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One Man's Pan Am 747 Replica [video](youtube.com)
47 points by Teever | 4 comments
YouTube video from Coolest Thing about Anthony Toth, who recreated a full 1970s Pan Am Boeing 747 cabin replica, first in his garage and later in a warehouse.
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44 stories tagged aviation, newest first.
U-2 spy plane makes rare appearance in Bay Area flyover(sfgate.com)
8 points by bookofjoe | 1 comments
SFGATE news article reporting that the U-2 'Dragon Lady' spy plane performed a rare flyover at a 49ers game in Santa Clara, with background on the aircraft's history.
Chicago O'Hare digs up 50-ton boulder under airfield, asks public for name ideas(simpleflying.com)
110 points by Stratoscope | 91 comments
Simple Flying article reporting that Chicago O'Hare airport dug up a 50-ton boulder beneath its airfield and is asking the public to suggest names for it.
Flydubai FZ1073 saga: Iran theorizes it was an Israeli false-flag operation(presstv.co.uk)
5 points by thisislife2 | 1 comments
Press TV article questioning the official account of the Flydubai FZ1073 incident and suggesting it was an Israeli false-flag operation.
Two American Airlines Flights End Up with the Same Flight Numbers(aviationa2z.com)
44 points by samch | 23 comments
Aviation A2Z news article about two American Eagle regional flights operating with the same flight number/callsign due to a scheduling conflict.
Former SR-71 engineer talks NASA's Blackbird revival program(twz.com)
93 points by rkagerer | 64 comments
TWZ article interviewing a former SR-71 engineer about NASA's effort to return SR-71 #844 to flight and its possible uses.
NASA asked several former SR-71A staffers to help secret restart(aviationweek.com)
302 points by ilamont | 353 comments
Aviation Week article reporting that NASA asked several former SR-71A staffers to help with a secret restart effort.
Show HN: I made a flight simulator, except you're just a passenger(inflightsimulator.com)
409 points by rkotcher | 199 comments
InFlightSimulator is a browser-based 3D simulator where you ride a commercial flight as a passenger, with terrain, weather, and real-time sun position.
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The largest electric aircraft just flew [video](youtube.com)
459 points by feb | 344 comments
Y Combinator YouTube video titled "The World's Largest Electric Aircraft Just Flew," about a record-size electric plane's first flight.
American Airlines mechanic Azriel “Al” Blackman has died(simpleflying.com)
370 points by NaOH | 149 comments
Simple Flying article reporting the death at 100 of American Airlines mechanic Azriel "Al" Blackman, who set a record for longest career at one airline.
Stowaway – Take the window seat on any plane or satellite overhead(stowaway.live)
417 points by thunderbong | 50 comments
Stowaway is a web app that lets users view the simulated window-seat perspective from any plane or satellite currently overhead.
United Airlines 767 returns to Newark after Bluetooth name sparks alert(simpleflying.com)
395 points by Eridanus2 | 802 comments
Simple Flying news article about a United Airlines 767 returning to Newark after a passenger device's offensive Bluetooth name triggered a security alert.
Let's Buy Spirit Air(letsbuyspiritair.com)
529 points by bjhess | 506 comments
Campaign site 'Spirit 2.0' collecting non-binding pledges to buy the collapsed Spirit Airlines and run it as a people-owned airline.
Every plane you see in the sky – you can now follow it from the cockpit in 3D(flight-viz.com)
342 points by coolwulf | 63 comments
Interactive web app showing a simulated 3D cockpit view following a live flight (DAL123 near JFK) with altitude, speed, heading and minimap.
F-15E jet shot down over Iran(theguardian.com)
571 points by tjwds | 1276 comments
Guardian news article reporting a US F-15E fighter jet confirmed shot down over Iran, with Tehran releasing wreckage images and a US rescue effort underway.
Flighty Airports(flighty.com)
535 points by skogstokig | 176 comments
Flighty's live dashboard of major North American airports showing departure and arrival delays and cancellations on a map.
Officials Claim Drone Incursion Led to Shutdown of El Paso Airport(nytimes.com)
356 points by edward | 559 comments
New York Times article reporting officials' claim that a drone incursion caused the FAA to shut down El Paso airport; the capture shows a captcha.
Somebody used spoofed ADSB signals to raster the meme of JD Vance(alecmuffett.com)
506 points by wubin | 131 comments
Blog post on Alec Muffett's Dropsafe about spoofed ADS-B signals using an Air Force Two ICAO identity to draw a JD Vance meme over Mar-a-Lago on flight trackers.
Airfoil (2024)(ciechanow.ski)
508 points by brk | 59 comments
Bartosz Ciechanowski's interactive article explaining how airfoils generate lift by examining the forces created by airflow around aircraft wings.
The hidden engineering of runways(practical.engineering)
399 points by crescit_eundo | 96 comments
Practical Engineering blog post and video explaining the engineering behind airport runways, including their design, pavement, and safety features.
Show HN: I'm an airline pilot – I built interactive graphs/globes of my flights(jameshard.ing)
1457 points by jamesharding | 192 comments
Personal page of a British Airways A350 first officer presenting interactive graphs and 3D globes visualizing his logbook of flights.
Falsehoods programmers believe about aviation(flightaware.engineering)
388 points by cratermoon | 176 comments
A FlightAware engineering blog post listing common false assumptions programmers make about flights, airports, and aviation data.
