The real question is why do barbers need ATP mins? Probably an insurance requirement.

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I’m 15 and for now I can’t go to an airport to do some plane spotting. So instead, my parents bought me a Nikon P900 that can zoom to 83 times. And now, I can plane spot from my house. This is my favourite pic so far. An A380 Emirates Expo 2020 livery

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“We made history as the first mother-daughter crew at Skywest Airlines.”

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Yesterday, my cousin died from covid complications. He was a commander for Azul Airlines (Brazil). During his burial, one of their planes made a circle around the cemetery as a tribute. I don't know anything about aviation but I thought you'd find the gesture interesting.

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Pilot parked a plane in the desert at the height of the pandemic and left a note in the cockpit . Another pilot found it 435 days later. If you are here to pick it up then the light must be at the end of the tunnel.

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A remake of the boarding passes?

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Interesting switch located in every UH-1 Iroquois

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Day 9 of 2021

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\\_(ツ)_/

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My grandpa's hand-written instructions for starting a B-29 engine while serving on USS Ranger Aircraft Carrier in the early 60s.

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Waiting at BNA and my brother bought me this model airplane. Looked up the tail number and it was 5 gates away.

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B-52 Pilot: “Ranger, we’re 5 miles out.” USS Ranger: “We do not have visual...” B-52 Pilot: “Look down” (1990, Persian Gulf)

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A surprising scrap yard find

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Flew my mom as my first passenger with my PPL

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Well, I feel old.

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PLANE

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Lockheed SR-71 Blackbirds under construction at Skunk Works in the late 1960s

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Cloud surfing

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U2 Camera Viewfinder

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I got the chance to film B1 Bombers today, the loudest airplane I have ever heard. Tomorrow I get to go inside of one. I will keep you all updated.

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Formula 1 driver Max Verstappen's personal Falcon 900EX

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Oddly satisfying - Strip and repaint on an Emirates 777-300

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Make this one a go-around

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V-22 osprey barrel roll

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After 41 years of flying - 13 years as an A-4 pilot with the Marines and 28 years with American Airlines, my dad has officially retired! Happy retirement Dad!!!

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This is a “wing-in-ground” vehicle. Does it require a pilots license?

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A United Airlines Boeing Dreamliner holds position at San Francisco as a British Airways Boeing beautifully descends through the fog to land.

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Airbus should learn a thing or two

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Boeing 787 crew rest. It’s above the heads on the 1st class passengers and it’s cozy asf!

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1000 foot separation at FL380, FL390, FL400

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QF7474 is drawing a Kangaroo before heading off for retirement

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Went to the start of the American hand egg game for a few moments today. It was awesome

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Thanks to storm Ciara, BA flight BA112 travelled from New York to London overnight in just 4hrs 56mins

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Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning

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Thought y'all might appreciate this old photo of my grandpa's belly landing after landing gear failure sometime in the late 1940s

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Short takeoff and landing (STOL) competition held in Valdez, Alaska

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With the fleet (X-post r/interestingasfuck)

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A week ago I became the first indigenous female from my territory to be commercially licenced. The local paper wrote a little filler article about it - but also used my photo on the front page!

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B2 refueling in mid-air ( Not my photo)

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Boeing 737 next to the biggest helicopter in the world

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Awac passing my house

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A tale as old as Cessna

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A rare photo of A baby F16 playing happily on the rotor blade of an adult AH64

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Damn tailgaters

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Uh-huh!

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Everything that fits into a rescue helicopter.

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flying the last leg before sunset with all that drama in the sky!

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Dulles in the 80s

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SR-71 Crew

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My daughter took this portrait of me while I was doing annual maintenance with my Dad on our Comanche 260. I thought I would share it with my fellow aviators as it is getting a great reaction in the photography community!

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F-22 power loop photo composition

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All four Air Force demo teams got together for a photo

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It’s not common so I thought it’d be fun to share: I passed my Twin Otter type rating check ride yesterday! I can officially fly this sky slug at 14,000lb (& higher for ferry flights)! Woot!

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Boeing YC-14 prototype STOL tactical transport does its thing

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Abandoned Ekranoplan

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Space shuttle crossing sound barrier

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The weather in Austin is bad. The stock market is tanking. I'm going to fly from home today.

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Annotated cockpit of an A380

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Spanish Air Force F-18 inspecting the Air Canada 767 after it lost part of its landing gear during takeoff

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LaGuardia in the 1930’s

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Cutting it close on a fire retardant drop

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Simple diagram of how a jet turbofan engine works.

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A beluga flying over my house

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Messerschmitt Me 163 V1 first prototype rocket interceptor shows off its impressive climb rate during an early test

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Bomb tags from every mission my grandfather's B-17 did during WWII (included are the two D-Day tags). Included on each tag are descriptors of the run such as weather, location, elevation, payload, etc.

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My college has an engine from the Concorde in the entry way of one of the Aerospace Buildings

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Maybe you're having a bad day, but I'm pretty sure you're not having a tell your boss you set off the fire suppression system at the Minnesota National Guard hangar and foamed all 10 aircraft. kinda bad day...

