #SouthSide #Airbus #A320 #Edelweiss
#AvGeek #aviation #planespotting #photography

Side view of a white, twin engined jet airliner moving at high speed from left to right on a black runway.
The plane has a red forward fuselage, with a white flower with a yellow middle on the forward door.
There are blue, billboard-style "Edelweiss" titles on the fuselage, while the tail is red, with a larger, white flower with a yellow middle.
The vertical endplates on the wingtips have a smaller version of the same red background and white and yellow flower.
The registration "HB-IHY" is visible on the lower rear fuselage, just aft of the rear door, next to a small Swiss flag.
Green grass fills the foreground, with more grass and taxiways in the background, leading off to grey buildings in the distance, under grey skies.

**Jo H** @futurshox@mytransponder.com · 23h

23h

Jo H @futurshox@mytransponder.com

Your aerial chariot: Eurocopter EC-135 taken during Reklaw, 23-10-2010 at Flying M Ranch, Reklaw, US #avgeek #aviation

An airplane: Eurocopter EC-135 taken during Reklaw, 23-10-2010

**Gunnar Bergfalke** @gbergfalke@mastodon.nu · 1d

Gunnar Bergfalke @gbergfalke@mastodon.nu

Saab J 29F Tunnan at an airshow in Sweden some years ago.
#avgeek

**Jo H** @futurshox@mytransponder.com · 1d

Jo H @futurshox@mytransponder.com

Pic of the moment: Cirrus SR.20 taken during SARL Taylor 150 Air Race, 02-04-2011 at Taylor, US #avgeek #aviation

An airplane: Cirrus SR.20 taken during SARL Taylor 150 Air Race, 02-04-2011

**Aviation Librarian** @Aviation_Librarian@mastodon.online · 1d

Aviation Librarian @Aviation_Librarian@mastodon.online

City Express DHC Dash 7-102 Postcard
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#CityExpress #dhcDash7 #aviation #airplanes #avgeek #planes #postcards #postcard #travel #planespotting #aviación #aviacion #avión #avion #Luftfahrt #Flugzeuge

Colorful plane with Orange, Red, and Blue stripes on the tail. It is parked next to a hanger

Continued thread

**Manc AvGeek** @mancavgeek@social.teamb.space · 1d

Manc AvGeek @mancavgeek@social.teamb.space

Bonus Photo of the Day 19th April 2025.

G-BEEG, Britten-Norman Islander, Northern Airlines, at Manchester Barton, some time in the 1990s.

#Manchester #Barton #EGCB #BrittenNorman #BN2 #Islander #NorthernAirlines
#AvGeek #aviation #planespotting #photography

Side view of a small, boxy, white, high-winged, twin propellor-engined airliner parked on grass facing to the left.
The plane is mostly white, with a thick red and thin black stripe running along the body before swooping up into the lower reaches of the tail.
There are small, black "Northern Airlines" titles on the lower forward fuselage, and larger, black registration "G-BEEG" on the upper rear.
The landing gear is fixed, with a nose-wheel at the front, and the main wheels on long white struts that come down from the wings, just inboard of the engines.
Green grass fills the foreground, leading up to trees lining the airfield perimeter in the distance, under flat grey skies.

Continued thread

**Manc AvGeek** @mancavgeek@social.teamb.space · 1d

Manc AvGeek @mancavgeek@social.teamb.space

Gat On A Sat 19th April 2025.

G-EZEZ, Airbus A319-111, EasyJet, in a special "Napoli" advertising variant of the standard livery, crossing the perimeter fence seconds after taking off from Runway 08 Right at London Gatwick, 12th September 2014.

#London #Gatwick #LGW #EGKK #Runway08Left #Airbus #A310 #EasyJet #GatOnASat
#AvGeek #aviation #planespotting #photography

Low side view of a white, twin engined jet airliner flying from left to right at a very low altitude.
It's undercarriage is already tucked away, it's flaps are extended behind the wings, and it's nose is raised sharply, suggesting that it has just taken off.
The word "Jet" is visible in large orange letters on the forward fuselage, with a large, orange love heart and the word "Napoli" on the rear fuselage.
The engine pods slung under the wings are bright orange, with the word "EasyJet" in white, a design replicated on the tail.
The registration "G-EZEZ" is on the lower rear fuselage in black, repeated under the left wing.
Under the wings, the covers on the flap tracks are bright orange, as are the wing-tips.
Pale blue sky fills the rest of the frame.

Continued thread

**Manc AvGeek** @mancavgeek@social.teamb.space · 1d

Manc AvGeek @mancavgeek@social.teamb.space

Photo of the Day 19th April 2025.

G-MDSZ, Pilatus PC-12/47E, Silver Aviation, on final approach to Runway 23 Right at Manchester Airport, 26th May 2023, as seen from Shadowmoss Road.

3 photos behind the link.
https://mancavgeek.co.uk/blog/photo-of-the-day-19th-april-2025/

#Manchester #MAN #EGCC #Runway23Right #ShadowmossRoad #Pilatus #PC12 #BizProp #SilverAviation
#AvGeek #aviation #planespotting #photography

Low aside view of a silvery-grey, single engined BizProp flying from left to right at a very low altitude, with undercarriage lowered and flaps extended behind the wings, suggesting it is about to land.
The plane has black "Silver Aviation" titles on the forward fuselage, under the cockpit windows, and the registration "G-MDSZ" in black under the left wing.
The registration also appears in white on the black fillet attaching the tail to the upper fuselage.
The tail is also black, with the white outline of a circle containing an outline of a mountain in the middle.
A bright white light is shining forward from 2 thirds of the way along the right wing, with a red beacon also shining under the fuselage.
Grey sky fills the rest of the frame.

**Geoff** @strykeroz@mastodon.social · 1d

Geoff @strykeroz@mastodon.social

Paul Bennet is organising this fundraising appeal on behalf of Tracey Collins to assist the recovery of Sky Aces pilot Glenn injured in a serious aircraft accident at the Avalon Airshow last month.
https://gofund.me/a5e6c315

Sky Aces Paul Bennett (yellow) and Glenn Collins (orange) take-off for Avalon Airshow display

Air ambulance arrives to evacuate Glenn Collins from Avalon Airshow

Sky Aces close formation at Avalon Airshow

#avgeek #airshow #avalon

**Jo H** @futurshox@mytransponder.com · 1d

Jo H @futurshox@mytransponder.com

Today's memory: Aerospatiale HH-65 Dolphin taken during Wings Over Houston, 16-10-2011 at Ellington Field, US #avgeek #aviation

An airplane: Aerospatiale HH-65 Dolphin taken during Wings Over Houston, 16-10-2011

**Aut** @Aut@hachyderm.io · 1d

Aut @Aut@hachyderm.io

After the Young Eagles rally I had some time and decided to fly around a little. I got a ram mount for my yoke and wanted to test it a bit (I like it a lot more than having the ipad on my thigh). I also "suffered" a little spontaneous disassembly of my air vent and had to wait until I was back on the ground to mess with it.

Overall, a nice flight seeing things starting to turn green.

Cessna skyhawk instrument panel with a mix of old and new instruments. On the yoke is an ipad running foreflight.

Appleton WI as seen from above KATW (above the class D airspace)

The wolf river in Wisconsin. Very winding path it cuts through forests.

Air vent tube fell out of wing hole in cockpit. Annoying but not dangerous (unless you're fiddling with it during flight I guess).

#avgeek #flying #aviation

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