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Violent Turbulence Causes Qantas Flight to Free Fall for Ten Seconds

June 18, 2018 Qantas Flight Airbus A380-842

Passengers got a wild ride when Qantas flight QF94 from Los Angeles to Melbourne encountered severe turbulence. QF94 passenger Janelle Wilson told The Australian the “three-quarters-full” plane suddenly entered a “free-fall nosedive … a direct View More ›

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Saturday Fun! Watch 10 Awesome Vertical Takeoffs! Some of These are Good!

June 9, 2018 boeing-737-max-vertical-takeoff

Vertical takeoffs are always a treat to watch! Featured image by video screen capture

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Watch: Even Wonder What Your Pilots are Talking About During Your Flight?

June 5, 2018 pilot-atc-low-fuel-bingo-radio

We all fly commercial thinking everything is fine…no worries, there are professional pilots up front in the cockpit that prepared well for the flight…right? This short video of actual pilot radio View More ›

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Watch: Friday Night Fun! Extreme Landings!

Sometimes landings don’t go as planned. Sometimes they are just extreme. Some of these are really good!

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Watch: Cuba Plane Crash – 100+ Dead – 3 Survivors

May 19, 2018 cuba plane crash

More than 100 people have died after a plane crashed moments after take-off in Havana, Cuba. Only three people – who are in a critical condition – survived when a View More ›

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Watch: Southwest Airlines Pilot Tammie Jo Shults Discusses In-Flight Engine Failure and Using Hand Signals

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Note: Tammie Jo Shults reportedly was the first woman to fly an F/A-18 Hornet in the US Navy. Former Navy flyer Tammie Jo Shults and her co-pilot Darren Ellisor sat with ABC’s View More ›

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Uber Releases Information on Launching their Flying Taxi Service in Two Years

May 9, 2018 uber-elevate-flying-taxi

Uber is releasing new information about Uber Air, an ambitious plan to launch a fleet of autonomous flying taxis in two years. “We think cities are going to go vertical in View More ›

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NTSB Reports States Southwest Airlines Followed Maintenance Protocols

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Mechanics had performed visual and fluorescent penetrant inspections of the fan blades in the CFM56-7B turbofan that failed during an April 17 flight of a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700 within the View More ›

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Watch: Air Canada Flight Almost Lands on Taxiway Filled With Aircraft

May 6, 2018 air canada Airbus A320

According to FAA flight data, an Air Canada flight got within 59 feet of landing on a taxiway with four other aircraft waiting on it. Newly released video shows just how View More ›

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Non-stop 19 Hour Flight from Singapore to New York!

May 1, 2018 Singapore Airlines Airbus A-350-900ULR

Singapore Airlines is apparently going to introduce non stop service from Singapore to New York which will be about a 19 or 20 hour flight. Imagine being on an airplane for 20 View More ›

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