Joe @jpr747.bsky.social · 27/04/2026This Day in Aviation History... April 26, 1972 Introduction of the Lockheed L-1011 TriStar. 000
Joe @jpr747.bsky.social · 13/04/2026This Day in Aviation History... April 13, 2013 Lion Air Flt. 904, a Boeing 737-8, ditches in shallow water off Bali 0.6 nautical miles from the runway while attempting to land at Ngurah Rai Airport in Denpasar, Indonesia. All on board survive. *Failed go-around attempt. 000
Joe @jpr747.bsky.social · 13/04/2026This Day in Aviation History... April 13, 1966 Boeing announces in Seattle an order worth $525 million from Pan Am for 25 Model 747 jumbo jets. 010
Joe @jpr747.bsky.social · 19/03/2026This Day in Aviation History... March 19, 2007 Airbus A380 makes first flights to the United States, with one touching down in New York at John F. Kennedy International Airport and another in California at Los Angeles International Airport. 000
Joe @jpr747.bsky.social · 19/03/2026This Day in Aviation History... March 19, 1964 Geraldine Mock, in a Cessna 180, becomes the first woman to fly around the world. 010
Joe @jpr747.bsky.social · 14/03/2026This Day in Aviation History... March 14, 1980 LOT Flight 7, an Ilyushin Il-62, crashes near Warsaw, Poland after the No. 2 engine disintegrates and severs the elevator and rudder control lines. 000
Joe @jpr747.bsky.social · 14/03/2026This Day in Aviation History... March 14, 1947 First flight of the Lockheed L-749 Constellation. 000
Joe @jpr747.bsky.social · 02/11/2025DO NOT but lithium batteries in the over head bin !! *Air China A321. 000
Joe @jpr747.bsky.social · 02/11/2025This Day in Aviation History... Nov. 2, 1992 First flight of the Airbus A330. 000
Joe @jpr747.bsky.social · 07/10/2025This Day in Aviation History... Oct. 7, 2008 Qantas Flight 72 an Airbus A330-300 makes an emergency landing in Exmouth, Australia following a rapid descent that leaves over 70 people injured. *In-flight upset due to software error resulting in two pitch-downs. 000
Joe @jpr747.bsky.social · 22/03/2025This Day in Aviation History... March 22, 1992 USAir Flight 405, a Fokker F-28, crashes on takeoff from New York LaGuardia Airport because of ice buildup. *Unknown to the crew, ice had collected on the wings, which disrupted airflow and reduced lift. 000
Joe @jpr747.bsky.social · 06/03/2025This Day in Hooters History..... March 6, 2003 Hooters Air begins service, operated by Pace Airlines. The business would last less than three years. 000
Joe @jpr747.bsky.social · 23/02/2025If you have seen or will see Aladdin, look around at the New Amsterdam Theater. They don't build them like that anymore. 010
Joe @jpr747.bsky.social · 23/02/2025On February 23rd, Canadians celebrate Canada's air transportation safety, strength and success. On National Aviation Day, we commemorate the past, celebrate the present and advance the future of aviation in Canada. 010
Joe @jpr747.bsky.social · 23/02/2025On February 23rd, Canadians celebrate Canada's air transportation safety, strength and success. On National Aviation Day, we commemorate the past, celebrate the present and advance the future of aviation in Canada. 000
Joe @jpr747.bsky.social · 04/02/2025February 4, 1902 Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Aviator, Brigadier General, United States Air Force, Medal of Honor, and famous for the first solo, non-stop flight across the Atlantic, from Roosevelt Field, Long Island to Paris 1927 in the “Spirit of St. Louis was born at Detroit, Michigan. 000
Joe @jpr747.bsky.social · 04/02/2025Air Busan will ban power banks in cabin baggage after one of its Airbus A321 aircraft caught fire at Gimhae Airport on January 28. Starting February 7, handbags will be screened before boarding, and only tagged, power bank-free bags will be allowed in overhead bins. 000
Joe @jpr747.bsky.social · 22/01/2025Today marks the anniversary of the Concorde's first commercial flight on January 21, 1976. The groundbreaking event ushered in a new era of supersonic flight. 010
Joe @jpr747.bsky.social · 15/01/2025January 15, 2009 US Airways Flight 1549, an Airbus A320 with 155 people aboard flies into a flock of Canada geese just after takeoff from LaGuardia Airport and ditches in the Hudson River after both engines are disabled by birdstrikes. All passengers and crew are rescued. 000
Joe @jpr747.bsky.social · 13/01/2025This Day in Aviation History... January 13, 1982 Air Florida Flight 90, a Boeing 737-200, crashes onto Washington D.C.’s 14th Street Bridge and the Potomac River after taking off from Washington National Airport (DCA). 000
Joe @jpr747.bsky.social · 12/01/2025This Day in Aviation History... January 12, 1970 A Pan Am Boeing 747, on a proving flight from New York, is the first wide-bodied airliner to make a landing at Heathrow Airport in London. 010
Joe @jpr747.bsky.social · 02/01/2025On-time rate in parenthesis: North American airlines: Delta Air Lines (83.46%) United Airlines (80.93%) Alaska Airlines (79.25%) American Airlines (77.78%) Southwest Airlines (77.77%) Spirit Airlines (76.05%) JetBlue Airways (74.53%) Frontier Airlines (71.57%) Air Canada (71.36%) WestJet (70.99%) 000
Joe @jpr747.bsky.social · 06/12/2024This Day in Aviation History... December 6, 2022 The last Boeing 747 left the company's widebody factory in Washington on December 6, 2022, ahead of its delivery to Atlas Air in early 2023. 161
Joe @jpr747.bsky.social · 02/12/2024This Day in Aviation History... December 2, 1976 NASA’s Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, the ex-American Airlines aircraft modified to carry the Space Shuttle, began flight testing to prepare for carrying the Space Shuttle from landing sites back to the Kennedy Space Center. 010
Joe @jpr747.bsky.social · 27/11/2024www.newsnow.co.uk/share?data=e...newsnow.co.ukAmerican Airlines Is Shrinking Lavatories To Cram More Premium Seats Onto Its Biggest Planes—Meet Project Olympus - View from the WingThe American Airlines retrofit plan of its Boeing 777-300ERs is called Project Olympus. These Boeing 777-300ERs are getting a lot more seats - and a lot more premium seats - 84 to 114 total premium se... 000
Joe @jpr747.bsky.social · 27/11/2024This Day in Aviation History... November 27, 1989 Avianca Flight 203, a Boeing 727, explodes in mid-air over Colombia. The Medellín Cartel claimed responsibility for the attack. 000
Joe @jpr747.bsky.social · 26/11/2024This Day in Aviation History... November 26, 2003 Concorde G-BOAF MSN 216, makes the very last flight before retirement from London Heathrow to Bristol Filton, the place she was born on 20th April 1979. This was the final flight of Concorde. 010
Joe @jpr747.bsky.social · 25/11/2024This Day in Aviation History... November 25, 1973 KLM flight 861, a Boeing 747 flying from Beirut to New Dehli, is hijacked and flown instead to Syria, Cyprus, Libya and Malta. All passengers would be eventually released and the terrorists arrested. 010
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