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Not going to lie, this is the first time I've seen the DL widget rotated 90° outside the livery :o

So much work going on!
* Total refresh of our display cases
* New pages for the website
* Videos being digitized
* Just applied for a grant to build out a video interview studio

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TWC Extended Forecast in the classic 1990s vibe.

If you're like us, and you grew up with 1990s The Weather Channel, they've now got that available on their website.

Enjoy.

You're welcome.

weather.com/retro/

On March 29, 1991, a 757, powered by only one of its engines, took off, circled, and landed at the 11,621-foot-high Gongga Airport in Tibet. The airplane performed perfectly even though the airfield was in a box canyon surrounded by peaks more than 16,400 feet high.

The Boeing 757 would like to remind you that it is better and cooler than anything else flying.

Airbus A350-900 photo by Enda G Burke Cathay Pacific Airbus A350-900 B-LRJ at Manchester MAN / EGCC | Photo by Enda G Burke

Most viewed photo of the last 24 hours: #Airbus #A350-900, #Cathay Pacific (B-LRJ) photographed by Enda G Burke (Manchester) #Airliners #aviation #daily #planespotting

Milan Malpensa, Terminal 2 Solari display (installed 1996, decommissioned 2004). 📷 SEA Milan Airports. #airportarchitecture

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Ikarus 692 Airport Bus -- basically a bus with a front end that elevates to become an enclosed staircase to the plane

Ikarus 695, i think

unsure what the model number is, but the entire front of the bus opens up and a staircase extends out of it.

just learned about these (prototype?) airport buses from the 80s, i believe all from the Serbian (then Yugoslavian) company Ikarus

Now more than ever I’m convinced losing Anthony Bourdain meant we lost probably the biggest person on tv who advocated for the wonders of meeting new people and calling anyone online who hated learning new cultures the children they were, ruthlessly to the camera.

Big plans, their parent company has a lot of real estate/entertainment/tourism holdings all over Vietnam. Vertical integration it seems

Airbus A330-200 photo by Marek Horák TC-JNC | Turkish Airlines | Airbus | A330-200 | PRG / LKPR Prague - Václav Havel, Czech Republic | Photo by Marek Horák

#Airbus #A330-200, #Turkish Airlines (TC-JNC) by Marek Horák (#Prague - Václav Havel) #Airliners #aviation #photography #avgeeks

Close up of a white widebody airliner fuselage with GO CANADA GO in gold letters. The airport terminal in the background

Air Canada
GO CANADA GO Olympic livery
Boeing 777-300(ER)
Reg. C-FITW
Calgary International Airport (YYC)
November 14, 2024 🛩️📸

The latest Brussels Airlines Belgian Icon TinTin livery is a stunner.

A320 OO‑SNJ wears a moon and space theme, because “its connection to aviation through flight, altitude, and exploration made it a natural fit, while its clean aesthetic ensured a refined and balanced livery.”

Boeing 747-400 photo by Richard Parkhouse G-BNLB | British Airways | Boeing | 747-400 | LHR / EGLL London - Heathrow, UK - England | Photo by Richard Parkhouse

#Boeing #747-400, #British Airways (G-BNLB) by Richard Parkhouse (#London - Heathrow) #Airliners #aviation #photography #avgeeks

Always kinda fun when I run into airplanes I've flown on before, this one in 2022 AMS-YYC. Saw it last weekend buttoning up for Paris CDG as WS10.

Vancouver, 1984 (opened 1968), by Thompson, Berwick & Pratt. 📷 City of Vancouver Archives. #airportarchitecture @yvrairport.bsky.social

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A mint blue twinjet airliner with a red maple leaf on the tail and Air Canada wordmark in red on the fuselage taxiing past the airport terminal. The nose is white and a black component on the right engine nacelle.

RETIRED
Air Canada
Airbus A320-211
Reg. C-GPWG
📍CYYC
September 17, 2024 🛩️📸

Tail 401 has been withdrawn from service. It was the first A320 delivered to Canadian Airlines pre-merger with Air Canada.

Boeing 747-8F photo by tyyy B-LJE | Cathay Pacific Cargo | Boeing | 747-8F | XMN / ZSAM Xiamen Gaoqi International, China | Photo by tyyy

#Boeing #747-8F, #Cathay Pacific Cargo (B-LJE) by tyyy (#Xiamen Gaoqi International) #Cargo #aviation #photography #avgeeks

Palette cleanser, Lufthansa retro A321 from 2016.

The UA, NW, and BD liveries always gave a classy "business-like" feel, which IMO makes them some of my faves

There's much less colour in the skies these days, white seems to be the de facto base livery for most airlines. It wasn't always like this however, British Midland at Heathrow, United Airlines at Los Angeles, Northwest Airlines at Phoenix and Pacific Blue at Sydney pictured here.

🔴 Philippine Airlines is holding an event at Lufthansa Technik Manila to mark the start of its 85th anniversary celebrations and to unveil its first Airbus A350-1000. Attended by the President and First Lady of the Philippines,

Thai Airways International Route Map, Sep/Oct 1980 from inflight magazine "Sawasdee".

Twenty one years ago today, Thai Airways HS-TGG climbing out of Heathrow destined for Bangkok.

*gestures around broadly*...everything is....not great.

Here's a pair of UA 757s @flysea.bsky.social over Mt Rainier / Tahoma

I usually do single track lines to transport goods. Can't make anything useful beyond a double track line lol

Signals were (and are) one of the most frustrating and rewarding parts of OpenTTD. To this day I don't still fully grasp how to use em lol

Our big look at why clickbait articles on accessibility at airports are ill-informed or wrong and, frankly, often tinged with racism.

The air industry has a duty to call this out, and admit it contributes to the perception by creating airport environments hostile to even minor mobility issues.

Fun fact: Alaska was first U.S. airline to sell tickets online - Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines and Horizon Air This news release was originally issued on Dec. 27, 1995, and is reposted here in its entirety in honor of Internet Day Oct. 29, which commemorates the day when computers at UCLA and Stanford first ma...

30 years ago this week, Alaska Airlines became the first U.S. carrier to sell tickets online.

On December 27, 1995, AS touted you could buy a ticket "within 3 to 10 minutes" on the web. Using Netscape.

1995 was quite the mirror image of AS' IT challenges in 2025. news.alaskaair.com/alaska-airli...

They also have an A330 in that scheme. Previously they had a 737-800 in that livery along with another one in the 1950s colors