FG-1D Corsair NX72NW makes a pass at the Capital Airshow, Mather Field, California March 2025 #airshow #capitalairshow #aviation #AvGeek #spotter #aviationdaily #photography #Nikon #nikonphotgraphy #CCA2025 #Corsair #warbird #WWII

Well you can't say you weren't warned. But I'm calling BS, did not see a single one after the sign. East of the Tonopah Test Range and just short of the Hwy 6 / 395 Junction, Nye County, Nevada #AvGeek #TTR #nye #nevada #landscape #photgraphy #iphone #lowflyingjets #sign

Depressurized high altitude balloon drifting over the San Francisco Bay Area seen from my backyard. The uncopped shot is at 400mm Thanks @zaphod58.bsky.social for the ID
#balloon #avgeek

"'Frustrating': Over dozen miss flights due to traffic heading to Portland International Airport" by KGW News (NBC Portland) - Road repaving work on Airport Way at PDX Airport led to traffic standstill during morning commute hours. KGW reporters found a dozen people willing to talk about their missed flights, undoubtedly representative of a larger number. https://www.kgw.com/article/traffic/portland-international-airport-traffic-backed-up/283-36da3e60-aa1e-4b76-b04f-c4bf7642c5da #aviation #travel #traffic #avgeek #PNW

you know, my grandmother always warned of 3 things.
1) never trust someone who can’t look you in the eye.

2) never invest venture capital without a detailed fiduciary perspective

3) never overload your aircraft with moose meat and antlers
#moose #avgeek

https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/plane-in-alaska-crash-was-overloaded-with-moose-meat-and-antlers-ntsb-says/

Grumman TBF Avenger makes a pass at the Capital Airshow, Mather Field, California March 2025 #airshow #TBF #Avenger #Grumman #Torpedo #WWII #Warbird #capitalairshow #aviation #AvGeek #spotter #photography #Nikon #nikonphotgraphy #CCA2025

USN F/A-18F of VFA-122 'Flying Eagles", R-2508 Sidewinder Low Level Complex, June 2025 #Sidewinder #NellisAFB #milair #planespotting #AvGeek #spotter #photography #Nikon #aircraft #nikonphotography #R2508 #lowlevel #lowleveljets #VFA122

Things I did not expect in my hotel room included a frame picture of a Junkers G 38!

Flughafen Wien - Vienna Airport Postcard
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#Aviation #Avgeek #Postcard #Vienna #AirportArchitecture #Caravelle #IL14 #Airplanes #Airplane #Planes

Battle of Brittan Sunday: Supermarine 361 Spitfire LF.XVIe NX752TB AND de Havilland DH-98 Mosquito N474PZ (1945!) makes a pass Capital Airshow, Mather Field, California. March 2025 #capitalairshow #AvGeek #spotter #Spitfire #SupermarineSpitfire #photography #Nikon #CCA2025 #Z9 #BattleofBrittan

"Small plane with 3 on board crash-lands near Mukilteo's Lighthouse Park" by KING5 News (NBC Seattle) - A Cessna (model not stated) lost engine power after departure from Everett Paine Field #KPAE. Unable to glide back to the airport, the pilot successfully ditched in Puget Sound next to the boat dock at Mukilteo Lighthouse Park where rescue was close by. 3 on board all survived, no reported injuries. https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/plane-crash-mukilteo-lighthouse-park/281-a76f45c9-d4d7-437c-9fc2-f8a24cc0a408 #aviation #avgeek #PNW

The glider's transponder (TRIG TT22) has been successfully tested in the garage. Woo hoo!

After configuring the device, I put it through some initial tests.

Even in the garage the GPS antenna can get a position fix.

Applying higher or lower pressure to the static port on the transponder shows a corresponding change on the displayed altitude.

Applying pitot tube air pressure to the squat switch changes the transponder mode from ground to airborne, which is what we want.

Note: I can't test the radio/antenna/transmission capabilities in the garage. And anyway, I need to get the transponder checked at an avionics shop...they have specialty test equipment.

In the voice of The Sir David Attenborough: “…and here we see the beginning of the Great AirVenture Migration. Thousands of Biggus Wingnutus Avgeekus fly on various metal, fiber, and polymer contraptions call ‘aero planes’ in order to reaffirm their love for flight.”
#oshkosh #airventure #avgeek #flights

Hi everyone! I'm Detha, an aviation geek from Indonesia

I recently scored a job in the aviation industry, and now I'm working with airplanes every single day. It still feels like a dream — which came true!

So, I've decided to join this Mastodon instance to get serious about this whole avgeek thing now that I'm presented with the opportunity through my new job.

Nice to meet you all, and I hope to learn a lot about aviation in general from everyone!

Preparing to load our Pilatus PL-12 at Portland International Airport KPDX on a medical transport October 2022. #nursing #aeromedical #pilatus #flightnursing #portland #KPDX #nurse #avgeek #PL12

Thanks to our internationally distributed team of sky drama enthusiasts, we now have feeds from 16 countries worldwide!

New feeds added this week include:

Belgium, Chicago IL, Yambol Bulgaria, Tampa FL, Portsmouth, UK

Thanks to all our feeders - it truly is awesome to know that while the miles may separate us physically, our combined love of knowing which aircraft have an inop APU and require ground power brings us together.

If you’d like to feed the drama engine check out acarsdrama.com!

Pennsylvania Central Airlines Air Hostess Postcard
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#FlightAttendent #aviation #airplanes #avgeek #planes #postcards #postcard #travel #planespotting #aviación #aviacion #avión #avion #Luftfahrt #Flugzeuge

I've been watching videos on gliders and I've never thought about doing it. I fly powered aircraft so "why would I want to do that?"

After watching some videos, It looks fun as hell! After Air Venture I'm going to probably contact the Wisconsin Soaring Society and see about having someone talk my ear off about gliders and then maybe go up in one.