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✈️📺🤕 FAA issuing new AD for 757s “prompted by a report that some passenger service unit (PSU)-mounted video monitors became detached from the PSU rails during a hard landing. Airlines to replace PSU-mounted video monitors that don't have “secondary retention lanyards.” FAA says 85 US reg'd planes.

You think she’ll travel more now that she’s retired?

"When there were shutdowns, [aviation] workers were hailed as heroes, and when they’re being paid again their modest wages, their needs and interests seem to be forgotten."

Someone busted up the EMAS with jet blast and now they gotta fix it.

Now on Cranky: Sports Charters: How Air Canada Flies Domestically in the US

A separate thanks to @themiddleseatview.bsky.social for all of her incredible help! Camera work, driving, airport fixer, and all-around wonderful human being. This video would not be possible without her. 🤗

Incredible to be a part of this special flight. The crew was fantastic and the people onboard were quite special, including one person who made their own A340-600 flag and the others who brought a full sheet cake. And stick around for the @byerussell.com cameo near the end!

On this week’s AvTalk, strikes have closed Riyadh and disrupted Jeddah and Dammam. But they've also forced other airspace changes to a critical pathway in the sky. www.flightradar24.com/blog/avtalk-...

For a second I thought this headline meant that they were going to make a sequel where the Cocaine Bear was in a data center. And honestly, I would watch that.

In Home Alone, the McAllisters leave Chicago on a DC-10, but land in Paris aboard a 757. Catherine O’Hara then boards an MD-80 to fly from Paris to Dallas.

Last week for this sweet girl

On this week’s AvTalk, the flydubai incident and wider security concerns, the NTSB releases its preliminary report on the fatal Miami runway overrun, disruptions in Riyadh, and some airlines are using older software on their 737s to avoid glitches. www.flightradar24.com/blog/avtalk-...

We’re thrilled to announce our newest 24/7 automated live stream is now available at LHR! With a camera hosted by @bigjet.tv and fed by Flightradar24 ADS-B data, incredible views of 27L are just a click away: www.youtube.com/live/SgvpyjQ...

Getting weaker, DOD looks for cheaper Reaper.

Now on Cranky: Cranky Dorkfest is Saturday and the 2027 Date is Set crankyflier.com/2026/09/16/c...

I love a straightforward accident report. This pilot failed to avoid a cow. Yep. That will totally ruin your day.

On this week’s AvTalk podcast, we break down the sequence of events as the 21 Air 767 attempted to land in Miami and overran the runway. Using ADS-B data and information from the NTSB, the more we learn, the more confusing the situation becomes. www.flightradar24.com/blog/avtalk-...

Have we Y2K’d fuel?

After pining for months (okay, years), we recently bought a e-cargo bike and it has de-stressed our kid logistics and increased our "let's go to the park!". Cannot recommend it highly enough.

Now & then

LaGuardia air traffic controllers left work early before the deadly collision between an Air Canada CRJ and an airport firetruck in March, via @andrewtangel.bsky.social

I see someone at United has a sense of humor. And based on a search of the fares, someone in revenue management also has a sense of humor.

monorail connecting all 20 of course

Westphalia, Versailles, Bretton Woods, Yalta, Potsdam, Presidio.

There are fewer active airship pilots than astronauts, and Michael (Doc) Dougherty is chief among them. The Goodyear Blimp’s Chief Pilot joins us this week to explore this unique part of the aviation world. www.flightradar24.com/blog/avtalk-...

Of those four airplanes, it’s mildly depressing to know that the only one still carrying passengers is the E145.

All RISE: we sat down with GE Aerospace engineer David Ostdiek to learn about progress on the RISE engine ahead of its first flight later this decade. Listen in on this week’s AvTalk at www.flightradar24.com/blog/avtalk-...

Yup, 🌪️📢 still work.

Red Arrows at Oshkosh, 7/25/26.

In 1944, MN teenager Jeanne Gibson went to work in the Seattle shipyards welding destroyers for the Allies. She then moved to Juneau and joined the Army Transportation Corps supplying ships in the Pacific. She later got a Master’s and her pilots license. RIP, hero. 🫡 www.kron4.com/news/bay-are...

On this week’s AvTalk podcast, our conversation with Xavier Pepin, Airbus test pilot and captain of the 24+ hour A350-1000ULR flight from Melbourne to Toulouse. We talk about flight planning such a long flight, crew rest, and more. www.flightradar24.com/blog/avtalk-...

PetchmoAir officially announces its interest in early-build 777-9s and that the airline has submitted its bid for a minority stake in TAP. The 777-9s will be used exclusively on the airline’s new Fargo-Funchal route (pending regulatory approval).

A great little airport!

Now on Cranky: Cranky Dorkfest 2026 RSVPs are Now Open! crankyflier.com/2026/07/29/c...

Some more from the neighborhood yesterday and today. The last two are just what was directly in front of our house. Kudos to the Chicago forestry folks who made roads mostly passable by morning.

Well that was quite the weekend.

It’s AvTalk episode 380 and we have A380 news to discuss! Also on this week’s episode, the Farnborough Airshow order book, a curious tail strike, and a bad week for American’s BOS-LHR flight. www.flightradar24.com/blog/avtalk-...

Has anyone seen my Encarta CD?

Pan Am's Clipper Endeavor crashed off the coast of Puerto Rico on Good Friday 1952. A team of researchers located the wreckage a few weeks ago and now there's video and photos and it it pretty incredible. #AvGeek www.youtube.com/watch?v=FowN...

Seeing a lot of disappointment about the World Cup coverage. I’m watching the Telemundo stream and it is glorious. Highly recommend.

Boeing gets its certification authority back: "The FAA will allow Boeing to resume issuing airworthiness certificates at the end of the production process for all 737 MAX and 787 airplanes. ...The decision is effective Monday, July 20, 2026." #AvGeek $BA

On this week’s episode of our AvTalk podcast: the Ryanair 737 uncontained engine failure and the passenger who went through the shattered window, 9 simultaneous emergency squawks at Gatwick, and the Lufthansa 787 accident preliminary report. www.flightradar24.com/blog/avtalk-...

We’re gearing up for the Farnborough Airshow at the end of the month and on this week’s AvTalk podcast, Farnborough International’s director of operations Ben Gleeson stops by to help us understand everything that goes into making the show a success. www.flightradar24.com/blog/avtalk-...

I'm content to let someone else do the math, but here are the per hour DOD Fixed Wing and Helicopter Reimbursement Rates for FY2026. comptroller.war.gov/Portals/45/d...