The aviation industry has seen some big events in 2024, with many airlines receiving new aircraft types for the first time. What have been your favorite aviation moments this year? Let us know in the comments.
The aviation industry has seen some big events in 2024, with many airlines receiving new aircraft types for the first time. What have been your favorite aviation moments this year? Let us know in the comments.
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My aviation highlight for 2024 was seeing the US Navy’s EP-3 Aires II landing at RAF Mildenhall after completing it’s last operational flight the day before. First time for me to see the aircraft type!
Flew on 9H-FOR, on the route PEG-BGY, a more than 33 years old 737-400 still in service!
The first A321XLR commercial flight
what i thought was a highlight was finding this app (shout out to jeb brooks) and see both the dream lifter and see the bluga xl flying
My aviation highlight was being able to sit in the cabin of a Detla Boeing 717-200 after landing back at ATL after leaving from midway when my summer vacation was over coolest thing ever!
Flying AKL-DOH on Qatar A350 (A7-ANH), and DOH-ORD on a 777, all QSuite. Absolutely the best flights of the many I have taken. Gracious service from the curb to landings, really good food and drink. They made me feel special (and I’m not). Yes, it’s the long way around from AKL to ORD, in fact, each flight was longer than AKL-ORD direct but that was the idea! Maximise the experience. Combined with a lovely four day stopover it was the aviation experience of a lifetime, and I’m thankful to have been able to do it.
BTW, I preferred the A350 to the 777. Much quieter and felt fresher at the end.
A C-17 Globemaster taking off at Manchester Airport (EGCC)!!!
Kalkış ve Rota: Uçak, Bakü’den kalkış yaparak Grozni’ye doğru seyir halindeydi. Grozni’deki yoğun sis nedeniyle iniş yapamayınca, alternatif havaalanlarına yönlendirilmiştir.
Olay Anı: Grozni hava sahası üzerinde uçuş sırasında, uçak güçlü bir dış darbeye maruz kalmıştır. Mürettebat başlangıçta kuş çarpması olduğunu düşünmüş, ancak daha sonra uçağın Rus hava savunma sistemi tarafından yanlışlıkla hedef alındığı ortaya çıkmıştır.
Acil İniş Denemesi: Uçak, aldığı hasar nedeniyle Aktau Havalimanı’na acil iniş yapmaya çalışmış, ancak iniş sırasında düşmüştür.
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I flew on four aircraft from the 1930s and 40s. A DC3 (LN-WND), a Tiger Moth (G-ANZZ), a Dragon Rapide (G-AIDL) and a Harvard (G-TSIX). All highlights, but if I had to choose one it would be flying in G-TSIX. Not only was it exhilarating, but I had butterflies in my stomach before boarding, That doesn’t happen often to me now.
For me it was 3 events one of witch is when I was a a 3 day camp and we heard a roaring getting louder and louder and then out of nowhere 2 F-35s flew right over my camp . I wish I had my camera. The second event is when I was at my gate waiting for my flight from Denver to Orlando… the swa 737 I figured out that it was our flight and we got to fly on the Louisiana one livery.and lastly the 2024 air show at hill afb with the thunder birds and B2 flyby.
Going to a flight museum and seeing George bush’s airplane, seeing an air show with multiple C-17s and a c-5 and also multiple fighter jets doing fly-bys and flying in formation.
Having a shower abord Emirates 380 from HKG to BKK 😁
Seeing an Mq-9 reaper drone take off from Niagara Falls AFB
boom supersonic xb-1 takes flight
XB-1 XB-1 XB-1 XB-1 XB-1 XB-1 XB-1 XB-1
Flying to Skiathos.
Saw a f-35 lightning and the blue angles at an airshow in Owensboro, KY.
On 17th November 2024 my wife and I were processing our automatic check-in for our B787 Singapore Airlines flight from Adelaide, Australia to Singapore when we were called aside and advised that we were upgraded to Business Class. A very pleasant surprise and a very comfortable 7 hour leg on our journey to London Heathrow.