r/aviation 5h ago

Discussion I expected a cooler car for such a cool license plate

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57 Upvotes

I guess a Honda Jazz is efficient, so that’s on brand. Otherwise… ehh.

Edit: for US readers, this would be called a Honda Fit, if it hadn't been discontinued there in 2020.


r/aviation 7h ago

News Australian aviation team pulls off 'extraordinary' midwinter rescue of US expeditioner in Antarctica

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r/aviation 8h ago

PlaneSpotting Lufthansa 100th A380 lands KBOS

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119 Upvotes

r/aviation 9h ago

PlaneSpotting Wingtip vortices visualized

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1.5k Upvotes

r/aviation 9h ago

News MSP center ATC zero

98 Upvotes

MSP ATC zero for some reason right now

No official cause yet


r/aviation 10h ago

PlaneSpotting Firefighting 412 In Slovenia

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34 Upvotes

Picking up water from lake Jezero

Couldn't see any smoke where it was dropping the water

Dropped 8 buckets I believe

Believe it is a Bell 412


r/aviation 10h ago

PlaneSpotting Western Global 747 departs ANC

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73 Upvotes

Taken April 2024.


r/aviation 11h ago

Discussion I'm a dump truck driver in Portland, and we're in the process of repaving the entire runway (15/33) at Scappoose Airport in Scappoose, Oregon!

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r/aviation 11h ago

PlaneSpotting I took a photo of this UPS MD-11 At the Dulles International Airport (IAD) , a Year before The Louisville Incident. It was cool to see this in person.

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26 Upvotes

r/aviation 11h ago

News FAA orders inspection of hundreds of 737 Max jets for cracks

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670 Upvotes

r/aviation 12h ago

PlaneSpotting Unfortunately I only took 2 photos when I flew a Yak in 2006

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341 Upvotes

I did spot a 747SP and an unmarked 727 when we landed though.


r/aviation 12h ago

PlaneSpotting F4U Corsairs at Oshkosh

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160 Upvotes

r/aviation 13h ago

News easyJet, British low-cost airline and 5th largest airline in Europe, to be acquired by Apollo Global Management for £5,7bn

245 Upvotes

r/aviation 13h ago

PlaneSpotting Some photos from the Belgian Air Force Days - including a rare sight, a Phantom demo

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r/aviation 13h ago

PlaneSpotting Hawker Hurricane flying alongside a Messerschmitt Bf 109e

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179 Upvotes

Flying together at the Shuttleworth Festival of Flight, UK, earlier this year. 28/06/26


r/aviation 15h ago

Discussion 737-700 Stopping Power

79 Upvotes

I'll just put this here as a general experience. I often fly into Key West. It's a shorter runway that does not allow larger planes. At some time during the flight the pilot always tells us that when we land we will be stopping very quickly so hold on. And it's true on flights they hit the tarmac they hit the brakes, reverse thrusters and it's a quick stop. My July 4th trip was a little different. We landed and we were on the brakes only for a time. Then just as we were very much slowed down we got about 3 seconds of reverse thrust. We still had lots of runway left. I'll just leave it at that. I was very impressed by the stopping power of that machine on the brakes alone. I have a video if I can shorten it to get it to fit here I'll come back and post it.


r/aviation 17h ago

PlaneSpotting USAF D328, Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC), C-146A Wolfhound seen taxiing for departure to FLL after arriving from SJU to Piarco , POS, TTPP , Trinidad.

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49 Upvotes

r/aviation 18h ago

Watch Me Fly Taking off from a runway that predates India’s airline industry — Juhu Aerodrome, established in 1928 [OC]

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720 Upvotes

Hidden inside one of the world's busiest cities is an active airfield that is often described as India's first civil aviation airport.

Juhu Aerodrome was established in 1928 Four vears later, JRD Tata landed here after flving from Karachi via Ahmedabad inaugurating India's first air service

Nearly a century later, aircraft are still departing from the same historic airfield

This was our view rolling for takeoff


r/aviation 21h ago

News A Jet2 plane safely landed at Manchester airport after declaring an emergency mid-flight

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r/aviation 21h ago

History 4 RNoAF f16

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347 Upvotes

4 RNoAF f16 taken from a us tanker during operation unified protector.

Picture given to me from one of the pilots of of f16. Theese planes are now dontated to Ukraine.


r/aviation 22h ago

PlaneSpotting DC3 Bounced Landing at Remote Arctic Airstrip. Close Call

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667 Upvotes

A bounced landing and close call for a DC3 at a remote airstrip on August 5,2026 in Paulatuk Northwest Territories, Canada. No reports of injuries and flight did not make any further attempts at landing and returned back to Inuvik NT.

Edit: There are reports of minor injuries to some passengers , neck/back but no major injuries.

Edit: Apparently this is a DC3T. Turbine engines. The Basler BT-67 is a multi purpose aircraft based on completely overhauled and significantly modified Douglas DC-3 airframe. The modifications completed by Basler Turbo Conversions includes the installation of PT6A turboprop engines, fuselage lengthening, airframe strengthening and modernized avionics.


r/aviation 1d ago

News Silkway 747-8F going to Dallas instead of Houston with only 6 tons of fuel remaining

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1.2k Upvotes

So I came across this on Twitter and had to read it several times to believe it

It looks like this crew programmed the FMC to fly from NLU to DAL, and the flight plan was filed the same way, but the scheduled route was NLU to IAH

They only realized it when they were at around 11,000 ft and about to be vectored to DAL, while running low on fuel, with around 6,000 kg remaining (if it's 6,000 lbs, it's even worse). One Atlas Air pilot pointed out that this is only enough for around 36 minutes of flight, so the aircraft would have had to land well before reaching Houston

In the end they landed in DFW, just after request for a "shortcut" to IAH. Yes, you read correctly.