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Saw this over in the GIFs reddit. Thought you all might enjoy.

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The things you see in flyover country.

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Pure pornography

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Accurate.

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Norwegian air ambulance helicopter masterfully landing on the very edge of a lake, surrounded by trees

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747 engine turned into grill

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Got my Private Pilot License today

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Getting some quality training in I see.

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View from the road near St. Barths airport

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That’s my boy.

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Colleague sent me this livery concept for the Dreamlifter

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I was told this sub might appreciate my photo. Dockweiler State Beach, 35mm.

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“It doesn’t show up!”

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SR-71 Blackbird pilots. Looks like this picture was taken from a sci-fi movie

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Air India Flight 344 just “crash landed.”

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Found the perfect low aspect ratio shadow for our picnic.

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Ten A-12 Archangels await their missions at Area 51 in 1963

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F-14 Tomcat with engines removed

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One of the most recognizable silhouettes.

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Shut up and take my money.

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MV-22 demonstrating the Kopp-Etchell effect.

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My brother and I meeting Chuck Yeager at EAA, circa 2001.

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It’s taken 5 months, several tests, including a TWO AND A HALF HOUR MRI but I finally just received my first class medical! Changing careers and couldn’t be more excited.

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Sometimes it hurts, but the good part is that no one sees you crying under the plane

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The Space Shuttle carried on a 747 and being escorted by two F-18’s

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The Hughes H-1

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the sky is never empty when you’re in a city with a military base

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Have a nice day!

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South African Mi-24 'Superhind' upgrade of the Algerian Air Force

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US Midway and USS Independence docked together

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Did my first solo today, had a cylinder failure and had to do an emergency landing

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Watched this plane slam into the ocean as I pull up to the beach. Pilot got out ok...pretty crazy

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Living near near the final approach path near NASA has its perks!

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My favorite picture of the B-17 that crashed in Connecticut today. RIP old girl.

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BA unveils its new super economy class

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Boeing 747 Rainbow contrails

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C-5 Next to a C-130 and a few fighters.

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Jet landing on an aircraft carrier

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Airforce one closeup upon departure out of London’s Heathrow Airport checkout my instagram for different angles @cedarjet201

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Anyone wonder if the Boeing 737 MAX is ever going to fly again??

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R.I.P. Arecibo Observatory radio telescope... fully collapsed last night. Pic I took flying around July 2015.

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I am wearing my mask, what's your excuse?

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Most common questions about FR24 (that I see here) answered in one image

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Always loved this one, so I decided to share it!

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American Airlines Boeing 707 seen from a Lockheed Electra

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Cirrus Vision Jet MSRP $1.96 million. Single engine personal jet. Lynchburg Virginia

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This X-15 was flown to 207,000 feet and reached Mach 3 in 1962. Pictured with pilot, Neil Armstrong.

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4 of the US aircraft carriers docked together

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F-35 boarding ladder

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Not sure who this is, but it is a sweet pic.

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Sometimes the best photos are taken at 5am.

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I'd still fly it

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Prototype for mod kit

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Rest In peace Captain John McCain

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Was on the pool when suddenly the Beluga appears on the sky. So as I never saw the Beluga before I ran outta the pool, took my Nikon upstairs and took this pic. Not the best but better than nothing.

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Any pilots looking for Halloween costumes?

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My United Flight 328 LEGO kit arrived!!

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It’s hard to really appreciate just how big the C-5 Galaxy is so here is the fuselage of one right next to the fuselage of a C-130.

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My girlfriend spotted this lovely A380 in Honolulu

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The new GE9X engine for the 777X is wider in diameter than a 737

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Falcon 20 afterburner engine testbed. The first and only time a business jet was equipped with an afterburner. (Ca. 1988)

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Zero-length launch of a USAF F-100D Super Sabre in 1959

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Another shot of RAAF C-17 at Brisbane River Fire Air Show

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And another aviation legend leaves us. Rest in Peace General Yeager.

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Long time - No see.

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Building a Goodyear blimp

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NOTAM from 19 years ago

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An Air Canada 787 bursts through the mist in stunning fashion at Heathrow

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As someone who flies on Thanksgiving to avoid Wednesday's rush, Thanks to all grounds crew and airport staff that make it happen!

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North American XB-70 Valkyrie

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In the words of Morrissey and The Smiths, Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others!

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Single seater passenger planes, whatca think?

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Me irl

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Hunger

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An Alaska Airlines 737 recently hit a bear in Yakutat Alaska

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Boeing race over Baghdad. B737 at FL370 being overtaken by a B747 at FL350, being filmed from a B777 at FL330.

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Think walking your dog is hard enough?

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Wire-strike protection system (WSPS) Cable cutter in Apache helicopter acts as wire strike protection system. A system meant to protect helicopters from high wire strikes. The WSPS was developed to reduce the severity of a wire obstacle collision by diverting the wire into the cutter blade assemblie

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Importance of money

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For those of us who love the Spit.....

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B-52 Aircrews Used To Air Refuel In Crazy Bank Angles Just To Prove They Could!

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