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Donald Trump Asks Direct Mail Donors To Pay For His New Plane

by Gary Leff on March 14, 2022

Mar 14 2022

Donald Trump no longer has a 747 flying under the Air Force One call sign. He no longer has his Boeing 757 in flying condition either. It has fallen into disrepair needing maintenance and missing parts.

He recently had a well-publicized incident where the plane he was in – not his own – had to make an emergency landing. The Dassault Falcon 900 which was taking him from an event in New Orleans to Palm beach suffered an engine failure. His team used the opportunity to fundraise for a new plane.

Here’s When American Airlines Expects To Get Brand New International Planes

by Gary Leff on January 24, 2022

Jan 24 2022

New aircraft are always exciting, even when they’re domestic planes with Oasis interiors. But we’re expecting new premium seats, more business class seats, and aircraft that allow flying to more non-stop destinations and more destinations to be served year-round.

What’s Going On Between Airlines And 5G?

by Gary Leff on January 19, 2022

Jan 19 2022

It’s all either a trumped up non-issue, or an aviation apocalypse, depending on whom you ask. The worry is that C-band 5G at the power and frequency that will be used in the U.S. could send confusing signals to radio altimeters in aircraft, leading to confusion over the altitude at which the plane is flying, and problems for other systems in some aircraft like Boeing 777s as well. What’s going on here?

Airline Crew Caught Video Of A UFO Over Georgia Last Week

by Gary Leff on January 9, 2022

Jan 09 2022

Crew on an Airbus flight over Georgia this past Monday caught video of what appears to be a UFO, “dark airspace was illuminated by an array of glowing lights.”

NASA Director: UFOs Are Real And May Be Aliens

by Gary Leff on October 24, 2021

Oct 24 2021

When President Obama became President the first thing he asked about was UFOs. Because if you’re the President you can finally learn what’s inside Area 51. And Obama thinks UFOs are real.

Now the Director of NASA, former Senator Bill Nelson, says we don’t have any idea what UFOs are but something is out there – and that aliens is probably a better outcome for us than some sort of stealth technology held by an adversary on earth.

In The 90s Chinese Airlines Bought Boeing Because They Thought Airbus Sold Buses

by Gary Leff on September 30, 2021

Sep 30 2021

There are great stories – some of them apocryphal – about product names and marketing slogans that don’t work when translated into another language.

Apparently Airbus really did have a problem with its name when selling planes in China in the 1990s. because Chinese airlines thought they sold buses.

Flight Attendants At American Airlines Regional Carrier Holding Strike Vote

by Gary Leff on September 15, 2021

Sep 15 2021

Flight attendants at Piedmont Airlines, a regional carrier owned entirely by American Airlines, are going to vote on whether or not to authorize a strike between September 23 and October 21, 2021.

Are Shrinking Airline Seats Sexist?

by Gary Leff on July 25, 2021

Jul 25 2021

Women have wider hips on average. Men crowd into women’s space. Women are less likely to speak up to defend their space.

United Pilot Talks Down Plane After Losing Its Engine, Lands On Highway

by Gary Leff on June 17, 2021

Jun 17 2021

On Friday just after 1 p.m. a flight instructor and their student in a Cessna 172 aircraft experienced a failure of their single engine over I-75 in Broward County, Florida. They couldn’t reach air traffic control on the radio, but a commercial pilot who heard their calls talked them down onto the freeway 12 miles west of U.S 27.

American Airlines Promotes Billion Dollar Order Of Electric Aircraft That May Never Happen

by Gary Leff on June 10, 2021

Jun 10 2021

In February United Airlines made a splash ordering electric aircraft with the idea of transporting people from urban centers like Manhattan over to Newark. Now four months later American Airlines announces that it, too, is investing in urban air mobility, maybe.

The aircraft in question hasn’t had a test flight yet, but they’re touting that “certification of the aircraft [could come] as early as 2024” which means it will be farther out into the future than that.