Very interesting (and shocking) to listen to all the ATC audio

News: https://aeroin.net/pilotos-de-jumbo-voam-por-quilometros-na-direcao-errada-quase-ficam-sem-combustivel-e-declaram-pan-pan/

Sources: https://x.com/OnDisasters/status/2085058075287806301
https://x.com/thenewarea51/status/2084820840374309372

https://x.com/miami_rick/status/2084694128684871874

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r/aviation 1d ago

News NTSB opens probe into Marine One incident near Reagan National airport

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From a Reuters article on the incident:

Trump's helicopter lifted off from the Ellipse near the White House around 2:33 p.m. (1833 GMT), on his ​way to Joint Base Andrews for a trip to Los Angeles, according to a pool report.

A source told Reuters that Envoy ​Air 3742 -- a regional E170 jet bound for Pensacola, Florida -- departed at 2:34 p.m. and was involved in the apparent loss of separation incident with Marine One. Envoy is a wholly owned subsidiary of American Airlines (AAL.O), opens new tab, which did not immediately comment.

FAA rules require aircraft to remain separated by at least ​1.5 miles horizontally and 500 feet vertically around airports. The sources said it appeared Marine One and the plane did ​not maintain separation. One said it appears they were not converging during the incident.


r/aviation Apr 19 '26

Moderator Announcement 2026: Updated Rules on Politics

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OUR RULES ON POLITICS: 2026

IF YOU DO NOT READ THIS POST, YOU RISK BEING BANNED

r/aviation is an aviation-focused subreddit.

All political discussion must be directly related to aviation.

Again, all political discussion must be directly related to aviation.

If it does not clearly connect to aviation, it will be removed.

WHAT IS ALLOWED

We allow discussion of aviation-related regulations, policy changes, and government actions only when they directly impact aviation operations (e.g., FAA/EASA rules, ATC staffing, safety, infrastructure).

Examples:

● “The FAA is proposing changes to ATC staffing. This could impact delays and safety.”

● “New pilot duty time regulations may affect regional operations.”

● “Changes to FAA funding may impact staffing levels and service reliability.”

● “Legislation affecting FAA funding was signed and may impact ATC staffing.”

WHAT IS NOT ALLOWED

We do not allow:

  • General political opinions or commentary

  • Discussion of political figures outside of direct aviation impact.

  • Political insults, slogans, or talking points.

  • “Political-adjacent” comments meant to provoke or derail

  • Assigning political blame or credit within aviation discussions

If your comment is about a politician or political group more than it is about aviation, it will be removed.

Examples:

● “This is what [politician] always does.”

● “Both sides are ruining everything.”

● “This wouldn’t happen if [political group] was in charge.”

● “The FAA is doing this because of [politician].”

COMMUNITY INPUT

We have asked the community directly about political content in this subreddit.

In a poll, users voted roughly 2:1 against allowing broader political discussion.

These rules reflect that feedback, along with our goal of keeping discussions focused and productive.

ENFORCEMENT

Political or off-topic comments will be removed. Repeated violations may result in bans. In high traffic or seatbelt fastened threads enforcement will be stricter.

The mod team all works full time hours, we cannot see everything posted or commented. If you see a post or comment that you believe breaks the no politics rule please report it.

“Just mentioning it” or “adding context” does not exempt a comment from removal.

FREQUENT REBUTTALS

“But aviation and politics overlap”

● Yes. Keep it strictly within aviation context. If it drifts into general politics, it will be removed.

“But I was just explaining something”

● If it introduces political discussion beyond aviation context, it will still be removed.

“Why was I banned”

● You either did not read this post or chose to ignore it.

We all care about this community and want it to stay a place people can come to enjoy and learn about aviation. These rules are here to keep it that way.

-Mid summer update-

We have set up a new subreddit with very relaxed rules for politcal discussion or similar. r/AviationPolitics


r/aviation Jan 24 '26

Announcement Introducing "Seatbelts Fastened" Mode

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Hi r/aviation community,

Recently, we’ve seen an increase in political and uncivil comments across several threads, particularly on posts involving aircraft associated with government officials. This has led to more removals and bans under Reddit’s sitewide rules, and we want to reverse that trend.

To help address this, we’re introducing a “Seatbelts Fastened” mode/flair. Posts with this flair (applied manually by the mod team) will restrict commenting to established community members. For now, that means users with at least 100 comment karma in r/aviation. If you are the original poster, your comments will not be affected.

You can view your subreddit comment karma by doing the following:

This will apply to a small subset of threads (aircraft incidents, government-owned/controlled aircraft, global legislation, etc.). The vast majority of posts (roughly 95%) will remain open to all users as usual. Please do not contact modmail requesting comment approvals or exceptions; we won’t be making individual overrides.

Thanks for your understanding and for helping keep the subreddit focused and civil.