Editorials

A Newcomer’s Perspective on SpotLAX2023

Mark Lawrence shares his experiences as a first time attendee at SpotLAX2023.

Editorials

The Flying Classroom: Culture Change and City Transformation

Mark Lawrence recently sat down with Opa-Locka FL City Manager Darvin Williams and Captain Barrington Irving to discuss The Flying Classroom.

Editorials

Save The Dates: SpotLAX Returns Next September

SpotLAX returns next September! Save the date for our annual plane spotting weekend held at Los Angeles International Airport.

Editorials

Get To The Chopper! My First Time Spotting From A Helicopter.

Mark Lawrence checked an item off his bucket list while at #SpotLAX2023, when he took a helicopter plane spotting flight over LAX.

Events

Here’s Everything You Need To Know About #SpotLAX2023

Now in its 10th year, SpotLAX returns for 2023! Here is everything you need to know about the event. From a schedule of events to spotting locations and transportation info, it’s all here.


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VIDEO: Russian Tu-154 Averts Disaster After Losing Flight Control

A Russian Tupolev Tu-154 developed control issues after takeoff on a test flight after coming out of 10 years of storage.
by Phil Derner Jr.
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Investigators Find Black Box From Air France Flight 447

French investigators on Sunday announced they have found and recovered the black box of Air France flight 447, which crashed in the Atlantic Ocean in 2009 during a scheduled flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris.
by BNO News
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Reagan National Airport control tower. (Photo by dbking via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY)

FAA To Close 149 Contracted Control Towers April 7th

The FAA announced Friday the first round of contracted air traffic control towers to be closed due to sequestration, starting April 7th. Among the towers being closed is Trenton Mercer, which is just outside of Philadelphia and...
by Jason Rabinowitz
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Video: Boeing 747-8 Extreme Braking Test

How does Boeing test the braking limits on the largest aircraft they've ever built? File the brake pads down to the rivets, load up the plane to nearly a million pounds, gun the engines to 200 mph, then mash the brakes as hard ...
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Merpati Nusantara Airlines MA60

27 Dead in Indonesian Plane Crash

A Merpati Airlines passenger plane carrying at least 27 people crashed off Indonesia's West Papua province on Saturday, officials said, adding that a number of bodies have been recovered.
by BNO News
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