#Aviation/Flight

[outsidewolves]

[o-link]

Aircraft

[nocternalrandomness]

The B-2 "Spirit of Pennsylvania" from the 419th Flight Test Squadron flies over Edwards AFB

[responsivethoughts]

The Nighthawk.

[stone-cold-groove]

Flight engineer of a Avro Lancaster bomber checking the aircraft’s settings - circa 1943.

[unbfacts]

There were once supersonic passenger planes that could reach speeds of up to 1,354 mph. In comparison, today’s commercial airliners typically cruise at around 560 mph.

[champagnetommy]

Tommy in aviators when? The fact that there’s a helicopter behind Lou in that first one…

[viewmonde]

[takeflyte]

[womenforever111]

Flight Attendant -- HHJJ120

[facts-i-just-made-up]

why is it called the cockpit?

Planes were very slow, once. To make a transatlantic journey, they'd need food and even livestock. Originally, the cockpit was where they kept the rooster, but as planes grew faster and needed more precise control, the pilot would take over the seat vacated by the rooster, hence, their part of the plane is still called the cockpit.

[themissingmango]

[skyborndreamer]

-Preflight checklist: Complete.

[usafphantom2]

USAF HERITAGE FLIGHT

@AcePilotAV via X

[unbfacts]

After flying through volcanic ash in 1982, British Airways Flight 9 lost all four engines. The captain calmly told passengers, “We have a small problem. All four engines have stopped. We are doing our damnedest to get them going again. I trust you are not in too much distress.”

[wspinpics]

C-5 Galaxy next to C-130 Hercules and a couple of fighters.