Educating, defending and liberating the pilots of yesterday, today and tomorrow. I’m a Gulfstream corporate pilot, former airline pilot and an O.G. #AvGeek.
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Roughly…
20% of jet owners have a yacht
While 80% of yacht owners have a jet
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These people don't appear on any published rich list.
The shadows and gutters of global finance are filled with anonymous billionaires, heirs, and villains.
And we don't have a clue.
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I knew a CFI who did this regularly…
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John Cena revealed how he survived on $50 during his early years as a wrestler :
"I found a place where they served a giant pizza, and if you could eat the whole thing, it was free, and you didn't have to pay. Since I couldn't afford to spend money on food, I went and ate the whole pizza. The owner said, 'Wow, that's amazing. So, I went back the next day and did it again. The owner gave me a strange look and said, 'Mmm, amazing!' By the third day in a row, when I did it again, the owner just came up to me and said, 'Brother, if you want free food, just ask, and I'll give it to you. You don't have to eat the whole pizza!"
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A United Airlines Boeing Dreamliner holds position at San Francisco as a British Airways Boeing beautifully descends through the fog to land.
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A bold landing into the weekend. #G700
#FanFriday by @cameraomaction on Instagram
📍 Mumbai
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Flying a private jet never gets old
The flying job can
Choose well
If the stress outweighs the joy, move on
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An Eastern Air Lines Lockheed L-1011-1 at Miami International Airport in 1989
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British Airways McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30, G-MULL ATL/KATL September 1994. @ATLairport @British_Airways
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Delta Air Lines Boeing 767-232, N102DL “The Spirit of Delta” ATL/KATL June 1992. @Delta @ATLairport
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Not sure who needs to hear this but…
Yes, it’s customary to tip your pilots on a chartered private jet flight.
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Trans World Airlines TWA, Lockheed L-1011-385-1-15 Tristar 100
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This could ‘inconvenience’ some people that I know 🙄
The Aspen-Pitkin County Airport will close for nearly eight months next year so crews can rebuild the runway in a wider layout, with no flights in or out between 11 p.m. on April 4 and 7 p.m. on Nov. 19, 2027, according to a county press release. aspendailynews.com/news/2027…
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The glamorous life of an airline pilot…
SFO is killing me. Ground Delay Program (GDP) w/ a “Wheels Up” time 3 hours late.
And we’re lucky to be average. The maximum delay is 6 hours.
Gonna be a long summer.
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While the DC-8 typically rotated in the 150-160-knot range, Concorde often delayed rotation until roughly 220 knots due to its slender delta wing design.
Despite the higher Vr, Concorde still achieved airborne status first thanks to its exceptionally high thrust-to-weight ratio and the Rolls-Royce/Snema Olympus 593 turbojets, which delivered greater combined takeoff thrust than the DC-8's entire engine suite.
📹: Oddgeirsson
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Data being shared by airlines with administration/lawmakers on impact of potential Newark international air shutdown per memo seen by @Reuters: “There is no capacity at other Northeast airports to handle Newark’s international flights due to airports already being slot controlled. They already operate at max capacity due to on-going ATC staffing shortages and safety mitigation controls” reuters.com/world/us/us-trav…
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The legendary Concorde thundering down the infamous Kai Tak Runway 13 approach—swooping low across Kowloon before carving that razor-sharp visual turn at the checkerboard.
Blistering speed, a steep bank, and absolutely no margin for error. British Airways crews owned this high-stakes maneuver, blending pinpoint precision with pure piloting instinct—treating every passenger to a front-row view of one of aviation’s most iconic landings.
This wasn’t flying. This was controlled chaos at its absolute finest.
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MD-11 stall test footage with the horizontal stabilizers hanging on for dear life, set to that classic 1980s corporate synthesizer soundtrack… Absolute Masterpiece
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