The sweet girl I took to prom in the late 1980’s…

Sooo proud of her 🥰

https://www.instagram.com/p/DevFAiWEklq/?img_index=2&dlrf=MXRvNGxzcGdrazJiYw%3D%3D

The @142nd_wing “Fightin’ Redhawks” gave us a good show tonight!!

Photos taken by me!

Yesterday I had the almighty privilege of spending around 60 minutes in the cockpit of an A320 inflight and then coming into land.

Never thought I'd get the opportunity, but having had it - wow!

I definitely picked the wrong career!

Watching The Diplomat, Season 4 Episode 5 and came across this A320 painted in the United States of America livery. This looks too good to be AI. My brain is broken.

Lufthansa officially retired all A340-600s on October 18, 2026

The last flight was Dulles-Frankfurt

This is the first A340-300 to land at Dulles since

What was your favorite memory of the A340-600?

DLH9912 flew from Frankfurt to Dusseldorf for cabin removal before being sent to the graveyard :(

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I was part of the squadron from 2022 to 2025 and was lucky enough to be selected for Circus for the Diamond season in 2024. The Red Arrows Circus is the travelling support team of engineers and technicians who service, maintain, and prepare the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team (Red Arrows) jets during transit, training, and airshow tours

In March, I needed to get myself from New York to Frankfurt. There was a fifth-freedom flight on Singapore Airlines, or a Lufthansa A340-600. 

You know which one I chose. 

When I was living in Southeast Asia, Lufthansa was my primary airline to get to Europe. They flew A340s regularly, and I’m grateful to be able to send this plane off one last time, particularly because they were supposed to retire the A340s during COVID but brought them back. I felt like I had a second chance.

I flew on D-AIHZ. The cabin was dated but in a classic way. Of course, I checked out the downstairs bathroom. 

 Before boarding, I approached the captain to ask to visit flight deck, and the captain agreed after we landed in Frankfurt. He said that he would likely be transitioning to the A350 when they finally retire the fleet.

Enjoy the pictures!

Taken at MAN. Singapore Airlines 9V-SMF.

This happened at 6:50pm CDT on Monday, October 19th, in Galveston, TX.

Link to the ASN article: https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/583491

Link to where this image came from: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/galveston-plane-crash-plane-runs-004308206.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAHsYUk98SI7Og0BH7QqjuJ6aic4udSWuMdy3sJaaHQGv1iuTJ3FZzaz4zbWMIFWc9a6Djjmb5yBGH49HF4KzhFP4bWbNnmKlLhs4yvmC7lN0tpn8LNZuGp5U3Go8XROGNGYFz9dusarOEqn9CT2H3mS6VytO7mUE4v3i5nOXxjlT

In a statement the airline said “ an unforeseen technical event occurred before takeoff, and for this reason the preventive disembarkation of all passengers was determined, prioritizing their safety at all times.”

Fortunately, both pilots escaped unharmed.