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OT. Still one of the most beautiful planes in the sky. Why "o" why did they stop making them

I felt that just sitting on the couch! Wind was a steady 240/12, so straight down the runway for 24R. It looks to me as though they...

There have been some pretty dumb videos put out there at times. Makes you wonder....

Definitely shaking my head at this one. The guy in the left seat got me nervous just looking at him in there. Not to mention, his knee...

I wouldn’t say it’s common but it definitely does happen. It is part of the landing checklist which needs to be completed by 1000ft...

Proud to say I have never done that. One bounce is enough for me 😂 Although, that’s what should happen when you arm the speedbrakes...

Given that they were still pointing the nose down and unable to adopt a normal landing attitude, sailing well past the touchdown zone...

I haven’t found too many issues, but I did find a bit of the aircraft that came loose on the forward cargo door. When I did my walk...

The crew noted the cabin temp was high. The standby aircon pack temperature control valve wasn't working, causing the temps to...

Any one of the operating crew are allowed to come in and chill. Unfortunately it’s very few and far between these days that will...

Just spoke to Kev. His other half on the exchange flew the F18, and he did carrier qualify.

He would’ve been very interesting to sit next to. I love hearing those stories. We had an ex USMC F18 driver on the 777 years ago while...

That’s the dream. But I think they have their hands full with the domestic operation at the moment and making that run well, to then be...

Would’ve loved to give the F-14 a go. Speaking to a few of the ex USN pilots on the aircraft carrier museums in the US, they absolutely...

So after doing a trial flight last year, and deciding I loved it, I've now signed up to a flight school and have started flight...