The new aircraft will be similar to this Embraer 170 captured at Port Columbus International last November. Photo: Micheal Wass – OPShots Contributor // US regional airline group SkyWest has agreed to buy at least 40 Embraer E175s, in a deal that could climb to 200 aircraft and a total price tag of more than USD$8… Read more
Newark Gear-Up Landing Raises Same Old Question: What Airline Are You Really Flying? – Forbes
N934HA, the aircraft involved in the gear-up landing pictured at Charlotte, NC back in 2009 before receiving the new livery. Photo: Angelo Ballachino – OPShots Contributor // News reports immediately identified the aircraft that made a belly landing at Newark International Airport this past Saturday morning as a USAirways… Read more
US cargo plane crashed in Afghanistan – video from Bagram Airbase – LiveLeak.com
The ill-fated National Air Cargo 747 pictured at Memphis last September. Photo: Brian McQueen – OPShots Contributor // A civilian cargo plane crashed shortly after taking off from the sprawling US Bagram airbase in Afghanistan with the Taliban claiming responsibility for “shooting down” the jet.Thanks to LL User… Read more
Hybrid Contrails, A New Classification – Contrail Science
Two heavies crossing above Cleveland last March. Photo: Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. – OPShots.net Contrails are generally classified into two types. Exhaust contrails and aerodynamic contrails. Exhaust contrails are formed by the mixing of the hot humid exhaust of the engines with cold humid surrounding air, creating long… Read more






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