America desperately needs more air traffic controllers(cnn.com)
318 points by mooreds | 573 comments
CNN Business article examining the US shortage of air traffic controllers and why the FAA finds it so difficult to hire and train them.
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Boom XB-1 First Supersonic Flight [video](youtube.com)
675 points by rayhaanj | 487 comments
YouTube video (livestream replay) of Boom Supersonic's XB-1 demonstrator aircraft making its first supersonic flight.
The South Vietnamese pilot who landed a Cessna on a carrier to save his family (2019)(historynet.com)
351 points by stmw | 170 comments
HistoryNet article about South Vietnamese Maj. Buang Ly, who landed a Cessna on the USS Midway with his family during the fall of Saigon in 1975.
Scale Model of Boeing 777-300ER, Made from Manila Folders(lucaiaconistewart.com)
541 points by uticus | 96 comments
Portfolio page showing a 1:60 scale model of an Air India Boeing 777-300ER built entirely from manila folders.
American WWII bomb explodes at Japanese airport, causing large crater in taxiway(cnn.com)
320 points by impish9208 | 262 comments
CNN/AP news story about an unexploded American WWII bomb detonating at Miyazaki Airport in Japan, leaving a large crater in a taxiway.
Bypassing airport security via SQL injection(ian.sh)
1859 points by iancarroll | 403 comments
Ian Carroll's blog post describing how a SQL injection flaw let researchers add arbitrary people to the TSA Known Crewmember program, bypassing airport security screening.
Launch HN: Airhart Aeronautics (YC S22) – A modern personal airplane
678 points by n_ermosh | 541 comments
Launch HN post from Airhart Aeronautics (YC S22) describing their fly-by-wire personal airplane with simplified controls aimed at non-pilots.
CrowdStrike's impact on aviation(heavymeta.org)
385 points by jjwiseman | 295 comments
Blog post by John Wiseman examining how the July 19, 2024 CrowdStrike Windows update outage affected aviation and flight operations.
What Boeing did to all the guys who remember how to build a plane(prospect.org)
735 points by doom2 | 446 comments
American Prospect article by Maureen Tkacik on how Boeing's management drove out experienced engineers and workers who knew how to build planes.
Boom announces successful flight of XB-1 demonstrator aircraft(boomsupersonic.com)
439 points by rbanffy | 374 comments
Boom Supersonic press release from March 22, 2024 announcing the successful first flight of its XB-1 supersonic demonstrator aircraft, a step toward its Overture airliner.
Flightradar24's new GPS jamming map(flightradar24.com)
967 points by mjs | 271 comments
Flightradar24 blog post introducing its new map showing areas of GPS jamming and interference detected from aircraft data.
A friend of John Barnett said he predicted he might wind up dead(abcnews4.com)
410 points by BostonFern | 262 comments
ABC News 4 report quoting a friend of Boeing whistleblower John Barnett, who said Barnett told her that if anything happened to him it would not be suicide.
Kayak's new flight filter allows you to exclude aircraft models(reddit.com)
491 points by Eisenstein | 342 comments
Reddit r/aviation post about Kayak's flight filter for excluding aircraft models; the page shows Reddit's network-policy block notice instead.
Is my plane a 737 MAX?(ismyplanea737max.com)
429 points by jacksoncheek | 439 comments
A simple web tool where you enter a flight number to check whether the scheduled aircraft is a Boeing 737 MAX.
Can Microsoft Flight Simulator help me learn to fly or make me a better pilot?(aviation.stackexchange.com)
365 points by ent101 | 236 comments
An Aviation Stack Exchange question asking whether Microsoft Flight Simulator can help someone learn to fly or improve as a pilot.
Starship will attempt a launch this Friday(fly.faa.gov)
693 points by LorenDB | 854 comments
FAA ATCSCC operations plan advisory listing daily airspace constraints, terminal initiatives, and planned events, cited as evidence of an upcoming Starship launch.
Finding that lead emissions from aircraft engines contribute to air pollution(federalregister.gov)
415 points by Metacelsus | 284 comments
Federal Register final rule by the EPA (Oct 20, 2023) finding that lead emissions from piston aircraft engines using leaded fuel endanger public health and welfare.
The SR-71 Blackbird Astro-Nav System worked by tracking the stars(theaviationgeekclub.com)
333 points by bookofjoe | 305 comments
Aviation Geek Club article on the SR-71 Blackbird's astro-inertial navigation system, nicknamed R2-D2, which tracked stars even in daylight.
B612 Font Family(b612-font.com)
393 points by OliverGilan | 83 comments
Homepage for B612, an open source, highly legible font family designed and tested for aircraft cockpit screens.
Show HN: Aviation navigation log on $20 receipt printer(carloslagoa.com)
344 points by carloslagoa | 113 comments
A blog post by a student pilot describing how he prints aircraft navigation logs on a cheap $20 thermal receipt printer for use during flight training.
40 years ago yesterday Air Canada Flight 143 ran out of fuel mid-flight(damninteresting.com)
703 points by bookofjoe | 277 comments
Damn Interesting article recounting the Gimli Glider, Air Canada Flight 143, a Boeing 767 that ran out of fuel mid-flight in 1983 and glided to a landing.
Lofi air traffic control – LAX(lofiatc.com)
537 points by hot_gril | 121 comments
Web app that plays live LAX air traffic control radio (Los Angeles Tower 133.900) mixed with lofi music tracks.